The mediation in the airline SAS is in full swing. If the parties do not agree before midnight, as many as 900 pilots could be taken out on strike. Now, however, there must be progress. – It is positive that you can talk directly, says the Swedish mediator Jan Sjölin to the news agency TT. Because the parties in the SAS settlement are now talking together, the brokers have taken a step back, according to Sjölin. Normally, the parties sit in a mediation in their respective rooms and rarely have direct contact. When the mediators can step back and let the parties talk together without their interference, it is usually considered progress in the negotiations. Sjölin emphasizes that the mediators are available to the parties. Should a dispute or disagreement arise, they will step in to try to clean up and get the process back on track. There were long queues at Oslo Airport on Friday. Strikes are among many factors that have caused trouble for travelers across Europe. A strike in SAS could hurt worse. Photo: Kari Stokke Nilsen / news – No solution The chances of a strike are still high. Mediator Mats Ruland says they are not at the finish line yet. – We are working on and there has been movement, but we have no solution, he writes in an SMS to news on Friday morning. He will not provide more information. Thousands may be affected A major strike among SAS pilots will affect large parts of the company’s traffic. A strike could affect around 250 departures and 45,000 passengers daily across Scandinavia, according to TT. Analysts have estimated that a strike will cost SAS NOK 80-100 million. Weekday. news has contacted SAS. They will not comment on the ongoing mediation on Friday morning. This is the conflict SAS and their pilots do not disagree on pay. The core of the conflict the creation of two staffing companies. When the pandemic hit, around 560 pilots lost their jobs. At the same time, SAS established two subsidiaries. They were named SAS Link and SAS Connect. These will take over aircraft and be filled with new pilots. The SAS pilots who were laid off during the pandemic will have their jobs back. They say SAS is trying to circumvent its obligations to bring the dismissed pilots back. SAS rejects this. They believe the company relates to all agreements entered into. According to the pilot association, the pilots have agreed to savings measures that amount to 25 percent savings. In return, they will have an assurance that it is their members who get the new jobs that will be filled in SAS Link and SAS Connect.
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