The locked position of the SAS-conflict – no one makes the first move

the SAS-pilots rejected the bid, which the mediators presented during the evening, and then midnight strike now over a thousand pilots in anticipation of a solution.

the Mediators are still in the picture but in the moment, it is mainly up to both parties to get the talks again. How long it takes before it happens is uncertain – none of them seem to want to make the first move.

" What's happening now is actually that we have pulled us back and waiting if the employer wishes to contact, say, Rwaz Nermany, president of the Swedish Pilotförening.

" I can't really answer on what we will and will not do. It's a pretty dynamic situation, but right now, we are not about to contact them, no.

Employers in Sweden must now examine what opportunities exist to ”create the conditions for a constructive dialogue” which may open to end the conflict.

"It looks dark out," says Torbjörn Granevärn that is's head of negotiations for the airline industry on the Carriers.

– the Reason for this is that the remains left at their extreme demands, " he adds.

According to his means, to assess a pilot's average salary means the pilots ' claim for a wage increase of 13%. The pilots have a different way to count on the salary, and that there is a significantly less mark-up as they require.

at the parties ' disposal, and has indicated that they will not do anything actively to get started talks as it looks right now.

" We are taking the actual contact with the parties to hear what the situation is, if anything has changed or if they are eager to restart. Our mission is to make sure that it gets resolved so that third parties suffer as little as possible, but for the moment, nothing is scheduled from the us, " says Jan Sjölin from the national mediation office.

a few days before any progress is made.

– When a conflict in time, the parties may so a lot of work to manage the actual conflict the first few days. The experience is that it tends to be a couple of days of lull because of the internal work, and it would surprise me if it will not be so now also, " says Jan Sjölin.

SAS has so far set up over 600 departures and to 170,000 travelers are expected to be affected during the weekend.

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