On 4 March, 2015, Dagbladet news reported comments by SEPLA President, Javier Martinez de Velasco;
“Pilots must be employed by an airline and cannot be hired from an external crew company”
“The bosses and the office workers, and even the ground staff can be hired out, but not the pilots”
Article link:
https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/nor...leger/60704442
SEPLA recently signed a collective agreement with Norwegian Air Resources, effectively accepting its members flying for Norwegian are temporary and rented service industry employees and not airline employees. Furthermore, with no union representation to the airline – their real employer.