In other words, SAS don't give a rats arse where the crew is based, what contract they are on, and where they work, as long as the subcontractors (CAE, Cityjet, Regional OU etc.), provide them with regional and short haul flights to and from Scandinavia.
Certainly so. After the rather sweet summer (money wise, + 200 Billion euro) they proclaimed the current operating strategy has paid off, not specifying exactly what they meant with that. Reading between the lines they justified the current setup with subcontractors. However I suspect the charter is what brought in the big money, not the sad story of cancellations due lack of crew at SAIL and Cityjet.