How Norwegian will operate once operations begin again is now what the industry will look at and the airline recruiting directly, rather than using a supplier, could be a route they will consider in the future.
Reported in press 20th April.
1571 Pilots and 3134 Cabin Crew without jobs! hardly a cause for their Mexican Wave, but there again, the NAS model has always been about spin, and to be fair, they are good at it, after all, who else could burn 1 Billion of other peoples money and get away with it and be declared heroes for "saving the company" . On the other hand, for 6/7 years many enjoyed working with the company and that is demonstrated by the loyalty to the "brand" even in these hard times. I guess if one was philosophical you might argue that but for COVID19 they may just have pulled it off.. Perhaps more concerning is the thought that temporary wage reductions in the industry "survivors " will become permanent as management use the pilot surplus as a bargaining chip, disregarding the cost of training replacements if one throws in the towel or the effect on moral. Although moral is usually high amongst survivors in wars !
With Virgin Pulling out of Gatwick, BA not planning to restart there and Easyjet reductions it could mean the slots are near worthless and it will be investing to see what the "independent" valuations by 2 experts are as required for the NAS07 bond criteria on 18th May.