cap10,
As for the feeling of being sold out, I think this comes from expectations that grew when SAS decided to buy other airlines. I am talking about the pay issue brought up by ex SC because of SAS giving ex BU our old payscale. Against the advice of the unions mind you.
I am not wrong when talking about costs. The danish pilots are the cheapest when you look at the total cost to the company. Now, the reason I mentioned a car as an example, is that most families need a car. Whether you live in denmark, norway or sweden. A car is an object which is conveniently used as a reference because of universal appeal. The tax system is another. If we talk about groceries the situation changes. Food in norway is very expensive. On the whole though, I BELIEVE that AVAILABLE income coupled with the TAX systems in the three countries, make denmark the least attractive place to live. I know that by moving to sweden I would POCKET approximately 1200-1400 EUROS more a month. Add to that the lower prices of houses AND cars, and I could save up at least 1000 euros a month. If I moved to norway the picture would look roughly the same, more or less. The reason for the danish pay being higher is obvious. Denmark simply has a higher cost of living than either norway or sweden, when you look at the WHOLE picture. Of course the beer is cheaper is denmark, but I don't drink that much beer
. Seriously, all this is beside the point in the present situation.
We WILL not allow the company to simply run over us in this matter. If we let them do it this time they will do it again, and nothing will be sacred. We have time again stated our willingness to negotiate just about anything, as long as they can point to some sort of reason that they need the money. In this situation the company cannot point to any particular reason they need for us to be employed nationally. Why?? There isn't one. The one thing they do want is for negotiations to take place nationally, with each union negotiating seperately. This is what REALLY matters to the company. And the reason we REALLY don't want it. So,there we are.
cap10, ask yourself why they want it so much. Why are they willing to risk everything for what they claim will not weaken the pilot group at all? Because in the long run we will pay dearly if this happens. You, me and everybody else. The first to go might be the Dash. They now have Cimber in denmark and codeshare with Cityairline in sweden. In norway Wideroe takes care of the regional flying. The fact that Cimber is not particularely cheap doesn't matter for now. The point is that they stand ALONE. And because of that they can be used by management to squeeze us.
Regards,
Ramrise