The permanent contracts you are referring to (or so I understand) are entirely new and will be negotiated at each base that has been around for more than 24 months. Or so was the intention at least when the company signed a letter of understanding (!!) with the union last year. The purpose was that pilots should be able to be permanent but with tailored salary packages for each country (even we understand that you cannot be paid the amount you get in OSL when based in AGP). Much to our "surprise" the company had little or no intention of following that agreement blaming various reasons for not making a base permanent which is why the union has a law suit against them.
To sum up: You have the core contracts for scandi folks (or ppl based in Scandiland which is 99% scandis)
You have the contracts with various agencies (they look more or less the same from what I understand).
Hope this makes it somewhat more transparent!
