It makes sense
if you are of the mindset that their medium term aim is to "ship-out" (pun intended ) all of their pilot workforce as soon as they can find a reason/excuse to dismantle the employment model they dreamed up (PSN/PSD/PSS) as a fudge to comply with their Scandinavian agreement, resulting in the battle back in Springtime.
But, 49% would not really comply with "working for a wholly owned Norwegian subsidy", maybe they should have gone for 51