Norwegian's OSM announcement:
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The conditions of employment for pilots and cabin crew remain unchanged"
This answers my earlier question; pilots and cabin crew will have neither collective agreement nor union representation directly with Norwegian, but only with their employer agency (one of which Norwegian now owns, in part).
This begs another question; if Norwegian's labor model is not a circumvention of employment laws, labor rights and labor principles
with the effective employer, Norwegian, then why not hire the crew directly in the first place?
Of course Norwegian has to comply with the "working conditions" of Flight Time Duty limitations, irrespective from where it sources its crew. Similarly, the agency employer must comply with local labor laws in respect of its employee crew it leases to Norwegian.
Rather than consider the self-serving announcement from Norwegian's hard working publicity office, why not consider the affirmation from those on the sharp end, or rather blunt end, of Norwegian's labor model:
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Half of Norwegian's pilots want to quit" and "
75% of the 800 pilots surveyed would not recommend Norwegian as an employer" - Links:
Aftenposten -
Halvparten av Norwegian-pilotene ønsker å slutte - Aftenposten
DN -
Halvparten av Norwegian-pilotene ønsker å slutte - DN.no
E24 -
Halvparten av Norwegian-pilotene ønsker å slutte - Jobb - E24
Not surprisingly, Kjos was named 'Leader of the Year' by temporary staffing agency Manpower Inc.