november.sierra,
You seem confused and completely sold on Norwegian’s “employment” snake oil.
In one paragraph you state, “Your comments are also grossly inaccurate”, followed immediately in the next by, “Yes, you are right, there is no MSL [Master Seniority List] mentioned in any individual employment contract”
Norwegian’s direct hire (employee) pilots are the only recipients of any employment law seniority rights and collective union agreement with which Norwegian must comply. Any seniority benefits granted to Norwegian’s third-party, agency employed pilots, are entirely at the whim of Norwegian’s questionable management. If that seniority benefit is removed, individually or collectively, agency pilots have no legal recourse directly with Norwegian whatsoever.
It is implausible that Norwegian’s unionized employee pilots would strike in support of an agency pilot issue. It is also implausible that agency pilots would strike in support of Norwegian’s unionized pilots (as proven during the strike in March 2015).
Clearly, you have no concept of the extent of Norwegian’s employment circumvention and the associated loss to agency pilots of employment law, employment rights and employment principles directly with Norwegian.
The Norway press reports regularly on Norwegian’s misguided idea of labor relations. I am curious, which of the obsessed newspaper comments listed below would you consider grossly inaccurate? - Take your time, I’ll have another shrimp:-
DN News, Dec 4, 2015
"It emerged very strong testimony in court which in my opinion very damaging to confidence in the management of the company and created the basis for settlement. A continuation of what we heard on Tuesday would have been so devastating for Norwegian short and long term that the company had no choice but to arrive at settlement" [the out of court settlement of asacked Safety Officer]
DN News, Sep 26, 2015.
“Half of Norwegian’s pilots want to quit” and “75% of pilots surveyed would not recommend Norwegian as an employer”
Dagbladet News, June 19, 2015
"This smells of punishment and discrimination, says deputy Vegard Einanin PARAT, which organizes pilots and cabin staff in English [Norwegian]"
Dagbladet News, 18 May, 2015.
"Kjos accused of exploiting desperate pilots"
DN News, Mar 4, 2015
“Pilots are threatened with losing their jobs if they refuse to transition to OSM”
Dagbladet News, March 3, 2015
"Feeling exposed to a witch hunt from Kjos" - “Dream job was a nightmare”
E24 News, Jan 26, 2015
"Threatened pilots to sign a new contract using aggressive tactics and threats to revoke contracts if pilots did not sign"
DN News, Nov 14, 2013
"None of them [agency crew] want to come forward for fear of their future with Norwegian"
Nettavisen News, July 10, 2013
"English [Norwegian] intimidates officers and employees from expressing themselves"
DN News, Dec 13, 2012
"Within Norwegian threats of reprisals against crew being used in daily operations"
PARAT website:
Paratluftfart
Nettavisen News website:
http://www.nettavisen.no/
E24 News website:
http://e24.no/
DN News website:
http://www.dn.no/
Dagbladet News website:
http://www.dagbladet.no/