Here’s another post the DOT, media and traveling public may wish to consider as evidence regarding Norwegian’s “agency employment/airline unemployment” shell game and associated labor troubles, that may seriously affect its 737 and 787 services:
“People want to strike, because they are very tired of Norwegian and their attitude during the negotiations”
“Norwegian delaying collective labor agreement negotiations as much as possible - Norwegian in full dispute with cabin employee unions in the United States and Spain”:
http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/norw...mulig/66770816
A spokesman for the Spanish union, USO, said, “It is most important that the crew be recognized as workers for the airline and not a staffing company”.
The International Labor Organization guide, Regulating the Employment Relationship in Europe, Section 2, Determining the existence of an employment relationship, page 38, - indicates there is an "employment relationship” between the crew member and the Norwegian AOC airline.
The ILO guide may be downloaded at:
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/pub...cms_209280.pdf
Remember; Kjos wrote to the DOT on June 1, 2015, testifying;
“Norwegian has regularly utilized the services of employment agencies for the recruitment of temporary provision of crews for a transitional period of 24-26 months in connection with the opening of new bases”
Temporary and transitional, indeed.