1. NAN (Norwegian Air Norway) covers the operation in Norway, and until the end of the year the ARN base, callsign NORSHUTTLE (NOT NorTHshuttle, the country is called Norway not Northway!). NAS covers the long haul operation and the NAS AOC will eventually be closed with NAS (Norwegian Air Shuttle) becoming a holding company for all individual AOC's, callsign NORSHUTTLE. The US and Caribbean operation also operates on the NAS AOC (737). NAI (Norwegian Air International) is the AOC for all European bases outside of Norway and is based in Ireland, callsign NORTRANS. NUK (Norwegian Air UK) only has 1 B738 based at LGW on the AOC at the moment and nobody really knows what the plan is at this stage, callsign NORWORLD. The operation in Argentina is being set up as we speak and at present there is no further info.
2. 'Core' does not exist anymore! The Scandinavian bases are covered by agency contracts in either Pilot Services Norway, Sweden or Denmark as applicable under the old K-area (''core'') CLA. A recent court case in Norway has however determined that Norwegian is the real employer. All other B737 bases are either on OSM contracts or Norwegian Air Resources (NAR) Spain, Italy, etc. Long haul crew start initially on fixed term Rishworth contracts and this is then superseded by a permanent OSM contract after a number of years (unsure of the timeframe).
3. All contracts are local and comply with all local laws, rules and regulations both in terms of taxation and social insurance contributions and with the exception of the Rishworth contracts, are permanent in nature.
4. The OSM contracts state that before statutory welfare applies, you will receive full basic pay for 30 days. However, some people that have been on long term sick leave have been paid fully throughout despite what it says in the contract.
5. see above. OSM UK offers private health insurance through BUPA as part of the CLA, however other countries do not have this.
6. Yes, LoL cover up to €200k is arranged and paid for by OSM.
7. Yes, but not everywhere. In Scandinavia, the defined contribution pension scheme is fairly good by today's standards, OSM UK offers 5%, all other countries do not have a pension scheme in place.
8. Yes, local employment laws at base apply, so if UK based, provisions under UK labour law apply.