Air traffic in Norway halted
 

Yes, a walk out by ATC staff has led to the suspension of all air traffic in Norway. Our flight FI320 ex KEF was already enroute and has had to divert to BGO (via ATC who advised to divert and contact BGO tower radio) and is waiting there with pax on board for decision whether to terminate the flight there and return empty or if hours permit to wait and continue the flight. Fortunately they had return catering onboard so lunch is being served without too much hassle, the crew were a bit upset about the coffee though.

This is b@llocks! Only Oslo AOR (former Oslo FIR) is affected. Routes between airports outside this area operate as normal. But granted, the bulk of scheduled traffic is affected, because Oslo Gardermoen is the largest airport by far.

Btw: HOSP/SAR is naturally not affected.

Gretten, sur . barsk liv

Oslo ATCC to close
 

Article in English :(

(For those of you that are not familiar with our organization, It's like if they shut down Swanwick, and moved it to Manchester.)

Btw: I don't work at ENOS, but wold have liked to!

Sounds pretty dire. My sympathy to you guys. I wonder what the Manchester boys and girls reckon, after all they are all going to Scotland soon and that is a lot further than the distance from Swanwick to Manchester.

On that subject what would the reaction be from EGCC staff if they had the option of moving to the south coast. After all Sector 29 only went to Manch because it could not be accommodated at West Drayton. There's plenty of room now but not many decent houses left.

A I :D :D :D :D

Really? I can do Troon - Manchester in three and a half hours without attracting the attention of the local constabularies along the route. I imagine that Manchester - Swanwick is pretty similar.

BALIX,

Why would you possibly want to go from Troon to Manchester anyway? The Hacienda has got nothing on Pebbles. :E

Instead of being

Oh Sad One

It used to be for the ice hockey :{

Words taken out of my mouth..

A union at its best
 

If you want to know how a union should work for its members - just follow this conflict. If you are living/working out of the UK, pay close attention. You might pick up a few clues to the benefit of your, shall we say, not so splendid system :O

Careful there, Hårek, niknak wouldn't agree with that... :rolleyes:

Hi!

Just thought I should put a little post here. First of all I have to say sorry to all our flying collegues and passengers who got affected by what have happened here in Norway.

The reason for this 0-rate in ENOS AOR is bacicly that we take our work and the security serious.
When AVINOR (Norwegian CAA) dropped the "bomb" this morning, all of us working in Røyken (ATCC and APP) got really upset.
Its not easy to hear you have to relocate and all what this brings with it regarding life and family situation.

So because we dont want to control without a "clear head", as also is stated in your guidelines. We did the only correct thing to "close down" the airspace in the intrest of safety for all you pilots and the passengers you carry with you.

So its not been any industrial action, or other form for strike taking part at all.
All that have happened is a very human reaction to a very hard situation.

thx.
FinalVectors

Nicely put FinalVectors!

A bold move, but obviously a necessary one!

Is that the facility in the halls of the mountain king (ie - the one in the mountain? - Visited there in the mid 90's - Impressive facility).

The one and only! It seems stupid to me to close a blastproof, EMP protected site, in favour of a old crummy shack from the seventies on open ground. (in the current sercurity climate)
After all it cost approx 700 million NOK (ca 65 mill £) to build Oslo ATCC in 1995.

Crazy.....

Horsemanure!
What dropped bomb? Everybody knew it was going to be Røyken or Sola.
What a bunch of boohoohoos, having to move by 2008. If you can't keep a clear head when being informed of a job relocation, then you're in the wrong business.
How many times has your average pilot had to move during his/her career? I know a couple who are in double digits.
You guys are the lousiest controllers in northern Europe, amateurs compared to your very excellent next door neighbors to the south. Now we know you're also a bunch of crybabies.

Where is Ronald Reagan when we need him?

Spuds,

I do not know "niknak". But he/she/it can niknak as much as he/she/it wants. Fact is that the ATC union in Norway have reacted in a safe and professional manner.

What the ATC in Norway do is exactly what Flathatter should do before he/she goes to work in an aircraft after a dispute with his/her partner. Right Flathatter?

Flathatter,

BTW, Did you swallow a wasp? This :yuk: might help, but please, do it somewhere else than here ;)

Six feet under last I heard.
Congrats to the Noggies for taking this stance.