SAS pilots on brief strike to attend union meeting
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Hello HC
This might seem as a personally attack on some of the BU-pilots, belive me it's not meant to bee, but I just have to ask.....
How many of the pilots presently employed in BU .... (soon to become SAS, or SAS/BU call it whatever you want)..... have a letter from the SAS-pilot recruitment, which states: "you have failed the selection process, and are not able to apply again".... Well some time ago SAS-manegment meant that some of you were not allowed to sit as acting pilot on an SAS-aeroplane, now suddenly that must have changed......I wonder if there have been a change to the new AOC on the pilot-profile in this new company?????
Belive me I know that you are just as good a pilot as I am..... (former SAS!)......
Best of luck with the merger....it will probably be nasty!
D.
This might seem as a personally attack on some of the BU-pilots, belive me it's not meant to bee, but I just have to ask.....
How many of the pilots presently employed in BU .... (soon to become SAS, or SAS/BU call it whatever you want)..... have a letter from the SAS-pilot recruitment, which states: "you have failed the selection process, and are not able to apply again".... Well some time ago SAS-manegment meant that some of you were not allowed to sit as acting pilot on an SAS-aeroplane, now suddenly that must have changed......I wonder if there have been a change to the new AOC on the pilot-profile in this new company?????
Belive me I know that you are just as good a pilot as I am..... (former SAS!)......
Best of luck with the merger....it will probably be nasty!
D.
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Danish,
I do know SAS and Braathens had different hireing criteria. While Braathens only hired pilots with a lot of experience either from the RNAF or civilians with usually at least 10 years experience, SAS would often hire people right out of flightschool. Braathens had the luxuary of beeing able to get thorough background info by talking to former employers whilst SAS would have to do something else to check out candidates. Psycho-tests are then an option. I guess SAS decided on a certain profile they wanted that would fit three different cultures.
How many of the BU-pilots that have not passed I really donīt know. I do know quite a few who have passed but for different reasons donīt work for SK. I know a lot who never applied. I even know that some left SK to come work for BU instead.
When it comes to SAS Braathens it is a new company based on a BU AOC. I donīt think there will be a problem with the pilot-profile. I think weīll do fine (both SK and BU pilots are profesionalls) and its going to be a great company once the dust settles.
I do know SAS and Braathens had different hireing criteria. While Braathens only hired pilots with a lot of experience either from the RNAF or civilians with usually at least 10 years experience, SAS would often hire people right out of flightschool. Braathens had the luxuary of beeing able to get thorough background info by talking to former employers whilst SAS would have to do something else to check out candidates. Psycho-tests are then an option. I guess SAS decided on a certain profile they wanted that would fit three different cultures.
How many of the BU-pilots that have not passed I really donīt know. I do know quite a few who have passed but for different reasons donīt work for SK. I know a lot who never applied. I even know that some left SK to come work for BU instead.
When it comes to SAS Braathens it is a new company based on a BU AOC. I donīt think there will be a problem with the pilot-profile. I think weīll do fine (both SK and BU pilots are profesionalls) and its going to be a great company once the dust settles.
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Hm... don't think an AOC says anything about pilot profiles but...
Recruitment policies and requirements alsways depend on the availability of flight crew. Few applicants = "lower" standards and vice versa. SAS happily (well, management, anyways) swallowed LIN pilots without any selection process, even though some, if not most, had been rejected a few years earlier. If I remember correctly, the SAS OM was changed in order to accomodate the hiring of LIN pilots, and then changed back to the "original" hiring requirements once they were in... Dunno if the SAS incident/accident rate went up dramatically thereafter. Probably didn't...
Recruitment policies and requirements alsways depend on the availability of flight crew. Few applicants = "lower" standards and vice versa. SAS happily (well, management, anyways) swallowed LIN pilots without any selection process, even though some, if not most, had been rejected a few years earlier. If I remember correctly, the SAS OM was changed in order to accomodate the hiring of LIN pilots, and then changed back to the "original" hiring requirements once they were in... Dunno if the SAS incident/accident rate went up dramatically thereafter. Probably didn't...
