Norwegian opens Rome base
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Sudden base openings and blatant press releases come at cost, usually for the pilots.
Stay miles away from them, in just a couple of years they managed to get a pretty bad reputation and FCO won't be any different.
Stay miles away from them, in just a couple of years they managed to get a pretty bad reputation and FCO won't be any different.
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@ fightthepower,
Don't forget, according to those same ridiculous type of press releases, Norwegian is in this case investing 200 million into the Rome area! Namely the 2 aircraft.
Norwegian still have to learn on the propaganda front.
Don't forget, according to those same ridiculous type of press releases, Norwegian is in this case investing 200 million into the Rome area! Namely the 2 aircraft.
Norwegian still have to learn on the propaganda front.
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Norwegian is in this case investing 200 million into the Rome area! Namely the 2 aircraft. Norwegian still have to learn on the propaganda front.
What! and no claim about how many scullions of jobs this will create? They surely are not their father's son, or are they being too honest?
What! and no claim about how many scullions of jobs this will create? They surely are not their father's son, or are they being too honest?
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Lets see how long it takes for Norwegian and the smiling rock-ape to upset the Italian unions.
Select from below if those Rome based pilots can depend on the declared solidarity, strength and determination of the Norwegian Pilot Group, to fully engage management in any contentious issues:-
- Guaranteed
- Hopefully
- Maybe
- Fat chance
- In a conversely parallel universe
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Rumour says PMI next, followed by a Nice "non-base" (bit like the RYR "non-base" in MRS & surprise surprise, for exactly the same reasons . . .we are "cheapskates" . . . . funny how Easy manage OK 
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Looking at it from another angle, if they were to open a base at your local airport, which airline would be least likely to give up after a short period of time leaving you high and dry: Ryanair, Norwegian, Transavia? I am not talking about terms and conditions but how likely they are to make a success out of it, offering you long term employment.
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The lowest terms in the Norwegian network.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS PILOT Base Rome, Italy valid from March 1st 2016.
REMUNERATION
All the concepts included in the following table are gross.
Remuneration Amount Information
Basic Salary FC (First Captain)
Paid in 13 payments
Basic salary 33.480
Guaranteed Flight Allowance 78.120 (65BH/Month)
Total Annual combined basic salary: 111.600
Basic Salary FO (First Officer)
Paid in 13 payments
Basic salary 18.072
Guaranteed Flight Allowance 42.168 (65BH/Month)
Total Annual combined basic salary: 60.240
Basic Salary JFO (Junior First Officer): (Less than 1500 BLH total time, and /or less than 500 BLH on type)
Paid in 13 payments
Basic salary 15.552
Guaranteed Flight Allowance 36.288 (65BH/Month)
Total Annual combined basic salary: 51.840
After completed and passed Type Rating/Conversion course
Compensation for BLH more than 65 Block Hours (BH)
Stand-by will be compensated with 4 BH
(if not called out on duty)
FC: 17 / hour
FO: 8 / hour
JFO: 8 / hour
If called out for flight duty on standby, actual block hours will be compensated
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Per diem allowance per flight duty day 50
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BDO (Bought Day Off) FC: 750 / day
FO: 380 / day
After request by the Company
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Loss of License According to applicable policy ??
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Phone Allowance FC: 84 / month
FO: 42 / month
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Ground Training Remuneration 100 / day Students during Initial Training only
Line Training Captains 25 per BLH (Block hour)
Simulator Instructors 41 per instruction hour
Check Captains 41 per BLH check flights
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INFORMATION ABOUT ROSTER RULES AND REGULATIONS
Subject Terms & Conditions information Contact
Roster release day 14 days before actual Roster month Roster release via e-mail
Days off Minimum 12 days per Roster month, fully variable.
0.4 per vacation day will reduce days off in months with planned vacation.
Days off are set when released, and will not be rescheduled after roster release.
Roster release via e-mail
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Compensation for overtime
There will be compensation for duty re-planned or delayed after 00:01 into a day off, compensation: up to 2 hours; 1/4 of BDO, 2-3 hours; 1/3 of BDO, more than 3 hours; 1 BDO.
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Vacation in Italy Crew Members will be entitled to 4 weeks of vacation per year.
Vacation will be planned, as 4 calendar weeks for bidding.
Crew has possibility to bid vacation via e-mail to pilot request after notification from the Company. The first who requests vacation will have priority.
Crew shall be notified about their annual vacation at the latest 2 months before actual month of annual vacation.
Vacation day compensation is calculated as: 1:30xbasic salary
Crew can only carry up to 2 days untaken holiday entitlement forward from one holiday year to the following holiday year, unless a period of statutory maternity, paternity or adoption leave has prevented them from taking vacation in the relevant year. Up to 2 days vacation days that has not been scheduled by the end of the year (31st of December), or carried forward to the following holiday year, will be paid out by the Company at a daily rate of 1/260 of annual normal remuneration, one thirtieth of the month salary for each day so deferred as applicable.
Otherwise, crew shall not be paid in lieu of vacation that is not utilised, except on termi-nation of employment.
Crew plan will send information about bidding period to the Employees, at the latest 3 months before bidding period starts.
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Duty swapping after release
The Employees may swap duty with each other the Employee must send their request about the swap to Re-plan. Subject to ap-proval.
Request from the Employee to xxx@xxx Re-plan gives confirmation if possible to swap
-----
Changes of base
The Employee will be available to provide the specified services for all the duration of the contract.
The Employee is hired to render services in mobile or itinerant work centers.
The Employees Base may be changed at any location within Italy upon two months notice.
The Company informs crew
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CI (Check in) According to AOC policy CI / CO times may be changed by the Company
Standby call out Standby callout is 90 minutes
Standby callout when staying at company provided hotel/lodging is 30 minutes reporting time to ground transportation from hotel/lodging. Airport standby call out, from airport hotel/lodging provided by the company, hotel at other stations than home base; is 20 minutes.
Airport standby will be planned with a maximum of 8 hours length.
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Line training During line training, crew will train from where the Company has line training capacity.
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Roster release to crew
Sick leave during the day
The Employee will notify xxx as soon as possible on the day of absence about sick leave and the reason for absence. Crew must certify their absence in accord-ance with AOC Policy.
Crew to Operations Control Centre, ASAP
Long term sick leave to OSM Aviation.
-----
Family Friendly Policies
Compliant with Italian statutory provisions. Crew to the Company
Compassionate leave ( f ex funeral ) - According to Italian law. Crew on request to the
Company
Information / Requests from the Employee to the Company;
Requests regarding: Deadline
Leave of absence 2 months ahead
Changes from full time to part time or opposite 2 months ahead
Termination of contract, employer and employee 3 months ahead. (Written notice).
Vacation At least 2 months ahead
Requests regarding the released roster Ongoing
Family Friendly Policies Compliant with Spanish statutory provisions
Requests on the coming schedule (late / early CI / CO etc.)
Within the 20th one month ahead
Other requests Within the 20th one month ahead
Account for salary payment should be in Euro.
REMUNERATION
All the concepts included in the following table are gross.
Remuneration Amount Information
Basic Salary FC (First Captain)
Paid in 13 payments
Basic salary 33.480
Guaranteed Flight Allowance 78.120 (65BH/Month)
Total Annual combined basic salary: 111.600
Basic Salary FO (First Officer)
Paid in 13 payments
Basic salary 18.072
Guaranteed Flight Allowance 42.168 (65BH/Month)
Total Annual combined basic salary: 60.240
Basic Salary JFO (Junior First Officer): (Less than 1500 BLH total time, and /or less than 500 BLH on type)
Paid in 13 payments
Basic salary 15.552
Guaranteed Flight Allowance 36.288 (65BH/Month)
Total Annual combined basic salary: 51.840
After completed and passed Type Rating/Conversion course
Compensation for BLH more than 65 Block Hours (BH)
Stand-by will be compensated with 4 BH
(if not called out on duty)
FC: 17 / hour
FO: 8 / hour
JFO: 8 / hour
If called out for flight duty on standby, actual block hours will be compensated
-----
Per diem allowance per flight duty day 50
-----
BDO (Bought Day Off) FC: 750 / day
FO: 380 / day
After request by the Company
-----
Loss of License According to applicable policy ??
-----
Phone Allowance FC: 84 / month
FO: 42 / month
-----
Ground Training Remuneration 100 / day Students during Initial Training only
Line Training Captains 25 per BLH (Block hour)
Simulator Instructors 41 per instruction hour
Check Captains 41 per BLH check flights
-----
INFORMATION ABOUT ROSTER RULES AND REGULATIONS
Subject Terms & Conditions information Contact
Roster release day 14 days before actual Roster month Roster release via e-mail
Days off Minimum 12 days per Roster month, fully variable.
0.4 per vacation day will reduce days off in months with planned vacation.
Days off are set when released, and will not be rescheduled after roster release.
Roster release via e-mail
-----
Compensation for overtime
There will be compensation for duty re-planned or delayed after 00:01 into a day off, compensation: up to 2 hours; 1/4 of BDO, 2-3 hours; 1/3 of BDO, more than 3 hours; 1 BDO.
-----
Vacation in Italy Crew Members will be entitled to 4 weeks of vacation per year.
Vacation will be planned, as 4 calendar weeks for bidding.
Crew has possibility to bid vacation via e-mail to pilot request after notification from the Company. The first who requests vacation will have priority.
Crew shall be notified about their annual vacation at the latest 2 months before actual month of annual vacation.
Vacation day compensation is calculated as: 1:30xbasic salary
Crew can only carry up to 2 days untaken holiday entitlement forward from one holiday year to the following holiday year, unless a period of statutory maternity, paternity or adoption leave has prevented them from taking vacation in the relevant year. Up to 2 days vacation days that has not been scheduled by the end of the year (31st of December), or carried forward to the following holiday year, will be paid out by the Company at a daily rate of 1/260 of annual normal remuneration, one thirtieth of the month salary for each day so deferred as applicable.
Otherwise, crew shall not be paid in lieu of vacation that is not utilised, except on termi-nation of employment.
Crew plan will send information about bidding period to the Employees, at the latest 3 months before bidding period starts.
-----
Duty swapping after release
The Employees may swap duty with each other the Employee must send their request about the swap to Re-plan. Subject to ap-proval.
Request from the Employee to xxx@xxx Re-plan gives confirmation if possible to swap
-----
Changes of base
The Employee will be available to provide the specified services for all the duration of the contract.
The Employee is hired to render services in mobile or itinerant work centers.
The Employees Base may be changed at any location within Italy upon two months notice.
The Company informs crew
-----
CI (Check in) According to AOC policy CI / CO times may be changed by the Company
Standby call out Standby callout is 90 minutes
Standby callout when staying at company provided hotel/lodging is 30 minutes reporting time to ground transportation from hotel/lodging. Airport standby call out, from airport hotel/lodging provided by the company, hotel at other stations than home base; is 20 minutes.
Airport standby will be planned with a maximum of 8 hours length.
-----
Line training During line training, crew will train from where the Company has line training capacity.
-----
Roster release to crew
Sick leave during the day
The Employee will notify xxx as soon as possible on the day of absence about sick leave and the reason for absence. Crew must certify their absence in accord-ance with AOC Policy.
Crew to Operations Control Centre, ASAP
Long term sick leave to OSM Aviation.
-----
Family Friendly Policies
Compliant with Italian statutory provisions. Crew to the Company
Compassionate leave ( f ex funeral ) - According to Italian law. Crew on request to the
Company
Information / Requests from the Employee to the Company;
Requests regarding: Deadline
Leave of absence 2 months ahead
Changes from full time to part time or opposite 2 months ahead
Termination of contract, employer and employee 3 months ahead. (Written notice).
Vacation At least 2 months ahead
Requests regarding the released roster Ongoing
Family Friendly Policies Compliant with Spanish statutory provisions
Requests on the coming schedule (late / early CI / CO etc.)
Within the 20th one month ahead
Other requests Within the 20th one month ahead
Account for salary payment should be in Euro.
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Guaranteed Flight Allowance 78.120 (65BH/Month)
Guaranteed what ? that you will be rostered 65BH / month ? or that you are paid for min 65BH / month . . . . . regardless of sickness 12 mths a year 
Welcome to the (not so ) new (not so ) brave world of being a "Service Provider" , championed in an Island stuck out in the near Atlantic, recycled by a bunch of Nordics for consumption by the great unthinking who it is hoped will flock to the heart of the Roman Empire . . . . . recycled cr@p doesn't taste any better than cr@p, and it smells even more pungent.
Another rehashed unimaginative development from the FR wannabes of the North, & yet another new "low" is reached . . . or should that be retched
Guaranteed what ? that you will be rostered 65BH / month ? or that you are paid for min 65BH / month . . . . . regardless of sickness
12 mths a year Welcome to the (not so ) new (not so ) brave world of being a "Service Provider" , championed in an Island stuck out in the near Atlantic, recycled by a bunch of Nordics for consumption by the great unthinking who it is hoped will flock to the heart of the Roman Empire . . . . . recycled cr@p doesn't taste any better than cr@p, and it smells even more pungent.
Another rehashed unimaginative development from the FR wannabes of the North, & yet another new "low" is reached . . . or should that be retched
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So, for every week of vacation you lose 3 off days, on top of that, the vacation compensation is based on your basic salary which is roughly a "fourth to a third" of your actual salary with the flight compensation.
Expecting some shafting of the pilots for 2-4 months during the winter season with no prior proper notice. Unless Rome is particularly popular during the winter months. If you've signed up for these terms you probably wouldn't mind some further shafting.
Separating flight pay and basic salary under very ambiguous terms triggers warning alarms here.
Expecting some shafting of the pilots for 2-4 months during the winter season with no prior proper notice. Unless Rome is particularly popular during the winter months. If you've signed up for these terms you probably wouldn't mind some further shafting.
Separating flight pay and basic salary under very ambiguous terms triggers warning alarms here.
Separating flight pay and basic salary under very ambiguous terms triggers warning alarms here.