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Old Nov 7, 2009, 1:06 am
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Update:

Public opinion polls: 80% think that pilots are overpaid/oversupplied/overpampered.

Finnair blog, AY PR-manager: Pilots do not live this day with their expectations.

Finnish pilot union: Ok. Let go 20% of the wages... BUT "If we grant our employer an unlimited possibility to fly their planes using outsourced staff, there will be a concrete risk of that Finnair pilots will soon have no work at all. We cannot accept that."

I think the PR-manager summarises it nicely. And I almost hope that the strike will be a long one, having read the clever comment from the pilot union spokesman.
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