SAS pilots on strike in April 2019
Apr 24, 2019, 10:41 am
#46
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SK are expecting to carry out 334 flights on Friday April 26 despite the strike. There is a link to the flights in this article https://check-in.dk/sas-vil-gennemfo...trods-strejke/ The article is in Danish, but the list in the link is in English.
There is no info about the days after Friday April 26 at the moment, but I assume it will be a similar number of flights which will be carried out regardless of the strike.
There is no info about the days after Friday April 26 at the moment, but I assume it will be a similar number of flights which will be carried out regardless of the strike.
Apr 24, 2019, 10:51 am
#47
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SK are expecting to carry out 334 flights on Friday April 26 despite the strike. There is a link to the flights in this article https://check-in.dk/sas-vil-gennemfo...trods-strejke/ The article is in Danish, but the list in the link is in English.
There is no info about the days after Friday April 26 at the moment, but I assume it will be a similar number of flights which will be carried out regardless of the strike.
There is no info about the days after Friday April 26 at the moment, but I assume it will be a similar number of flights which will be carried out regardless of the strike.
Apr 24, 2019, 11:07 am
#48
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I got super confused as my flight SK966 from HKG to CPH departs at 0100 (local HK time) on Apr 26. Not sure if local time or European Time makes any difference. And I couldn't find the flight on the exemption list. Guess I would have to contact SAS directly to find out (if they know at all).
Apr 24, 2019, 11:12 am
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I got super confused as my flight SK966 from HKG to CPH departs at 0100 (local HK time) on Apr 26. Not sure if local time or European Time makes any difference. And I couldn't find the flight on the exemption list. Guess I would have to contact SAS directly to find out (if they know at all).
Apr 24, 2019, 12:06 pm
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Apr 24, 2019, 12:35 pm
#51
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I can scroll the list to 6th of May.
I got super confused as my flight SK966 from HKG to CPH departs at 0100 (local HK time) on Apr 26. Not sure if local time or European Time makes any difference. And I couldn't find the flight on the exemption list. Guess I would have to contact SAS directly to find out (if they know at all).
It's normal practice during strikes that the return flights on the first day of strikes are still carried out. The pilots don't want to be stranded on the outbound location.
Apr 24, 2019, 2:06 pm
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Apr 24, 2019, 4:48 pm
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According to the Danish check-ind.dk article above, the listed flights are simply those flights which are operated by wet lease partners, including SAS Ireland. The operating airline is decided a long time in advance and is shown during booking if you click on the small "i".
Apr 25, 2019, 3:41 am
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However, it may be more difficult to change the plans during a strike. The unions may argue that SAS is trying to circumvent the strike by moving around the aircraft, and it complicates things for both SAS and the passengers if flights are cancelled and then suddenly reinstated. The passengers on cancelled flights need to be rebooked on operating SAS flights, other airlines, trains/ferries/buses or sent to hotels, and it is confusing if the plans suddenly change.
Apr 25, 2019, 3:42 am
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It is interesting that there seem to be relatively little media attention to the strike, and no indication of whether it will be going to arbitration. It seems to go reasonably unnoticed.
Apr 25, 2019, 3:57 am
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Oh no, I changed my return flight from ORD-CPH on 26th (which will operate) to SFO-CPH on May 1st due to an extended work trip.. Cancelling the return leg and booking a single with another airline is not going to be cheap. Guess I should just hope for re-booking onto another Star Alliance flight if the strike continues....
Apr 25, 2019, 3:58 am
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This is how strikes should be dealt with in the medias. No reason to let the unions/pilots voice their demands through the medias - the less attention the quicker it will be over with - just my 2 cents...
Apr 25, 2019, 4:00 am
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Oh no, I changed my return flight from ORD-CPH on 26th (which will operate) to SFO-CPH on May 1st due to an extended work trip.. Cancelling the return leg and booking a single with another airline is not going to be cheap. Guess I should just hope for re-booking onto another Star Alliance flight if the strike continues....
Apr 25, 2019, 4:29 am
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Oh no, I changed my return flight from ORD-CPH on 26th (which will operate) to SFO-CPH on May 1st due to an extended work trip.. Cancelling the return leg and booking a single with another airline is not going to be cheap. Guess I should just hope for re-booking onto another Star Alliance flight if the strike continues....