GUWonder

nacho

More information?

Jainzar

Press release of the SAS pilot group in Danish, Norwegian or Swedish: April 2, 2019 ? SAS Pilot Group

GUWonder

Im a new user

Yes, that's correct. Traditionally, trains were operated by national train companies, one in each country, and on an international train the crew would change at the border, either at the last station before the border or at the first station after the border. Things have started to change and many international trains now run without a change of crew at the border, but the old tradition is still followed on some trains.

Öresundstĺg/Řresundstog crew changes near the border, either in Malmö Central or in Copenhagen. The Danish crew works for DSB and was obviously striking, and it seems that they decided to cancel all trains between Malmö and Copenhagen instead of running half of them with Swedish crew.

The Danish brand Řresundstog has officially been dropped by DSB; the trains are now referred to as regular regional trains (DSB Re) within Denmark. However, they are still officially called Öresundstĺg in Sweden.

SJ's trains between Copenhagen and Stockholm only use Swedish crew and so were presumably unaffected. The trains between Copenhagen and Hamburg change between Danish crew and German crew at Puttgarden in Germany and so presumably weren't running between Copenhagen and Puttgarden.

FlyingMoose

Gotta love these banana republic countries that let strikes affect critical infrastructure and transportation.

Do SK's overpaid bus drivers need their annual media fame and a few days off?

GUWonder

nacho

Nothing to do with the weather - it's the timing when the unions have meetings with employers.

GUWonder

CPH-Flyer

Traditionally, the collective bargaining agreements expired and were renegotiated in the spring time, as employees are mainly allowed to take strike action in connection with this point of the process most strikes have occurred in the spring period. This has not been an effect of the weather, but rather an effect of the process.

GUWonder

CPH-Flyer

I am not quite sure what you are saying here, but as I read it it goes along the lines of a seemingly statistical correlation of things that are actually unrelated. But that may be a slightly biased reading

RedChili

Please note that the reason for the strike is that SAS chose to cancel the collective agreement with the union. It was the airline's choice to initiate a conflict during the spring, not the union's or the pilots' choice. SAS could have cancelled the contract earlier if they would have preferred a conflict during the boring winter.

CPH-Flyer

If we are being precise, it is not the collective agreement that was cancelled but agreements around it. Since SK seemingly wants to negotiate it as a whole with the collective bargaining agreements

It is true they could have cancelled those at any time, but it probably makes sense to tie the two areas together.

Now they are headed for mediation as required by law. And a good bet is that there will be an agreement that SK say is too expensive they pilots will call to meagre and yet they will agree. And we will not have a strike this time either.

The statements from SK and from the pilot group are all part of the show, and are no meant truths, but as part of the posturing before the mediation.

highupinthesky

The pilots had an option to pull out of the 3 year collective agreement after 2 years. They chose too use this option not SAS. The agreement was signed back in April 2017, and therefore we now have the negotiations and strike warnings. The good news is the pilots have learned for previous years and therefore are not going to strike during the Easter peak.