6 percent say they trust the management – E24
In a membership survey, 37 out of 601 pilots answer that they have confidence in the SAS management. – Enormous crisis of confidence, says pilot leader.
93.8 percent of SAS pilots answer “no” to questions about whether they trust SAS’s past and present management.
This emerges from a membership survey conducted by the SAS Pilot Group (SPG) at the end of July, which E24 has been given access to.
622 of around 900 active SAS pilots have responded to the survey, with almost 50 per cent of them based in Oslo, while around 25 per cent are based in Copenhagen and Stockholm, respectively.
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Stunning «no»
The result was made known to the SAS management about a week ago, but according to SPG, they have not received a response from the management.
622 active SAS pilots responded to the survey, but 21 of them skipped the confidence questions.
This means that 601 pilots are black on the question of whether they trust the business model the SAS management has chosen.
96.7 percent of these blacks no.
Another question in the survey is whether the respondent considers that SAS, as the employer under current management, has respected the Scandinavian models and its employees.
98.3 percent sort of.
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SPG: Not surprised
– The survey shows a huge crisis of confidence for the SAS management. And we can agree with that, says leader Martin Lindgren in SAS Pilot Group.
– It is also an extreme lack of trust in the way the SAS management has chosen to go, when 98 percent of our members do not consider SAS to follow the Scandinavian models.
– Do you want to call it sensational?
– Both and. The result is not surprising, we have known this for a very long time. As a member, we have seen our strong views on how SAS manages and how they handle the relationship between employees and management.
– What is startling is that there is such a large proportion. The survey is answered by 622 of the approximately 900 pilots found in SAS, so it is a strong frequency, and many answer that they lack confidence to a large extent.
– We believe this is underestimated by the SAS management.
Before the right of re-employment
The survey was conducted to it became known that the pilots who were fired during the pandemic, however, one can not exercise the right of re-employment as they believe they were promised.
Around 5,000 employees have had to leave, among them 560 pilots, and of which around 200 are Norwegian. These pilots were waiting for re-employment as the pandemic subsided, but had to see SAS move operations to the subsidiary SAS Connect, where they do not have the same right, according to management.
It has led to demonstrations among dismissed pilots both in Oslo and in Stockholm.
– If the survey was answered today, one would think confidence was even lower, if it had been possible, Lindgren says.
– It is as simple as what SAS does now has nothing to do with the Scandinavian labor market. That is the opinion of all pilots. This is completely representative of the SAS pilots.
SAS: Result of painful process
SAS press officer John Eckhoff confirms that management is familiar with the investigation, but believes it is indirect results of the corona pandemic.
– The survey shows first and foremost that it is a painful process to lay off 5,000 employees, including just over 500 pilots, Eckhoff writes in an e-mail to E24.
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At the same time, SAS does not participate in such a large proportion of the pilot stable has a lack of trust in the management.
– The fact that a group of employees have this attitude towards management is an image we do not recognize ourselves in and which is not reflected in SAS ‘own employee surveys, says Eckhoff.
The SAS press officer has also been asked how the SAS management will get its active pilots back on the same page, and how serious it is for the SAS management that the pilots do not trust them.
– SAS follows agreements entered into, and all our employees in Scandinavia have Scandinavian terms. The management now prioritises ensuring Scandinavian customers the best possible flight offer and saving the remaining jobs in SAS. We do this, among other things, in dialogue with the pilot associations, which have now been convened for negotiations, writes Eckhoff.