http://www.groundreport.com Groundbreaking news. en-us info@groundreport.com info@groundreport.com VOLTA RSS Feed Generator <p>Accidents, fuel pricing and finacial crisis. These are some of the things whitch have been bad for the airline, and have now forced a company-wide lowering in wages.&nbsp;</p> <p>It has not yet been decidet how much they go down, but the pilots have already agreed to work more, for less.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The airline is the biggest in scandinavia, and is half owned by the 3 states: Sweden, Norway and Denmark. It's and old company, formed in 1946, and has been undergoing a major reorganisation.</p> <p>This has lead to a minor internal economy problem, a problem only made bigger by competition and now the finace crisis.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For now, there hasn't been any talk about firings, but there are sevrel rumors about an fussion with the german Lufthansa (Europes biggest airline).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The news comes, almost, at the same time as their brand new CJR 900 jets, are going in service. The jets are an replacement for their Q400 mishaps where 3 turboprop planes crashed, in a matter of weeks (nobody was seriously hurt).&nbsp;</p> <p>The new planes are also a part of the company's eco-friendly programme.</p> http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Scandinavian-airlines-SAS-lower-wages Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:28:13 -0600