According to the Swedish Pilot Association’s press secretary Rebecca Rosenvinge, the negotiations are still going on at 6 o’clock on Sunday morning.
Cecilia Fahlberg Pihlgren, mediator, announced that there was a good spirit at midnight.
– We go in and have loaded with some sandwiches and we continue. We will sit here until it is resolved. We will not go home as long as the parties are here and negotiate, she said to the assembled press gathering outside Näringslivets hus.
“May take the time required”
Roger Klokset, chairman of the Norwegian Pilot Association, said earlier on Saturday night that it may take the time required, as long as there is hope for a solution.
He did not want to say how close the parties are to a solution to the conflict, but states that they are working intensively with the mediation proposals that are on the table.
– I do not know if we will have a solution before the end of the week, we are set on using the time required, he says.
He also described the atmosphere at the negotiating table as still good.
– The atmosphere is nice, we know each other well on both sides of the table and have worked together for a long time. But it is certainly important that we agree as soon as possible.
Does not comment on the content
The chairman of the Swedish pilot union, Martin Lindgren, was more secretive about the negotiations.
– We have gone through a lot, but I can not comment on the content of it, he said.
SAS’s chief negotiator Marianne Hernæs has said that the solution is ultimately about SAS’s survival, securing savings and revenues in the airline’s financial rescue plan.
– It is about getting an investor to invest in the future in SAS, she said on Friday night.
So far, the strike has cost SAS approximately SEK 100–130 million per day, according to the airline. On Thursday, the strike had caused more than 2,550 canceled flights, which has affected more than 270,000 passengers.