Pilot Group Decries Social Neglect Among Europe’s Airlines
Cites "flags of convenience," and "atypical employment" among unfair practices in airline industry
Norwegian Air Shuttle has drawn criticism from the ECA for so-called "social dumping" techniques, including what the association called a unilateral decision to transfer striking workers to subsidiaries, massive recourse to strike-breaking, virtual crew bases outside Europe and social engineering. (Photo: Flickr: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" target="_blank">Creative Commons (BY-SA)</a> by <a href="http://flickr.com/people/valentinhintikka" target="_blank">valentin hintikka</a>)
Norwegian Air Shuttle has drawn criticism from the ECA for so-called "social dumping" techniques, including what the association called a unilateral decision to transfer striking workers to subsidiaries, massive recourse to strike-breaking, virtual crew bases outside Europe and social engineering. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by valentin hintikka)