COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Finnair said on Wednesday it was preparing to cancel some flights on Thursday, after the Finnish Air Line Pilots’ Association (SLL) rejected a settlement proposal for a collective labour agreement.
SLL will start a standby ban on Finnair pilots on Dec 12, meaning pilots will not come to work from on-call shifts, Finnair said in a statement, adding that there was already an ongoing ban on overtime work.
“When a pilot falls ill, for example, on-call pilots are unavailable and the flight has to be cancelled,” the company said.
(This story has been corrected to change the day of flight cancellations to Thursday from Friday, in paragraph 1)
(Reporting by Louise Rasmussen, editing by Terje Solsvik)
