ALPA & European Airline Workers Storm Oslo to Oppose NAI

Capt. Lee Moak, ALPA president, (ALPA) joined airline industry employees from across Europe and North America in Oslo, Norway, this week to make clear their collective, resolute opposition to Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) bid to dodge Norway’s labor laws. NAI’s plan contradicts the U.S.-EU air services agreement allowing the company to gain an unfair economic advantage in competing against other European and U.S. airlines for international passengers’ business. Read ALPA’s statement.

During ALPA’s news conference on Wednesday attended by a dozen news media outlets, Capt. Moak, along with Nico Vorbooch, president of the European Cockpit Association, and Ed Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, each reiterated their adamant opposition to the NAI scheme and called for its immediate rejection. 

Among the groups showing unified support in Oslo were pilots representing the European Cockpit Association, the Norwegian Pilots Union, PARAT, the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations, the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, the Allied Pilots Association, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA and the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO.

ALPA also launched a new website www.takeaction.alpa.org, an online petition providing airline pilots and all airline employees, as well as the all others interested, with an opportunity to make their voices heard in opposing NAI’s plan.

Go to www.leadershipfromthecockpit.com to read the most recent blog post that in opposition to the NAI scheme. Follow us @WeAreALPA on Facebook and Twitter to #denyNAI.

Read media coverage of this issue here:
How are Norwegian Air Shuttle’s low-cost US flights financially possible? (The Guardian)