Norwegian Air's UK pilots and cabin crew will not receive April salary

Pilots and cabin crew employed in the UK by the struggling Norwegian Air Shuttle have been told they will not receive their April salary because the airline does not have the money to pay them. The airline asked its 1,000 UK air crew to accept significant pay cuts or redundancy at the end of March but workers have been informed that the airline has “no readily available funds to pay any employees on this coming payday” April 25. The company intends to apply for the UK govt’s furlough scheme to cover 80% of staff wages up to GBP2,500 when it opens April 20 but does not have the funds to pay workers in the interim. Pilots and cabin crew are warned “an optimistic pay date would be May 1”, if the UK govt furlough funds arrive, but they could receive their April salary as late as mid-May.<br/>