SAS flight manager Rolf Bakken says the company would never punish anyone who uses the safety valve unfit for flight, which according to SAS is used a couple of times a day within the company.

- It's all about trust, you have to sign up unfit if you feel you can't handle your flight safety work on board.

SVT has taken part in a recorded conversation where a fired SAS employee, "Johan", asks if he could keep his job if he did not make an unfit notification. After a long discussion, one of the managers agrees with him that the company had then received no indication that he might not be able to cope with a difficult situation, and that he was thus able to keep the job.

SAS: Is about an overall assessment

Rolf Bakken was not himself present at the meeting, but believes that all employment decisions are based on what is called a collective assessment.

- I think it is good to discuss individual things in a meeting, but the whole is to be based on our confidence that employees can perform their work when unforeseen events occur.

"I'm proud"

SVT has been in contact with several people who state that there have been several cases where information from unfit reports has been turned against the employee.

- Then I would love to know what occasions you talk about for what I see out there myself ... I'm a pilot and I'm proud of what SAS does, says Rolf Bakken.