Pilots halt industrial action pending vote on 17.75% pay offer
Aer Lingus has dropped plans to cancel further flights next week after pilots ended industrial action late on Wednesday pending a vote on a 17.75 per cent pay rise offer. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish TimesHowever, the 25 flights that the carrier announced it would axe on Monday July 15th and Tuesday July 16th remain cancelled as that cannot be reversed.
The move means pilots are no longer refusing over time, out of hours working and roster changes, measures that forced Aer Lingus to cancel 573 flights from the point at which the action began on Wednesday June 26th up to next Tuesday.The head of the Aer Lingus pilots union has said no work conditions were agreed to as part of the deal with Aer Lingus it is recommending to its members.“We’re recommending it because we believe it’s a deal that the pilots can hopefully accept and we’ll move on.
The airline flies around 44,000 people daily on 220 services at this time of year, its busiest and most profitable.
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