The president of the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (IALPA) has said that claims by Aer Lingus that it had repeatedly sought to enage with the union were 'not accurate.'
The president of the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association has said that claims by Aer Lingus that it had repeatedly sought to enage with the union were"not accurate."
Next Saturday alone 120 flights have been cancelled, because of eight hours of strike action by pilots, which will impact 15,000 passengers. The airline said it has also asked IALPA and the Forsa trade union to re-engage with the industrial relations machinery of the State - the Labour Court and the Workplace Relations Commission - but at this point they have rejected this request.Explained: Customer rights if your flight is cancelledMr Tighe said the pay claim of 24%"is to do with the inflation over the period of time. It's an accumulative increase," he said.
Mr Tighe said that the airline had"set up a pilot sickness review committee which is not in our agreements, so they are contacting each individual pilot who they believe is excessively sick"."Pilot sickness is a significant legal thing because a pilot, obvioulsy by law, cannot be in control of an aircraft when they are sick," he said.
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