Aer Lingus chief refuses to condemn leaked memo

AER LINGUS chairman John Sharman yesterday refused to condemn a leaked document containing proposals to force staff to accept redundancy, saying the measures had never become company policy.

In a confrontational meeting of the Oireachtas Transport Committee yesterday, Mr Sharman insisted the controversial human resources memo was one of many drafts drawn up by each Aer Lingus department as the company prepared its business plan last summer.

“It was one small piece in the jigsaw puzzle that resulted in the business plan,” he said.