Talks continue between airline and pilots’ unions

THE latest round of talks between Aer Lingus management and pilots begins at the Labour Relations Commission this morning.

Both sides have had five days to re-examine what concessions, if any, they are willing to give over the decision by the company to base staff at the Belfast hub on terms and condition based on northern rates.

The Irish Airline Pilots’ Association and IMPACT trade union are insisting those conditions are inferior and that the new staff must be given the same entitlements as those south of the border.