Pilots and board ‘to talk into night’ to end dispute
Both sides come before the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) today on the back of an announcement yesterday that, not only are profits down at the airline for the first six months of this year, but also that last week’s aborted strike action by the pilots cost it €3.5 million even though practically all flights took off as planned.
Aer Lingus chief executive Dermot Mannion said: “Everyone associated with this process realises that a cost of €3.5m for a strike that did not actually take place is a very substantial imposition on the company. It is not in anyone’s best interest, it’s not in the company’s, it is certainly not in the pilots’ or indeed any other staff, so in that sense we are very hopeful that when we go back to the LRC tomorrow, this will be resolved.”
