Cabin crew to vote on Aer Lingus draft agreement

CABIN crew at Aer Lingus are to vote in the coming days on a draft agreement which could all but end the airline’s 18-month battle to introduce a €20 million cost-saving agenda.

The agreement would allow Aer Lingus to save €5 million on top of the €10 million agreed with ground staff last week. A further €5 million will come from the airline’s pilots with whom the company is close to a deal.

If the agreement reached between Aer Lingus and IMPACT trade union, which represents the cabin crew, passes muster — and no further points of disharmony arise — it will mean the airline can go on its March roadshow to investors bearing news that the €20 million Programme for Continuous Improvement agenda has finally been implemented.