Aer Lingus in fresh war of words with pilots over cutbacks plan

YET another war of words has broken out between Aer Lingus and its pilots over attempts to bring in a new savings programme at the airline.

Almost four months to the day since Aer Lingus announced it wanted to introduce €97m in efficiencies across the airline through its “Greenfield” plan, the entirety of the document is yet to be signed off. That is in spite of the fact innumerable hours have been spent in arbitration between management and the various staff unions.

As of the end of 2009, all but the pilots had agreed their share of the savings.