New rostering to pit Aer Lingus against staff

AER LINGUS and its staff are once again on a collision course, which could see the airline’s passengers facing the grounding of flights within days.

The airline is to implement new rosters on Monday, even though they have not been fully agreed with cabin crew. If staff refuse to work according to those rosters they face removal from the payroll. Such a move could precipitate an all-out strike by the rest of the cabin crew.

Management and the cabin crew have been embroiled in a dispute over rostering for a number of months. Since October the staff have engaged in a work-to-rule, albeit without impacting on any flights.