AIR CHAOS

MORE than 2,700 Europe-bound Aer Lingus passengers are this morning scrambling to find alternative travel options after 34 flights to and from Dublin were last night cancelled due to the ongoing rostering dispute.

Many thousands more look set to be disrupted every day for the foreseeable future as the dispute between the management and cabin crew continues to rapidly escalate.

As of last night, 120 cabin crew had refused to co-operate with new rosters introduced by Aer Lingus on Monday. Of those, 82 had been removed from duty and from the payroll following individual meetings with human resources.