Aer Lingus cabin crew on medication due to sleep disruption

A survey of cabin crew at Aer Lingus found that more than a third had to take medication to fight sleep disruption and almost half were going to work while sick.

The Impact trade union commissioned a report by Richard Wynne of the Work Research Centre on the health and wellbeing of its members in the airline based on a survey over a 28-day period.

One of the questions crew were asked was: “On how many days have you gone to work while sick in the past 28 days?”