IMPACT and Aer Lingus to attend talks on pilots' strike

Both sides in the Aer Lingus dispute are due to attend talks today after hundreds of passengers were affected by yesterday’s one-day pilots’ strike.

The pilots took the action after seven of their colleagues were suspended without pay for refusing to co-operate with new working arrangements contained in the airline’s survival plan. The pilots recently voted to reject the changes, which they said will compromise safety regulations.