Aer Lingus - Airline must tackle issues

WORRIED Aer Lingus customers gave a huge sigh of relief at the 11th-hour removal of threatened industrial action by pilots.

For the umpteenth time the travelling public has been made to suffer while management and staff engaged in the kind of brinkmanship that one day could result in shutting down the company once and for all.

While on-going problems over pay persisted at Belfast and Gatwick, Dublin-based pilots won more humane rostering concessions involving a three-day break after working five days rather than just one day off.

In its present plight, Ireland Inc needs industrial troubles like the proverbial hole in the head.

Customers will abandon Aer Lingus if negotiable industrial relations issues constantly develop into major problems. The airline must sort that out before it’s too late.