Aer Lingus will be forced to cancel hundreds more flights as IALPA delays their decision on whether to accept a Labour Court award of an 18pc pay rise.
The IALPA executive is not issuing a recommendation to its members at this time on a deal that includes a pay increase for pilots over a four-year period.
The union has asked for “clarification” on a number of points. When this is received they will consider them further. The union will then hold a series of information meetings for members, a process which could last up to five days and will then issue a recommendation of whether to accept or reject the deal.
Only then will the Labour Court recommendation be put an electronic ballot of members which will take up to three days.
Aer Lingus has accepted the Labour Court recommendation, which includes changes to pay scales, rostering agreements, and a debt owed by pilots.
IALPA President Mark Tighe said “at this evening’s meeting of its executive, a number of questions were raised about their understanding of the document. They have legitimate questions about their understanding of some of the phraseology so since the meeting ended we have written to the Labour Court to confirm that our understanding of the written word is correct and we hope to have response soon.”
