Both sides in the Aer Lingus pilots’ pay row will attend the Labour Court on Tuesday, boosting hopes of a breakthrough in the deadlocked dispute. Members of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (Ialpa) at the company plan to begin industrial action on Wednesday in pursuit of a 24 per cent pay rise, a move that has led to flight cancellations hitting 35,000 passengers. Ialpa and Aer Lingus both confirmed late on Monday that they had accepted invitations to attend separate meetings at the Labour Court on Tuesday.
News of the court’s intervention boosted hopes that the sides could resolve a dispute that had grown increasingly bitter, with the union saying the airline had threatened officials and members, while the company accused pilots of “blackmail”. READ MORE Vanguard’s John Bogle would have been aghast at Elon Musk’s pay deal with Tesla ‘Any investment in my home I consider value as it’s my sanctuary’ ‘The work ethic here is unbelievable’: Meet the Dublin fashion designer who has created the Irish Olympic team’s costumes LinkedIn’s makeover lacks one thing: humour Taoiseach Simon Harris said that the meetings could “provide an opportunity to try to make progress and ensure the travelling public are not further affected by this dispute”. The Labour Court asked each party to attend to brief it on the dispute.
Its move came at the end of a day during which both sides said they remained willing to meet, but appeared no closer to doing so. Aer Lin.
