The war of words between the two sides continued before a work-to-rule affecting thousands of passengers.
Aer Lingus has offered to meet pilots to try to resolve their dispute, days before industrial action begins.
Aer Lingus has called the pilots’ industrial action “insidious” and compared it with “blackmail”, while pilots accused the company of threats and “antagonism”. Shortly after the airline confirmed which flights were cancelled on Friday, an eight-hour strike was announced by the pilots for Saturday June 29, running from 5am to 1pm.Of the total 244 cancelled flights, affecting 35,000 passengers, Aer Lingus said it had notified all passengers affected and accommodated 80% with alternatives such as a refund or rebooking.Ialpa president Mark Tighe confirmed the company had asked for a meeting, but had added preconditions on what could be discussed.
“That is a possibility unfortunately, because of the nature of the industrial action, there could be close-in cancellations caused by pilot unavailability and refusal to work to their contractual flexibility that they have, so that is absolutely possible,” he told RTE Radio. Mr Moriarty called on Ialpa to return to the Labour Court or the Workplace Relations Commission to resolve the dispute and said the union with which it is affiliated, Forsa, should support this for passengers’ sakes.
“If they’re unable or unwilling or incapable of doing that, we should enter the Labour Court or the Workplace Relations Commission and we’re calling upon them to be willing to do that this week.”
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