12/11/2013

Aer Lingus Talks Adjourned

Talks between management and cabin crew at Aer Lingus have been adjourned until Thursday.

The Labour Relations Commission have been hosting talks between the two sides, in a dispute concerning rosters and the threatened closure of the cabin crew base at Shannon.

According to reports, the talks, which ended late last night, have made some progress.

The airline announced last month that it will shut the Shannon cabin crew base in March after their refusal to operate the new routes - which use smaller planes - with four crew instead of five.

Aer Lingus has told the 86 staff affected that they will be offered redeployment to Dublin or Cork, voluntary severance, leave of absence to work for the outsourcing company or redundancy.

(MH/IT)

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