Aer Lingus begins pay talks with pilots

Aer Lingus’s first meeting with pilots at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in a bid to resolve a pay row yielded no result on Thursday. The carrier referred the dispute to the commission after members of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (Ialpa), part of trade union Fórsa, voted to reject an 8.5% pay increase offer. Neither side commented after an initial meeting that lasted most of Thursday, but they are due back at the commission early next week. Pilots say the 8.5% offer took no account of their efforts to aid the airline through the pandemic or the subsequent surge in the cost of living.<br/>
Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/02/15/aer-lingus-begins-pay-talks-with-pilots/
2/15/24