Aer Lingus pilots have pledged to strike next Tuesday in a move that is expected to trigger holiday chaos for Irish travellers.
The airline has admitted that if the industrial action goes ahead, they could have to ditch their entire schedule.
It might trigger a bit of a spike in staycations if people can’t get off the island, but still.
Pilots based out of Dublin and Cork are refusing to work on their days off and as part of the industrial action, say they will turn up an hour later than planned.
Some 87 per cent of the members of the Irish Airlines Pilots’ Association voted in favour of the strike action.
“They are working six days in succession with just one day off a week,” said a union spokesperson. “They are long days as well.”
This is a wake-up call for Aer Lingus. It was warned that if it continued to pile on the work, action would be taken.”
If the airline does opt to cancel its operations, some 30,000 passengers will be affected every day. That’s a lot of missed holidays to Tenerife.
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