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13/11/2012
Aer Lingus Activate Disruption Plane Ahead Of Strike
In an effort to avoid passenger disruption during planned strike action Aer Lingus will make timetable changes and merge flights during the two-hour work stoppage at the country's busiest airport.
A company source has told the Irish Independent that it has activated its disruptions plan, adding it might consider hiring planes if necessary.
Trade union SIPTU said it intended to mount industrial action next Monday at Dublin Airport in an ongoing row over the company's pension crisis.
The strike is planned between 10am and 12pm and would mostly affect transatlantic passengers.
The long-running row centres on a €750m hole in the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme, which covers workers in the airline and the Dublin Airport Authority.
The company pledged to make a contribution to plug the gap in return for increased productivity from workers, but SIPTU said the company had a €900m cash pile and workers had already given enough.
In a statement, Aer Lingus said there was a need for "cost-stabilisation" measures, and that it regretted SIPTU's stance: "Aer Lingus finds it most regrettable that SIPTU has taken this decision to use Aer Lingus customers as leverage in a dispute, for which a way forward is clearly available."
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A company source has told the Irish Independent that it has activated its disruptions plan, adding it might consider hiring planes if necessary.
Trade union SIPTU said it intended to mount industrial action next Monday at Dublin Airport in an ongoing row over the company's pension crisis.
The strike is planned between 10am and 12pm and would mostly affect transatlantic passengers.
The long-running row centres on a €750m hole in the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme, which covers workers in the airline and the Dublin Airport Authority.
The company pledged to make a contribution to plug the gap in return for increased productivity from workers, but SIPTU said the company had a €900m cash pile and workers had already given enough.
In a statement, Aer Lingus said there was a need for "cost-stabilisation" measures, and that it regretted SIPTU's stance: "Aer Lingus finds it most regrettable that SIPTU has taken this decision to use Aer Lingus customers as leverage in a dispute, for which a way forward is clearly available."
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