Aer Lingus staff told of survival plan
Workers and management at Aer Lingus tonight learned the proposed survival plan for the embattled company on the day that 250 more jobs in the aviation industry were threatened in Dublin.
The Labour Relations Commission (LRC) suggested, among other proposals, a wage freeze in Aer Lingus until April 2003 and a cut in overtime pay from double-time to time-and-three quarters.
It also emerged that 800 people had applied for voluntary redundancy at the airline, which needs to shed 2,026 jobs in order to stay afloat. More staff had shown an interest in the voluntary package.
Aer Lingus will decide on the proposals at a board meeting tomorrow and trade unions suggested they needed many hours to assess the mammoth document.
The LRC, which held more than 70 meetings with workers and managers during its 16-day assessment, recommended that the proposals were accepted.
