Bad news for anyone booked to fly on Irish airline Aer Lingus over the next couple of weeks.
It seems Aer Lingus has not been employing enough pilots - and has been relying on them to do overtime to keep planes in the air.
Now, as part of proposed strike action, Aer Lingus pilots will start work-to-rule action from Wednesday, meaning they will decline overtime work or any out-of-hours duties.
As a result, the airline expects to cancel up to 20% of flights, news portal Travel Mole reports.
The work-to-rule action could potentially represent over 40 flights a day scrapped.
The airline operates an average of 220 flights a day during the summer season.
Donal Moriarty, chief corporate affairs officer for Aer Lingus, said: “Impacted passengers will be contacted and advised of cancellations and given their options in terms of refund, re-accommodation or voucher.”
Pilots are taking action over a requested pay increase of nearly 24%.
The airline has offered just over half of this.
The pilots’ union say their demand is the equivalent of real terms inflation since they last had a pay rise in 2019.
The airline’s short-haul Europe schedule is likely to be most at risk, Travel Mole reported.
It seems Aer Lingus has not been employing enough pilots - and has been relying on them to do overtime to keep planes in the air.
Now, as part of proposed strike action, Aer Lingus pilots will start work-to-rule action from Wednesday, meaning they will decline overtime work or any out-of-hours duties.
As a result, the airline expects to cancel up to 20% of flights, news portal Travel Mole reports.
The work-to-rule action could potentially represent over 40 flights a day scrapped.
The airline operates an average of 220 flights a day during the summer season.
Donal Moriarty, chief corporate affairs officer for Aer Lingus, said: “Impacted passengers will be contacted and advised of cancellations and given their options in terms of refund, re-accommodation or voucher.”
Pilots are taking action over a requested pay increase of nearly 24%.
The airline has offered just over half of this.
The pilots’ union say their demand is the equivalent of real terms inflation since they last had a pay rise in 2019.
The airline’s short-haul Europe schedule is likely to be most at risk, Travel Mole reported.
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