Cabin crew at Aer Lingus are considering their next steps after the company told cabin managers that a number would be temporarily laid-off and that pay cuts would not be partially restored as hoped.
It follows the strong rejection of proposed cabin crew work practice changes in a ballot earlier this week, conducted by the Forsa union which represents them.
In a letter sent to the workers concerned, the airline said in light of the result, the current voluntary severance programme will close and no further severance offers will be made to individuals under the scheme.
It also said that while it had previously indicated that all cabin crew pay and hours would likely move to 80% from the current 60% prior to Christmas, a surplus of staff at