Absolutely bang on statement there. Cc work longer hours than most for basic pay and get blamed for everything.

Hi Mickey,

Just to be clear I’m in no way having a go at workers, who generally don’t mind sensible changes to work practices if it saves jobs, but the unions don’t allow them. Most workers are hard working and do a great job.

I also am not anti Union when they do what they are meant to which is to safeguard workers, unfortunately too many Unions are run be self-serving greedy fat cats.

So only when the jobs are going to go does the union find 1.5m in savings from 50 jobs, imagine if the union were actually proactive and found this level of saving through all of Aer Lingus, they might find 150m or1.5b in saving making Aer Lingus profitable which should protect all the jobs, but unions don’t care about workers, all they care about is themselves, and what junkets and perks the union leaders can get for themselves.

Aer Lingus is profitable. In fact moreso than most European airlines given evonomic conditions.