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Aer Lingus Pilots Vote to Strike if Negociations Fail

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  • #32
    Specialun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    Jester252 wrote: »
    They sould be thankful to have a job

    I hate when people say that. Are you actually serious or trolling?


  • #33
    kc90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭kc90


    TheSB wrote: »
    The unions at Aer Lingus are total retards. This is the crowd who recommended the pilots to invents €1,000's of their own money into the company to stay off a takeover by Ryanair. What happens next?? The share prices collapsed!!

    It's not a terrible idea. Ryanair is bad news as an employer, and the purpose of the union is to look out for employees. Anything that avoids Ryanair taking a majority is a good option.


  • #34
    TheSB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭TheSB


    Pilotdude5 wrote: »
    There is sweet **** all jobs going for pilots. Unless you are willing to pay thousands to the company after your training to secure your position.

    EDIT: And anyone who pays for a job is an asshole.

    What do you mean?? I would have no sympathy for training pilots who have to pay for their ratings etc. out of their own pockets. However, it would be very dangerous if we got to a situation like in America where new pilots are paid a pittance. Remember the case of the Colgan Air pilot who was paid something like $16,000, couldn't afford to sleep at a hotel and was so tired she went on to crash the plane and kill all the passengers.


  • #35
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    Specialun wrote: »
    I hate when people say that. Are you actually serious or trolling?

    Imagine the pay cut they would have to take if they had no job. Maybe people should realise this before they demand more money.


  • #36
    Shamrock231
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 726 ✭✭✭Shamrock231


    Jester252 wrote: »
    Imagine the pay cut they would have to take if they had no job. Maybe people should realise this before they demand more money.

    But the thing is that they're jobs, as jobs go, are relatively secure, the airline is making large profits and is one of the airlines with the largest profit margins in Europe. That's what makes me wonder about why people don't think now is a good time to ask for your increments back, which they were promised when they agreed to halt all increments and no more pay rises back in 2008 and then to take a 12% pay cut in 2011. This was agreed back then, the company is profitable, but they're denying them the increment.

    If it wasn't profitable I'd be singing from a totally different hymn sheet, it'd be mad, selfish and reckless to ask for a pay rise if they were still making a loss, but they're not, they're highly profitable.


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  • #37
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭take everything


    Turbulent times in Aer Lingus.
    These guys are in for some land. Need to be brought back down to earth if you ask me. I'm sure there's plenty waiting in the wings who'll do the job. Fokkers, hijacking a bank holiday like that.

    Also, this is serious so less of the puns lads.


  • #38
    Kevcol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭Kevcol


    If they go on strike at the start of August I may actually cry!


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