Aer Lingus Invites Pilots To Talks Ahead Of Strike Action

244 flights have been cancelled because of the action that will also include a full work stoppage on Saturday.

This includes an additional 120 flights were cancelled at the week after an eight-hour strike was announced.President of the Irish Airline Pilots Association , Captain Mark Tighe, says everything is a possibility, but at this stage they're not considering an all-out strike."However, they have attached preconditions to that invitation of what we can and only can talk at the meeting."I would very much hope that it would happen this week.

"It's so important to our economy. We know that air connectivity is the heartbeat of an open economy, like we have on our island. "It's so important that this disruption does not impact on thousands of people be it in business, people traveling, our tourism sector, it's a very important time for all of those sectors.

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