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Management at Aer Lingus and the union Impact met separately today with the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) to discuss the situation over cabin crew who have rejected a controversial €97 million cost-saving plan. However, Aer Lingus said yesterday that while it had accepted the LRC's invitation for talks today, it remained committed to the full implementation of the cost-reduction programme. It insisted that the talks at the commission did not constitute a reopening of negotiations with Impact.

to see if it would be possible to reconvene the parties with a view to achieving a negotiated solution to disputed cost-saving measures   -Labour Relations Commission

 

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou told the EU in Brussels yesterday that his country would face difficulty meeting austerity targets if the cost of servicing his country's national debt remained so high. It costs Greece twice as much to borrow as it does Germany. Mr Papandreou said finance would become cheaper if Germany and other countries embraced the idea of an EU-backed bail out fund for distressed euro zone members.  

BANGKOK Tourism stakeholders believe the impact of the latest round of political protests that started on March 12 would be short-lived, provided the demonstrations, which were still ongoing at press time, would end quickly and without violence. Regional markets were far quicker to react to the situation than longhaul ones. Tour operators specialising in the European, Scandinavian and Australian markets, had not seen any cancellations at press time.

But so far, (there have been) no cancellations. We have just been receiving several requests (for updates) on the situation   -Christoph Mueller

 

BOOKINGS from longhaul markets remained intact while regional markets slowed as the Thai travel trade braced for a fall-out from the weekend's protest rallies. Go Vacation Thailand managing director Christoph Mueller reported no cancellations on current bookings for Bangkok and the rest of Thailand, but said the company had to cancel up to 900 Bangkok city tours scheduled for cruise passengers for today and tomorrow to avoid traffic. Asian Trails CEO Luzi Matzig also reported no cancellations but said  

Aer Lingus chief executive Christoph Mueller, now six months into the job, dramatically closed the door last week on the possibility of the airline drifting towards oblivion over a protracted period.  

British Airways Plc's chances of avoiding a cabin-crew strike after the end of talks are no better than even, a union said, while Deutsche Lufthansa AG pilots pledged to carry on negotiating beyond a deadline. "It's a toss of a coin," Len McCluskey, assistant general secretary of the Unite union, which represents 12,000 BA flight attendants in their dispute over staffing levels, said yesterday in an interview during a break in talks. "We've said all along we'd like to negotiate a settlement, and I remai

It’s a toss of a coin   -Len McCluskey

 

FEARS are growing that Aer Lingus will axe 1,100 jobs even though most of its staff have accepted an alternative €97m survival plan. Almost 1,200 SIPTU ground handling, support staff and cabin crew yesterday voted by 58pc in favour of a proposal that would mean over 600 voluntary redundancies and pay cuts up to 10pc. Hundreds of pilots and middle management staff represented by IMPACT have also accepted the proposal that was recommended by their union.

I wouldn't take Mr Mueller's threat lightly   -Aer Lingus

 

THE threat of over 1,000 compulsory redundancies looms large at Aer Lingus after cabin crew rejected a rescue plan for the troubled airline. Chief executive Christoph Mueller , nicknamed "the axeman", must now decide whether to act on his threat to impose massive job losses if there is no agreement with unions. The loss-making airline's cabin crew yesterday rejected a plan to save €97m a year at the airline, which had been hammered out after months of negotiations.  

The former chief financial officer of Aer Lingus , Sean Coyle , has landed a senior executive role at United Drug , Ireland 's biggest drug wholesaler, the Irish Independent has learned.  

AER Lingus still rules OK? Last Wednesday a basement in the bowels of Leinster House resembled a padded cell for the insane. Michael O'Leary has turned the lunatics in the aviation asylum on their heads.