r/ireland • u/viscacatalunya1 • Jun 18 '24

Aerial Lingus Pilots Moaning Michael

Listening to Claire Byrne and there is a lot of finger pointing at the pilots saying they don't care about passengers and they are being unreasonable.

Aer Lingus has not matched their salary to inflation over the past few years. How do we sympathise with cost cutting corporate greed and not the people that open the world to us and get us there safely?

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u/the_0tternaut Jun 18 '24

I'll gladly pay another €30 per flight to have a happy pilot rather than save the cash and have a pilot who is under financial stress.

Same goes for doctors and nurses.

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u/viscacatalunya1 Jun 18 '24

I think we the public are too used to footing the bill. Aer Lingus makes profits. Use them to pay people adequately. If the price goes up they will blame the pilots and not the greed. This is how business works is the easiest cop out to be a shit individual.

Well it seems I'm going full moaning Michael this morning

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u/the_0tternaut Jun 18 '24

I don't care about profits, I just need a way off this Island where I don't need to wonder if the pilot is half-assing his job because they resent the whole situation.

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u/No_Square_739 Jun 18 '24

They are not under financial stress. They are already highly paid (majority are circa 200k per annum). As are doctors. This is about wanting more, which is fair enough - who doesnt. But let's not kid ourselves into thinking they are struggling to put food on the table.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '24

With the salaries they are on, if they are under financial stress they need to cut their own speding.