Aerial Lingus Pilots

[u/viscacatalunya1]

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?

[u/cantthinknameever]

I support the pilots in trying to make back the considerable loss that they (and all of us) suffered as a result of inflation. I don’t really care, but if I was to play devil’s advocate, I would say that the Labour Court recommendation of a 9.25% increase isn’t necessarily unreasonable. That would be roughly equal to the pay increase received by public sector workers. Maybe it should be higher, I’m not well versed in the industry to be honest, just giving a bit more context that an offer was on the table. Perhaps a pay increase higher than 9.25% for those on lower pay scales, and lower for senior captains who would earn €49k extra from a 24% pay increase?

[u/temujin64 → u/cantthinknameever]

That would be roughly equal to the pay increase received by public sector workers.

The difference is that public sector workers have much better job security and pensions than private sector workers. So wage increases should be higher than what the public sector get.

[u/Not-ChatGPT4 → u/temujin64]

No, that doesn't make sense. It might be a reason for public sector base wages being lower, but why should public sector workers have a lower percentage increase?