Passenger services, so that would mean check in or baggage tracing or something along those lines?
A mate of mine has just started in check in and enjoying it. Great people to work with, don't know about management.
Not too sure what their rosters are like but SA operate on a 24/7 basis so there will be plenty of earlies and lates.
Like Steve said, expect no weekends off, no holidays during the summer.
Come October, they will know how many of temps they can retain through the winter. SA recently got the American Airlines contract so thats a daily service, so that will keep a few temps in work through the winter.
But, being kept on doesn't guarantee you forty hours per week. So beware of that. A 24 hour a week contract isn't a lot of money to keep you going from november on. Granted ski flights start up again and youll get your hours going but the winter season is quieter so you may have some lean pay packets.
As for Aer lingus i don't know. Bear in mind that they are a scheduled operator so they have services year round. May be a better chance of retention there but i don't know for sure. Equally you could be in for the summer only and be out on your ear so either way beware.
AS for SA keeping you on, the main things they will look at are: Attendance(dont go sick) willingness to do overtime(always looked upon favourably) and finally general ability on the job, which i would guess is actually weighted less importantly than the other two.
General terms and conditions, I expect SA to offer around €11 ph, with some sort of attendance bonus based on weekends worked through the summer.
All in all, I had great time with SA when i was there. I was on the ramp and it is hard work, but you get used to it. Great ramp staff. Expect the occasional shafting from management, but such is life.
Despite Aer Lingus being in more of a PLC mode now than ever, its still very much unionised and I would expect they have the handier days work.
With their services being year round, I would wager you'd have a better chance of retention there than SA, but as i have ZERO experience of actually working there i could be way off the mark.
I dont know if anything of what i said helps, I hope it will, but either way best of luck for the job.
And, when you start working there you will truly get to appreciate what a disaster Dub really is, and the govt really ought to get the finger out and make a decision one way or the other, or better yet, set a match to the place and start again...