Cabin Crew and pilots in October 2006 pre privatisation made agreements with the aer lingus managment to 'fly anywhere' under certain terms depending on flight times, number of sectors and in what direction. no stone was unturned and it's quite comprehensive. I saw a copy of it before and includes directions that they don't fly eg CPT.
on a totally different subject, I'm hearing that EI will not use the US customs clearance facilities in SNN. is this true? Anyone hear anything more about this? The reason behind it that I"m hearing is that inflight sales of duty free would not be permitted and subsequently auxillary revenues would drop. that and the fact that they have to pay for the facility doesn't make it worth for them is what I'm hearing.
one wonders will the customs and immigration facility in SNN become a white elephant?