The sole reason Astreaus is offering contract A320 jobs is to replace the legitimate jobs by Aer Lingus pilots soon to be made redundant having had no consultation or engagement from the company.
Norman, do not take the assumed silence on this and other websites as being a case of this being accepted by the Aer Lingus pilot body. These websites in the past and certainly in the future are not the place Aer Lingus pilots argue an internal issue. What I can assure you is that what is happening is not going unnoticed. What I can also tell you is that the new Aer Lingus CEO is not a foolish man and this plan devised by others in the company before he joined does not appear to be having the effect they had sought. The brand and safety record of the company rests on his head and he has acknowledged this to the pilot body. It may prove another very expensive mistake by his subordinate management who I can only assume thought all Aer Lingus pilots would be very shortly threatening strike action and who aren't. All I can say is watch this space. There may be a few twists and turns to come yet.
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