Aviation employers should retain access to the Government’s Covid-19 temporary wage subsidy scheme “for as long as necessary,” on condition that they avoid redundancies, according to Fórsa.

Fórsa and the AHCPS have reached an agreement with the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) designed to achieve €2 million in savings over the next four months. The IAA has seen a significant collapse in revenues since March due to Covid-19.

Covid-19 social distancing requirements are likely to further delay tests for some 55,000 learner drivers until at least late July.

Members of Fórsa’s cabin crew committee will meet Aer Lingus management today (Friday 26^th June) in consultations about proposed cabin crew redundancies at the airline.

Fórsa’s elected National Executive Committee has advised its branches and officials that significant changes to – or departures from – agreements governing pay and working conditions should again be negotiated through normal industrial relations procedures from Monday 29^th June.

Dublin-based pilots at CityJet staged a protest at the airline’s offices in Swords this week. It came in response to the airline’s confirmation of the planned closure of its Dublin base, and its decision to hire pilots from outside Ireland to fill resulting job vacancies.

Last Friday’s meeting of the European Council in Brussels fell short of ironing out disagreements over the proposed EU recovery package, designed to restore European economies severely damaged by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.