Fórsa’s Aer Lingus Cabin Crew branch have backed a revised pay deal in a ballot. The ballot closed last week (10th October), drawing a vote of 79% in favour of the terms of the new pay deal.
The ballot followed renewed negotiations with the airline during September and was issued by the branch with a recommendation to vote in favour of the new deal. The agreement will improve the basic pay rate by 12.25% over the next two years and is to be backdated to 1st January 2023.
Under the terms of the deal, basic pay will improve as follows:
- 1st January 2023: 2% or €640 (whichever is greater)
- 1st July 2023: 1.75% or €560 (whichever is greater)
- 1st October 2023: 2% or €640 (whichever is greater – backdated)
- 1st January 2024: 3.5% or €1120 (whichever is greater)
- 1st January 2025: 3% or €960 (whichever is greater).
This equates to 9.25% by January 2024, and a total of 12.25% by January 2025.
In addition, there will be a once-off tax-free voucher payment made on 1st October 2024, worth €750.
The new pay deal includes annual revisions to cabin crew credits over the three-year period covered, which will see cabin crew receive an extra €664 in credits in 2024, and a total of €890 a year by 2025.
Fórsa and Aer Lingus will commence negotiations to devise a new credits model by January 2024.
The deal will also see cabin crew pay scale progression for those recruited in 2022 and 2023, in addition to improvements in commission and overnight allowances.
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