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Strike threatens three Irish airports
Strike action threatens major disruption at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports on Monday.
An eight-hour stoppage from 4am until 12 midday has been called by The Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU).
If it goes ahead, no aircraft would land or take off from the three airports during that time.
Ryanair, a big user of Dublin Airport, issued a statement today calling on the Department of Transport to ensure the airport is kept open.
Michael O’Leary said: “There is no justification for any strikes next Monday by overpaid, semi-state workers at the DAA who despite a recession and the collapse in traffic, enjoy total job security.
“The only reason these people can close Dublin Airport is because the DAA is a Government owned monopoly where the public sector unions have repeatedly closed Ireland’s main international airport.
“The image of the Irish economy has suffered enough without Ireland’s main airport being closed by a small group of public sector trade unions who are completely insulated from the realities of the current recession and the stark choices facing private sector companies and their employees.
"Dublin Airport is a high cost, inefficient, Government-owned monopoly, and it is about time this Government stood up to these public sector trade unions.
“If these head bangers go on strike at a time of enormous traffic declines at Dublin Airport, then the Government should impose 12% job cuts at Dublin Airport and Air Traffic Control to reflect the reduced work load being guaranteed by the reduced traffic numbers which will pass through Dublin Airport this year.”
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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