Aer Lingus reducing cabin crew hours and pay to 60pcAer Lingus has announced it is reducing its cabin crew working hours and pay to 60pc and is warning that layoffs are imminent.

The unilateral action from the company comes after staff voted in a ballot against voluntary redundancies and changes to work practices.

In a letter, seen by Independent.ie, the company said it had “identified a surplus at the CSM (cabin service managers) grade.”

It said it had previously indicated all cabin crew pay and hours would likely move to 80pc before Christmas, but a surplus was then identified.

“To address this surplus, CSMs will not progress to a 80pc working arrangement in line with other crew grades and will instead be retained at 60pc of their underlying contracted hours and pay for the foreseeable future,” the letter said.

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