'Every cancelled flight is going to cost them €80,000' | Conor Pope on Aer Lingus pilots strike 

For most of the flight they have nothing to do. Autopilot takes over. They need to be alert on Take off and Landing.

@@TheToothfairiethat’s exactly the point the original comment made

Pilots are very well paid

​@@lorettaobrien8599So they should be🤡

No worker goes on strike on a whim. Did politicians get 26% over the past two years?

They have certain amount of hours they are allowed to fly and that is not very much ..

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Why?

Why don't the pilots accept the 9%.

GREED!. ​@@michaeljames3912

@@michaeljames3912 Because that's an effective pay cut when Aer Lingus are raking in profits. They're asking to match inflation, not for another gold yacht...

Aer Lingus were ripping people off since 90's if you didn't realise that you either have too much money or living on another planet

Hope you get lucky and it doesn't afgfect you but if it does hope you will be covered by insurance?

Due too fly in august Wiill book flights from uk and claim the insurance. I think aer fungus willl go bankrupt this summer.

Yeah my heart brakes for them not

Answer me this, how much responsibility do you wasters have in your job?

The pilots are the ones who keep this multi billion euro airline going...give them their 24% increase

Your clueless

I bet you’re the kind of person who complains teachers get too much holidays.

Well there's no point in doing it durning the quiet season ,now is there.🙄

@@annettereddall8982 I don't understand that reply

If the execs can get 66% increase the workers can get 24%

Tbf it takes €125k to even get a job they do deserve it and the training is vigorously hard

Just the license cost around 200.000 grand plus don’t forget 40%tax from they salary and then we didn’t talked about serious amount of trainings and responsibilities

You know they don't just drive a taxi, the level of training, the hours they work being on call . The responsibility for all those lives. Could you do it????

Another capitalist 🤡 standing with share holders and executives. Pay the workers what they should be paid, aer Lingus made €230 million profit last year and senior execs have had a 66% pay increase since 2019

Richard Kimble used hair dye in the fugitive😊

They are private sector 😂 aer Lingus is finished? It made €230m in profits last year 😂 senior execs have had a 66% increase in pay. Just give the workers what they want

Did you pay €100,000 for your job?

€170k is only for pilots for years and years of experience a lot of junior first officers earn approx €40k

@@michaelclarke431 Michael. Being a pilot is an investment, like a business. They earn that kind of money on the back of years of training, studying and saving. Just like doctors, lawyers, surgeons, businessmen and other high end jobs. It is why some people earn x2, x3, x10 times of others despite working similar hours. I wish you the best in the books your studying after you finish arguing with strangers on RU-vid.

@@NAME-wm9lcclose to 200.000

@@michaelclarke431training a pilot it’s minimum 3 year and 200.000grand plus they have to be responsible 130 soul every flight…

Look at what it takes to become a pilot. The cost of becoming one. The responsibility, the hours answering calls OFH. They deserve their 24%

It’s 24% they want…🤡

Slavery is over Pay the Pilots, money wasted on invaders,

They're not on strike yet. They're simply working their published rosters and nothing extra. The fact that the airline cannot operate their schedules unless pilots work their days off or overtime raises some serious questions about their management. The airline sold tickets, knowing they'd have to rely on their pilot to work days off, etc. At the end of the day, everyone in Ireland's spending power has reduced as salaries have not kept up with inflation. The pay rise simply addresses that.

They are on a work to rule not a strike yet. Who are you to say they don't deserve a rise or that they are greedy. Would or could you handle the pressures of their work. All those souls to get to their destination safely. Give them their 24%.

@@annettereddall8982 I agree with you ,we hear the airlines are losing millions in one week, well if your making that kind of money in a short time, what is the problem, did I read about calls outside working hours? the airline doesn't own the Pilots, slavery is over, pay the Pilots, PayThe Pilots,

A typical response of a bitter, unhappy individual. If you're going to comment on the matter, then at least do your homework.

@@Curiousmonkey1 I'm not bitter or unhappy you ape. I come from a very wealthy family and my parents own 4 properties in Cork. So my wife and i live mortgage free because they gave us a house in 2017. But a 6 figure salary is enough for anyone.

​​@@michaelclarke431 you've clearly put a lot of effort into that response. Please elaborate on it. I suspect this is a case of, "They earn more than me! They're overpaid", rather than doing any research into the industry etc. The payscale is quite complex depending on years served, rank, fleet etc. You might be happy for your spending power to erode, and not do anything about it. The airline scheduled flights, knowing they had insufficient pilots to crew the operation. Look at the disruption caused by working to rule. In other words, pilots not working days off or overtime. Yet the the same executives who overseen this in Aer Lingus have bumped their income up by up to 66%. I fully support them. It's time more irish workforces demanded better rights and pay instead of share holders and high end execs reaping the rewards.

Your showing your complete ignorance now. Try looking at what it takes to become a pilot.

100% David thinks Irelands full 😂😂