Airport delays set to continue in Dublin as ASU staff vote for industrial action

The Herald newspaper reports taht passenger delays are set to continue at Dublin Airport after Airport Search Unit (ASU) staff voted to take industrial action as a result of a proposed reduction in headcount.

In May of this year the DAA said that it was looking for 400 voluntary redundancies among it's 3,200 staff. On Tuesday of this week it informed 27 ASU staff members that their contracts would not be renewed. According to the newspaper, ASU staff met on Wednesday to discuss the matter and arising from the meeting a decision was taken to begin a work to rule. The DAA says that it is not aware of the work to rule and that "traffic through the airport continues to move efficiently".

A press release release from Ryanair this afternoon would tend to give credence to the ASU version of events. The carrier has "confirmed that for the sixth time in three months long security queues at the DAA Monopoly run Dublin Airport resulted in Ryanair and Aer Lingus passengers missing flights this morning."

Somewhere in the midst lies the truth !