With planning already approved for the runway extension and funding committed for Airport Upgrades, it looks like it full steam ahead for Waterford Airport to return to UK Flights. The airport is undergoing a €30m upgrade to enable larger jets (e.g., A320, Boeing 737) to operate, with plans for passenger services to resume by late..
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Exciting News for the South East as The Future of Waterford Airport Officially Takes Off!
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“Abort your child, or lose your job” – Irish Airlines Tells Female Pilots to Terminate Their Pregnancy Or Lose Their Jobs!
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Female pilots in Ireland are being told by their employers to “terminate” their pregnancies or their employment, according to Capt. Evan Cullen, who leads the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association. Approximately half of all pilots serving airlines registered in Ireland are self-employed contractors, thus making them reluctant to complain about work conditions. Some of the female pilots, Cullen said, have been told they should not become pregnant.
Female pilots, he said, are being told “you have a choice, you terminate your employment or you terminate your pregnancy. You can’t have both. So that is absolutely what goes on.”
In a hearing before the Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection in Ireland’s Dáil — the lower house in Ireland’s Oireachtas national legislature — Cullen said self-employed pilots are afraid to
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