A long-serving Aer Lingus pilot who was demoted from captain to first officer after the airline decided he had tried to cover up an alleged error during a training flight is challenging the sanction, claiming it was an act of whistleblower penalisation.
The pilot, Declan McCabe, has made complaints under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, and the Payment of Wages Act 1997 against Aer Lingus Ltd.
Mr McCabe, who joined Aer Lingus in 1999, was demoted from training captain to first officer after being accused of making a mistake inputting co-ordinates for a landing to Dublin Airport and attempting to “cover that up”, his barrister told the tribunal today.
The allegation relates to a training flight from Munich to Dublin on 8th June 2023, when Mr McCabe was supervising a first officer on an Airbus jet when a difficulty with liking the aircraft’s navigation system to the ground system on approach to Dublin.
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The airline’s barrister told the Workplace Relations Commission on Thursday Mr McCabe had failed to make a mandatory safety report, which Mr McCabe denies – his lawyers arguing that none was required.
“My client was faced with allegations that he mistakenly inputted the co-ordinates and tried to cover that up,” Mr Byrnes said, as he sought a direction that the airline produce maintenance records for the jet involved in the incident.
Tom Mallon BL, appearing instructed by Katie Rooney of Arthur Cox LLP for Aer...
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