The Labour Relations Commission is to meet separately with Aer Lingus management and the IMPACT trade union tomorrow in a bid to resolve the cabin crew dispute at the airline.
However, sources stressed tomorrow's meetings would not involve a reconvening of the negotiating process, which led to agreement on a €97m cost-reduction programme.
The current row arose when cabin crew rejected that plan, which would have avoided compulsory redundancies, by a margin of two to one. All other grades had accepted it.
Last week, Aer Lingus Chief Executive Christoph Mueller announced the airline would be terminating the employment of all 1,200 cabin crew.
Most would be re-hired immediately, but on lower pay and conditions.
However, around 230 would be made compulsorily redundant and would receive the bare legal minimum redundancy payment of two weeks pay per year of service.
IMPACT had called for the Labour Relations Commission to intervene, but management had already ruled out any further negotiations or any re-ballot of staff.
Sources said tomorrow's meetings would allow management and the union to share their current understanding of the situation at the airline.
