Aer Lingus pilots have voted to accept a package of work changes aimed at securing €5m in annual cost savings for the airline.
Of approximately 500 pilots in total, 249, or 85%, voted to accept the deal, while 48 voted against.
The deal provides for a €7m compensation sum to be split beween the 500 pilots, averaging around €14,000 each.
In return, they will give up a number of perks, including transport and phone allowances, but the big change is on pay.
Pilots flying more than 520 hours a year are currently entitled to a premium payment known as performance pay.
Aer Lingus had originally sought to raise that threshold to 720 hours a year. In the end, the company settled for 570 hours.
The pilots' union IALPA has also won the right to represent pilots based in Belfast.
The next pay review for pilots will take place in 2011.
The ballot result is good news for the company, after cabin crew also voted to accept their productivity deal last week.
However, observers are now waiting to see how Aer Lingus managment will deal with the 1,800 SIPTU ground staff who last week rejected the compromise cost cutting proposals negotiated by their representatives six weeks ago.
