ALERTS 2026 

RETIREES'  BASIC MONTHLY PAY REDUCED RETROACTIVELY 

NO INCOME PROTECTION, SECURITY  OR STABILITY 

IN RETIREMENT FOR  IRISH RETIREES 

 FORMER AERLINGUS & DUBLIN AIRPORT /SAA EMPLOYEES  

FROM JANUARY 2015 to DECEMBER 2025

TOTAL DEDUCTIONS TO DATE 

c€66m  cumulative

Retirees Regularly Contributed [% of Salary Sacrificed] to their Pension Fund

• following 'Auto Enrolment'

To Remind & Inform: Please circulate 

RETIRED AVIATION STAFF ASSOCIATION

RASA PENSIONERS

Employers Defined Benefit [IASS] Pension Scheme

for Retirees of AER LINGUS, DAA [formerly Aer Rianta], & SAA

AUSTERITY FOR RASA PENSIONERS CONTINUES

·               2007 - Cost-of-Living Increase Ceased

·        2011 - Government Imposed Pension Levy Deductions Continue

·        2015 - Retroactive Government/Employers/Trustees Imposed Cuts of 10%/20% 

·        Barred by all involved from IASS Benefit Reduction Compensation Mitigation/Buyout.

·        Barred by all involved from having a Voice at the table where decisions taken about their pension benefits*

RETIREES WANT THIS FIXED

NO INCOME PROTECTION OR SECURITY IN RETIREMENT FOR RETIREES WHO ARE FORMER AERLINGUS & DAA/SAA EMPLOYEES

·        Retirees Regularly Contributed [% of Salary Sacrificed] to their Employer Occupational Pension Pension Fund [IASS] following ‘Auto-Enrolment’

·        *Retirees want support for the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021

END AUSTERITY NOW

END AGEING INTO POVERTY

END RETROACTIVE LEGISLATIVE CUTS