They are planning to make cuts from June 21st
The union, which represents cabin crew at the airline say there is still a month left for negotiations, and say there is still time to come to a solution.
Aer Lingus is benefitting from the state's temporary wage subsidy scheme, which will cease at the end of June.
Niall Shanahan from Forsa says it is too early for the airline to be saying they're cutting jobs: