Significant financial aid for Irish airlines is the “only option” available to prevent industry collapse, an Oireachtas Committee on transport will hear. Pilot and worker unions will encourage members of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications that “thousands of jobs are at risk” unless there is Government intervention. In its opening statement, the Irish Air Line Pilots Association (IALPA) will encourage members to “lobby” the Government for financial support for the aviation industry. “If international travel is to be suppressed into the future, then significant financial aid is the only option available to avert sectoral collapse,” the IALPA writes.