Jobs at risk after scrapping of postal plane to Isle of Man

The post office chairman confirmed there had been no job losses in the past six months

A total of 21 jobs could be at risk after the scrapping of the mail plane, the Isle of Man Post Office has said.

Royal Mail replaced air services between the island and the UK with road and ferry transportation in October.

Isle of Man Post Office chairman Stu Peters said it had created "surplus capacity" in the sorting hall due to "fundamental" operational changes.

Affected employees were being consulted, with mandatory redundancy the "absolute last option", he said.

The changes mean all standard mail takes at least two days for mail posted in the island to get to UK addresses and vice versa.

Speaking in the House of Keys on Tuesday, Mr Peters said staff from the sorting hall, who do not perform delivery duties, had been informed.

A "compliant union-agreed" consultation process to "explore all options" had already begun to consider redeployment opportunities, changing working hours or voluntary redundancy, he said.

A review of mails management was ongoing, he added.

The Communication Workers Union has been contacted for a comment.

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