The airline contends Tom O’Riordan 'defamed' it on social media while off work sick in the wake of an incident on a jet the summer before. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

The head of safety at Aer Lingus has told a tribunal an engine repair report posted online by a whistleblower pilot in the wake of an alleged toxic fume leak on a jet was “not intended for public consumption”.

Conor Nolan, director of safety and security at the airline was under cross-examination for a second day on Friday at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

The airline is defending statutory complaints alleging penalisation under the Pro

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