There are plenty of other industries where leading companies push for growth, profits, stock market favourable sentiment and stock value, and shareholder& investor returns, and many have these tensions between employees and the company.
This is standard in many industries and just because Ryanair is so high profile doesn't mean they are any worse or better than other companies, It just means they are more so in the public eye.
Ryanair are a massive Irish Inc. success story who have created '000 of jobs and spin--off employment to the real economy both in Ireland and the UK and across other European regions.
Employees wilfully and in full knowledge and complete transparency accepted job offers from Ryanair under employment contract T&C's which are transparent.
Now it seems some employees want to move the goal posts and see they can alter their T&C's without realising for every action, there will be an equal and opposite reaction.
The self entitlement attitudes of some employees is tedious and unacceptable in a modern buoyant economy. These employees are paid well for an honest days work, they have benefits too. But now it seems they want to bite the hand that feeds them.
Moronic attitudes and reckless clueless union officials will destroy economic prosperity of the individuals they allegedly represent.
Unions attempting to take on a massively successful powerhouse is frankly dumb ass granstanding. The exchequer returns will ultimately take a hit due to lost tourism and reduced travelling passenger numbers. Ultimately, employees are putting their own job security at significantly high risk now.
None of these clowns see the macro impacts - all in it for themsrlves and fcuk the rest of society and the European travelling citizens.