Originally Posted by
zerograv
Believe that the old principle of "all publicity is good publicity" lives on ...
But in this instance it's working against Ryanair
The subtext of the issue is that despite FR protestations compensation IS payable for cancellations due to strikes. This can only encourage more claims.
EU261 is the elephant in the room, it's the biggest potential cost of any strike action. The longer the dispute drags on, the more pax will realise they can claim. This alone will prevent FR facing down strikes for any length of time.