Originally Posted by
golfyankeesierra
Which only becomes interesting if you have been employed for a longer period of time. Shorter contracts like in this case won't pay much.
And I wonder if the pilots are going to see something of the €250000 penalty. The ruling only stipulates that it is the penalty for a mandatory base change; not for a discharge and not for a voluntary change (it was underlined 4 times in the Ryanair letter!).
In Dutch law, when to be discharged, the employer would have to get permission from the social security office, making it plausible they discharge them because of economic reasons. They also have to present a decent plan to help those discharged get other jobs, keep them in the company, etc. This has to comply with Dutch law.
In this case, this seems difficult and if permission is not granted, ryanair has to go to court. The judges might not be favourable to ryanair, judging from the last courtcase and while they might make it possible for ryanair to discharge the pilots, they then have to pay a significant som, probably as much as that 250.000, but maybe more.