Ryanair management back in court

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Ryanair web probe hits trouble

(Daily Mail Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)

RYANAIR'S legal battle against three Irish pilots failed to get off the ground yesterday when their star witness claimed it was 'unethical' to view evidence in the case by accessing the pilots' website.


The Irish low-cost carrier has taken its action to the High Court to try to unmask the identity of pilots responsible for controversial remarks about the company's working practices which were made on an Internet message board run jointly by the British and Irish pilots' unions.

The airline wants to know the identity of those people who go under the codenames 'ihateryanair', 'cantfly-wontfly' and others on the Ryanair European Pilots Association (REPA) website.

Since being employed by Ryanair to carry out an independent assessment on the electronic evidence, IT security specialist Eoin Keeley said he never once tried to enter the contentious website.

Under cross-examination, he insisted it was morally wrong to analyse data that he was not privy to.

'It is totally unethical, and I believe illegal, to gain access to any site without permission' he said.