Although I’ve been in the aviation industry since leaving school 14 years ago, Ryanair gave me my first opportunity as flight crew. For that I am truly grateful. I am under no illusion I was a cheap pilot for them. I paid for my own type rating and worked on half sector pay for 6 months. In return I flew my back side off and learnt my new trade from very experienced Captains. I had fun, both abroad and back in Stansted. I could see early on the culture of the company. I joined BALPA and was a big supporter of REPA, spending time talking to mostly foreign Captains and convincing them to take part in the Union/Repa process. What struck me was the amount of crew that were ‘happy’ at Ryanair and were not keen to rock the boat. As terms and conditions deteriorated further and further I jumped ship to Orange pastures. Ladies and Gents, there is no need to berate each other on this forum. There are real problems at Ryanair that can only be fixed by the majority of RYANAIR crew coming together and acting either through BALPA/IALPA or the ERC. Unity, Unity, Unity ! It is true.. Other airlines look at FR and want to emulate the working practises . EasyJet are trying to pull the old base contract trick at the moment !
To this end we all need to support the Ryanair crew and help them to act. They have been shafted from O’Leary and Co on the one side and IALPA decision not to take FR to court has knocked them from the other side. Either way Ryanair crew must pull their fingers out, grow some balls and ACT Unity..Unity..Unity ..
NB. Grim Repa.. stop the abuse and try and get some support for the repa cause !
Last edited by Marvo; 10th January 2008 at 18:21.
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