Its also not the only airline thats had a pay freeze this year due to expected DIP in profits and the fuel price affecting operations.
However when it was announced that the top 30 managers would take a pay freeze due to the hard times and the cost of fuel etc effecting profits, what they forgot to mention is that everyone else had a pay freeze as well. However unlike the top 30 managers we won't be reimburssed by profit shares and bonuses, which of course todays announcment will gladly contribute.
There are some very hard working and extemely professional people who work to make this airline successful, and it is. However its these very same people that Ryanair has an inane habit of p***ing off at every opportunity. When you work for the company you realise it all becomes smoke and mirrors very quickly. What you see is not in any way what you get.
Grounding aircraft, wait and see...............................................
I suspect these aircraft will be flying, allbeit somewhere else and they'll be looking for guys to go where-ever to operate them............................................at a small cost to them of course!
This could be a really good airline to work for but for the attitude of our senior management have towards the staff who actually contribute to lining the shareholders pockets. Isn't it about time this was recognised?
There have been some great guys leaving within the last month or so, how long will it be before a lot more follow suit?????
Contrary to the managements belief, there is a lot of work out there and although some companies will go to the wall, they will be replaced by others starting up, thats the nature of the business. It wouldn't surprise me if one day in 3-4 yrs time I woke up, turned on the news and the whole house of cards had fallen down into the sand it was built on.
Any airline to operate well needs the basic fundementals. They are, aircraft (we've got loads of them), Pilots/crews to fly the adorable public to there desired destinations (they buy the tickets that make the money) and when it all goes wrong, someone highly professional and very skilled to come along and fix it. An aircraft that doesn't fly, doesn't make any money and its basics really. No Fly, No Airline, ask Silverjet and others.
So wait and see what happens over the next few months and don't believe a word of what you see until you see it with your own eyes, and then treat it sceptically......................