Another thing I often point out in these discussions. People blame MOL and the sorts for the way Ryanair is today.
But the real root of the issue is never mentioned. The only reason Ryanair is able to operate is because of the amount of contractors they have. The Irish government has known this for years and has done nothing at all to fix this.
See what happens when the Irish government forces Ryanair to enroll 2500 pilots and nearly 8000 cabin crew on an Irish contract and payroll.
The problem is the Irish government was notoriously short-sighted and did nothing at all when times were good and people still referred to Ireland as The Celtic Tiger.
Ryanair is easily fixable if the government would put their mind to it.
1. All personnel involved in the Ryanair operation must be contracted on an Irish Ryanair contract. Their statute should be required to be employee of Ryanair lpc.
2. Force the recognition of at least one union in Ryanair.
3. Contract negotiations are network wide and should only be allowed between Ryanair Management and elected representatives of said unions. At no point in time is management allowed to negotiate contracts individually (The true source of degrading T&C's).
Implement those 3 points and people won't be going anywhere anymore.