Here's what FR had to say about the case (taken from their website):
Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:
“It’s remarkable that Jim McAuslan, the foolish boss of British Airways pilot union BALPA is “proud” to be supporting this pilot and thinks it is acceptable that pilots, when they should be flying the aircraft and focusing on safety, are instead distributing trade union leaflets and membership forms. We have no problem with pilots distributing leaflets on their own time, but not during a flight, when they should be attending to the aircraft, going through their check lists and prioritising the safety of Ryanair’s aircraft, and not the membership of failed BA trade unions.
“Ryanair looks forward to meeting and defeating these latest baseless claims by BALPA, who appear to think it is acceptable for highly paid pilots to be distributing trade union leaflets to cabin crew during a flight, when Ryanair believes they should be flying aircraft and attending to safety.”
According to this statement it would be perfectly fine to distribute union leaflets in the crewrooms then, in our own time of course.
