after watching the whole interview on Irish Television, at the start he commended the pilots, (of course - a gesture made due to the reported on-going pilot shortage within the company), but back to his usual rant and showed his contempt towards these safety critical employees.
Inferring pilots are simply just Glorified Taxi Drivers? what an insult !!
if anyone is a glorified taxi driver, it is the person who purchases a taxi plate in order to beats Dublin traffic on his way to work>,Smart maybe, but Michael, if anyone is a Taxi driver, it is you !, oh of course not, Michael O'Leary CEO of Ryanair, simply bought the taxi plate and gets someone else to drive him....
Michael O Learys claim that Pilots work 18 hours a week ? ....RYR pilots working busy summer months, if this were true, 2 days into their 5 day rostered week, pilots would be simply walk off the job, and leave aircraft stranded at out stations....
going on Irish Public Television and making such an inaccurate statement, will only increase workforce contempt towards the company and management, a company who are at this time, desperately trying to solve upcoming staff shortage issues for the summer. These off the cuff remarks made by their CEO on public television certainly does not help the situation....