Just came across a letter/diary of a Ryanair captain posted on internet. Guess this describes the kind of stress some of Ryanair pilots feel.
He describes someone of the cabin crew was not fit to fly. But the crewmember did not call sick 2 hours before departure. Ryanair OPS wanted to register this as a no show.
The captain also needed to use some pressure at OPS to get a different, CAT3 aircraft.
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