RyR are not the worst of these types of companies in Europe / EASA, there are companies that have much worse conditions than RyR have, and where the same safety issues apply.
There is some good reports here:
More CAPA Resources | CAPA - Centre for Aviation
Which shows a concerning trend.
Chunk, here is the scenario, your daughter is flying from Dublin to Rome tomorrow, however the FO for the flight is feeling ill.
So analyse the dilemma:
1. He can choose to call in sick, and not get paid.
The company will investigate him to check if he was really ill. Even nothing found, it might give negative influence on his future career.
2. He can choose to self-medicate / or do nothing, and go to work, because he needs the money to support his debts, family and kids.
3. He can call his company, and complain - and most likely get a reprimand / called in for tea and biscuits.
4. He can pretend he overslept / he did not hear the alarm, and see if the company will take any action against him.
Most people who have real "illness" of some kind, does not just have it one day off, normally will be 2-3 days and upwards, depending what the issue is.
Now of course, 99% of the pilots, will most likely choose option number 2!
Chunk, are you happy to let your daughter go on that flight, knowing that this happen?
It is easy to be self-serving, and argument that the FO should know better etc., however the day it happens, and **** hits the fan, it will be to late to complain, knowing we could have done something to improve conditions.
It is general culture in EASA Lo Co, to take calculated risks, the thought is, not a problem, we have 2 pilots, so even if something happens to one of them, there is a second one there to save the day!
But one day, as we know Murphy's law, whatever can go wrong, will go wrong!
And let's hope you don't come back on these forums complaining and crying than Chunk, when you discover that your arguments and assumptions was WJONG!
