Ryanair pilots 'bullied into silence over safety': Two-thirds say they are not comfortable raising fears with their bosses
* 90% say airline doesn't have 'open and transparent safety culture'
* Three-quarters of Ryanair pilots said to be on zero-hours contracts
* Must pay for all their expenses, including uniforms and transport
* Pilots claim contracts make them more likely to fly even when unwell
Pilots for budget airline Ryanair have expressed serious concerns about passenger safety – and claim that these are suppressed by bosses.
In an internal survey of 1,000 pilots, two-thirds said they did not feel comfortable raising safety issues through the airline’s internal system, while nine out of ten said it did not have an ‘open and transparent safety culture’.
It comes just months after three Ryanair planes were forced to make emergency landings in Spain on the same day, when they allegedly started to run out of fuel.
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