Ryanair dropped by for a meeting with the unions yesterday, which lasted all of 8 minutes. Ryanair are not interested in signing a CLA with any union, and that put a quick end to the talks.
Following the meeting, the union advised action will commence in CPH on the 18th of July, and in BLL and AAR on the 23rd. In response Ryanair have advised they will close the bases in both CPH and BLL, with CPH set to close on the 14th and BLL on or around the 20th.
As a consequence of Ryanair no longer having staff based in Denmark, the unions will be calling off the conflict. Ryanair may therefore continue to offer services out of Denmark, but will not be basing aircraft there. This will result in the more profitable early morning departures, and late evening arrivals, being discontinued.
All in all this will mean the loss of around 50 jobs in Denmark, the vast majority of which are expat contract cabin crew working for a pittance and hardly contributing anything to the Danish tax system. In the greater scheme of things this is a price not even worth mentioning, when fighting to protect the Danish labour model.
In the mean time, in Italy, Ryanair have just been handed a massive fine for failure to pay social contributions for their staff based there. Furthermore, the Italian legal system is about to launch a criminal, repeat criminal, case against MoL personally.