4468 is spot in his recent comments!
We still haven't established if FR crews are using their airside IDs to access the restricted area of UK airports when they are not on duty.
So is it OK to just breach DfT rules and airport security for similar reasons such as just randomly going airside whenever you feel like it, whether that be to go shopping airside, plane spotting, meet your family/friends, steal luggage perhaps or maybe even jump on a random company aircraft for free to fly off to a random base?
Doesn't sound too good, if there isn't local agreements in place between Ryanair and UK airport operators. In the absence of any such agreement, what you are doing is a serious breach of DfT regulations.
Other low cost UK airlines do NOT participate in this practice and therefore why should FR, especially if in the process you are breaching DfT regulations and deserve to therefore have your airside pass withdrawn which in turn can lead to the non return of said pass and therefore ultimately termination of your employment.
As an airline, FR can do whatever the hell it wants WITHIN the regulations of its staff using their airside IDs. FR should not be compelling or inciting their staff to use their passes when not on duty. Why are they simply not provided with tickets (fare or paid/unpaid/staff rate) and then go through normal pax security. There would be no issue at all with that, and that is how all other UK airlines operate. So why are you guys at FR the exception???