The european pilot unions got what they wanted out of the FR pilots , documents signed by over half the pilots saying that they wanted to be represented . Then they used this to further their own ends , wreaking havoc all over europe to attack ryanair through various governments and the european union . They never actually even tried to further the pilots interests . Only objective was to cause ryanair as much disruption as possible through various means . Once this was done they pissed off into the distance , yet at times still purport to be representative of the ryanair pilots .