Ryanair - 'Laying Off' 600!!

[Coquelet]

So, "MOL cons passengers" ?
I am a frequent RYR passenger, and I don't feel cheated. I would sure feel cheated and stupid were I flying on a legacy carrier and paying ten times as much.
The aviation of 40 years ago is over. Wake up.

[The Real Slim Shady]

Conjecture

This thread has generated 8 pages of conjecture.

Ryanair has offered unpaid leave over the winter to flightcrew: that is not 600 flightcrew.

There is no evidence of 600 lay offs, so can we either change the title, or close the thread or accept that this is all fantasy.

[bia botal]

exactly shady, not only are they not laying off, but more planes coming, more pilots being hired and 3 new bases soon to be announced, economies go up and down, at the moment we are in a down, the price of oil is up, that will mean that every thing will increase in price, including airfares and there will be a new base that is considered a cheap fare.

[Fullblast]

no doubt that some pilots are really idiots.in that i include the majority of ryanair pilots.

That means you're one of them, right?

FB

[WindSheer]

I have followed this thread with interest but from another perspective. I am about to retire after over 40 years in aviation. Made no money but had a great time, military and then civvie , F/O, Captain, trainer, TRE, the usual pogression.

Dont mean this in anway sarcastic, but what have you been doing wrong?
One would guess that you were on £70k plus as a cpt?
That is certainly making money...!!!

[BOAC]

Probably like me, Windsheer? With 'multiple careers' like ciderman and me, you do not have the 35 years 'man and boy' BA type career where you retire on a pension of over £100k.

Still, we have had fun!

[fireflybob]

Still, we have had fun!

BOAC, snap! Would not have changed any of it although if you had told me when I was 21 years where I would have gone in my career I would have laughed at you!

[the grim repa]

fullblast - i must be.i am still here.

[Leo Hairy-Camel]

Dim Reaper is as Dim Reaper does.

fullblast - i must be.i am still here.

That's one possibility, Didimus, but convincing anyone else that your whiney, twisted thinking is worthy of employment was always going to be like pushing custard up hill. Come on now, Did, tell the truth. Who'd have you?

[potters tiger]

Speaking of which..anyone know of a Gavin R (Rhyms with Bramley) now working in the middle east. Many varied stories about this little fellow and his shortcomings(pardon the pun) Dish the dirt?

[the grim repa]

hello again leo.no latin this time and a rather shortened post from normal.not up to your usual standard.possibly a knee jerk reaction,maybe you need to relax a little.
heard the one about fr laying off pilots one by one and then paying them off,in the courts.
sticks and stones,baby.sticks and stones!!!

come along now big boy.you can do much better than that.a+ in latin.d- in the rest.

speaking about being had???look behind you!!

[ShortfinalFred]

Hey, what happened to the thread where Leo the Hairy Whatsit claimed Ryanair were "more like an Air Force"...ha ha ha. My response was that an Air Force had standards which was more than Ryanair did. Never saw anyone on a Squadron sleeping in their car before a trip and living in fear of the bank manager or the rent man. Anyway, in light of Leo the Hairy Camels' latest piece of hubris about Ryanair beingmore like an "Air Force" (AS IF) than an airline, I have a new nickname for his shameful outfit - shameful as their treatment of their people is beyond disgusting....

- its RAF,

- yes, Ryan Air Farce , thats Farce with an A!

Keep playing the country squire in your manor, "Leo", you'd deserve it if you weren't such a shameful mill owner.

[JulietNovemberPapa]

Hardly surprising that it was deleted: it went a billion miles off course. It declined into another let's-moan-about-MOL-and-FR fest. Read ShortfinalFred's reply and it's evidently about to recommence. If people could refrain from such comments and discuss the topic in a civilised and relevant manner I'm sure it'd be better for all and still around.

[SpringHeeledJack]

Said thread is now resident of JetBlast, re-named and positioned for 'spotters and muppets'


Regards


SHJ

[SpringHeeledJack]

Thanks for that SJH, I take it we'll see you there....?

Already there, bought up all the best seats and awaiting you with anticipation


Regards


SHJ

[ShortfinalFred]

Hey, I'm serious, if Ryanair are like an "Airforce" then I am Mr Universe - they are both statements with about as much credibility. If Leo wants to make an assertion like that, its open to challenge. I still maintain its a ridiculous thing for Leo to say and his treatment of employees proves that. How many court cases now?

[SpringHeeledJack]

Its not me you want to watch out for, its Leo Hairycamel, hes hilarious, particularly on this thread, he normally doesn't respond to direct questions but hes biting on this thread for some reason.....

Perhaps that might be because this is a pivotal point and like those few hours between dark night and the light of dawn the inner child seeks to scare away the demons floating around Gigginstown

"Bíonn grásta Dé idir an diallait agus an talamh."


Regards


SHJ

[MPH]

Enough ´mud´slinging!! What if, Fr is about to reduce it´s personeel which, I doubt will add up to the 600. But, it´s still a big company with 53 million pax´s and certainly a very large body of flight crew.The world economy has forced comany´s to take measures. One of them is, the reduction in it´s work force. What´s the difference, if United, BA,AZ or any other airline doing the same? Whether you like or not the likes of an FR that´s, something else! But, up till now I have not seen anybody offering an alternative sugestion to the problems airlines or any other company´s are going through. Let´s see what the barrel does!!!!
´Deo volente´these reductions will not happen.

[cfwake]

MPH

I can only strenuously apologise for what I am about to do, as it's completely off topic, however it is one of the bugbears that used to get me in enormous trouble with my primary school headmistress, the scariest woman on the face of the known earth!

it's = meaning it is, for example 'it's bloody cold today!'

its = meaning belonging to it, for example 'reduce it´s personnel', which currently means 'reduce it is personnel' and not 'reduce the personnel who belong to it'

Company's is also incorrect; this, in its current context, means 'that which belongs to the company', for example, 'the company's profits', the plural of company is companies.

I will apologise again for one of the more anal threads on this forum, I assure you that I'm not a complete chopper in real life...just on this forum!

[cfwake]

I don't, I'll hasten to add, know what Deo Volente means, I don't have a job and I only passed my IR yesterday (whoop) so don't take it too personally!!