Ryanair downsizing
 

Not sure why he is blaming the MAX delivery delays whilst downsizing (including cutting aircraft numbers) for economic reasons. It seems to be a blessing in disguise.

His lips were moving.

He makes it very clear who will pay the bill .......

If Ryanair has a cold the rest of the industry is bound for tuberculosis. Wonder who will be next?

Hm..
Aren't the unions threatening with some form of industrial action in a few weeks?
Then I find this message more than a "coincidence"
Perhaps a threat in disguise of what will be the outcome if "costs" are increased due to new agreements and "loss of profits" in case of industrial actions.
Then when they are axing bases and employees they have a very "good" scapegoat, simply blame the unions.
Just some random speculations.

The Max delivery issues affect the plan for need of both pilots and crew combining with a loss of interest by the public in local flying. Yes, one can separate them, but some will lose their job for one or the other reason.

Same old drivel as winter season approaches just <insert excuse here> and squeeze your suppliers/staff harder.

I love the part where he says that some redundancies might have to be made because hardly any pilots have left voluntarily..Of how I laughed!

Id imagine contractors are fine as they are free if they don't fly apart from recurrent training. This to me looks like a good way to lose Ryanair employees that are expensive and also weaken the union.

I did hear there are lots of quite rosters now and guys offered unpaid leave instead of standbys. Again id assume this is just Ryanair direct employment. Be interesting to hear how busy contractors are.

And they only made £262million in the last quarter.... oh boo hoo. How ever will they pay the light bill with a quarter of a billion in 3 months.

Poor shareholders....;)

Relax!
 

A fair warning , I must say.
But a bit of a worst case thing he is projecting. And I can not blame him with the nutters in power in the UK.
I must say he is not correct with regards to no one quitting.
I personally know several,and what is more SAS are doing the biggest hiring , post 9/11. KLM and just about every other larger European operator is hiring due to large pension groups the next 6 to 9 months.
The only exception being Norwegian, for obvious reasons.
Most Captains I talk to are flying close to maximum, contractors or RYR.
So here is a news flash from an observer: RYR does NOT have to many Pilots, just to many Cadets.
The fly them until 499hrs then mostly stby as at 500hrs they cost more.
Welcome to the 0 hrs Contract Club!
Regards
Cpt B

Bingo!
Why do You think PB left!

"our partners, the unions"....

He really is a comedian....