Ryanair Cancelling flights!
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I can just visualise the red flag with a hammer and sickle flying over your house and sewn on your flight-bag!
Any strike over Easter could be a perfect way of reducing the pilots' annual hours/days with someone else to blame!
How many airlines are there left in the UK now that don't have meaningful BALPA involvement?
Read a very good article recently about how the extreme of dealing with a union was a strike, while the extreme of not dealing with a union is that pilots leave. The total disruption caused by a strike is much less than the total disruption caused by pilots leaving, especially during periods (now!) of pilot shortages.
Any strike over Easter could be a perfect way of reducing the pilots' annual hours/days with someone else to blame!
How many airlines are there left in the UK now that don't have meaningful BALPA involvement?
Read a very good article recently about how the extreme of dealing with a union was a strike, while the extreme of not dealing with a union is that pilots leave. The total disruption caused by a strike is much less than the total disruption caused by pilots leaving, especially during periods (now!) of pilot shortages.
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while the extreme of not dealing with a union is that pilots leave
it would be nice to see some actual strike action
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The travelling public want cheap tickets, even at the cost of the lifestyle of a pilot. They deserve to have their travel plans disrupted if they buy tickets knowing the pilot force of an airline is unhappy and threatening industrial action!
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The passengers know what they are getting when they buy tickets with Ryanair - and pilots at Ryanair knew what they were getting when they signed up and paid for their ratings.
The passengers are not to blame ...
The passengers are not to blame ...
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: UK
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In previous posts I have mentioned that their crewing issue will take at least 12 months to begin to right itself. There is no doubt the blame game is starting now, strikes or no strikes. They will have a good idea of the training through put for summer 2018 and also whether they are managing to retain people, my guess, it is going to be super tight on what is planned. This message about 'the platoons of goons' is not just for the media/passenger benefit but also for the various regulators. If you take the UK CAA it could not care to hoots who flies the passengers (viz a viz Qatar can appear at the drop of a regulators pen) so woe betide whoever messes up someones £9.99 flight. Ryanair's management are getting the narrative sorted early so they can move out of the sights, the aim is being directed.....answers on a postcard.
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I'm not an expert but according to recruitment figures, RYR will recruit another thousand pilot within 2018, mostly cadet.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this lead us to 2100 pilots in two years so half the pilot workforce. woooww
Correct me if I'm wrong but this lead us to 2100 pilots in two years so half the pilot workforce. woooww

Join Date: Feb 2013
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Interesting Year ahead!
Anyone interested in Terms and Conditions in Europe does well to read anything RYR has on the news bulletins.
As for the ca 500 10 years plus Veterans , some are feed up with the whole show. Especially watching Igor from Vladivostok and the likes sailing into the LH seat at his preferred base at 156 000 euro a year as an RYR employee!
Anyway
I have made my predictions, and it looks like MOL has made a worstcase that is close.
As for the ca 500 10 years plus Veterans , some are feed up with the whole show. Especially watching Igor from Vladivostok and the likes sailing into the LH seat at his preferred base at 156 000 euro a year as an RYR employee!
Anyway
I have made my predictions, and it looks like MOL has made a worstcase that is close.
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Ryanair's Spanish pilots' union launches legal actions against airline
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/201...panish-pilots/
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/201...panish-pilots/
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Ryanair pilots for dismissal of CEO
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Location: England
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Story in English (Reuters):
Ryanair pilot group calls for CEO O'Leary's resignation
Ryanair pilot group calls for CEO O'Leary's resignation