This morning.
Ryanair AGM, Dublin
Asked about the pilots’ rejection of the company’s bonus scheme to encourage them to give up annual leave to address staff shortages, he said the Ryanair may have to take back one week of the pilots’ four week block of leave.
He said Ryanair was entitled to do this under their contracts.
Mr O’Leary said that much of the discontent was fuelled by unions among Ryanair’s competitors, and he pledged that the current difficulties would not lead to unionisation at the carrier.
Meanwhile, 33 Ryanair bases have now rejected the airline’s bonus scheme with further details from other bases expected later.
RTÉ News has seen documents which raise the possibility of a work-to-rule by pilots, which would significantly worsen the current disruption to flights at the airline.
O’Leary plans pilots’ holiday switch to solve cancellations “mess” (RTÉ)
But he [O’Leary] appeared unwilling to give any ground in his stand-off with pilots, instead threatening to cancel their time off and questioning the extent of their talents.
He said any that were due to take a four-week break in the next few months could be forced under the terms of their contract to delay one of those weeks until January.
He added: “Once you are trained and skilled at doing it … I would challenge any pilot to explain how this is a difficult job or how it is they are overworked or how anybody who by law can’t fly more than 18 hours a week could possibly be suffering from fatigue.”
Ryanair boss says he may force pilots to change holiday plans (Henry McDonald, The Guardian)
Rollingnews
Counting down to unionisation, three… two… one…
How much was O’Leary charged for his beverage?
Hmmm… It seems pilots are a little bit more than glorified taxi drivers after all eh?
Anyone else think Schadenfreude tastes like Ben & Jerry’s Caramel Chew Chew?
This guy’s arrogance knows no bounds, and its finally coming back to bite him in the botty.
Glorified Bus Drivers*
Slightly more difficult than driving a taxi but nothing like it was in the past.
*Direct quote from a friend of mine who is a current pilot with a UK airline. The plane pretty much flies itself.
Expensive Profession t’get going in tho
The large minion-pilots in the background are a bit on the nose.
O Leary is only comfortable being the small guy taking on the big guys. Tables have turned and he is floundering.
Should be shutdown. Obviously have gotten too big. Disgraceful company.
It seems that this may be a pivotal moment for Ryanair. The cheeky upstart disrupter stuff no longer works. They’re mainstream establishment now and the mood towards it is turning really ugly. O’Leary sees opportunistic pilots pushing pay demands while the public see safety being compromised. People have got used to low fares but will also look at the colossal profits being made and wonder why decent working terms and conditions cannot be offered to staff. The competition appears able and willing to square this issue. Jaded, knackered and demotivated pilots are not a good business model.
O’Leary’s arrogance will be their undoing. Win ugly; lose ugly.
haha what a day
it’s really heartening to see this disgusting toad finally squirm
Just out of shot is a bruised COO struggling to go on.
Temporary blip. Good time to buy Ryanair shares.
A lot more players in the market now though. Certainly won’t reach the dizzy heights but would imagine they will bounce back somewhat.
Loves Jesus and America too
Tra la laaaaa!
Is it sad to like Tom Petty or cool in a post-ironic way? Full Moon Fever is one of my ‘nostalgia favourite’ albums.
That’s an excellent question andy, one I’ve long battled with
But fear not, it is cool – the long ironic drawl in Tom’s voice is the deciding factor.
See also: duets with Stevie Nicks
Noted. Will check it out.
Do you remember that hoo-haa with Sam Smith? First time I heard “Stay with Me”, I genuinely thought it was a weird-ass version of I Won’t Back Down.
Not really, until I had kids I had a sort of internal rule that I didn’t pay much attention to any new music or art less than 10 years old
I see what you mean regarding that song though, it’s awful watery stuff,
FMF is great but you have to be able to get past the Jeff Lynn oh-so-80’s production. See also, er, Traveling Wilburys and George H’s Cloud 9…
Heh. It’s a very definite genre, isn’t it? MOTR but excellent musicians and banging tunes.
early CD copies had this, which makes it all rather charming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf5XgkG0JfI
True enough
maybe I’m getting old but 80s Production doesn’t sound as naff to me now as it used to
Great album, great live.
People get far too concerned about whether certain music is cool or not. If you like it, then enjoy it and don’t worry. The bajillion Westlife/bieber/Nathan Carter fans do this happily enough and don’t give a stuff what anyone thinks.
and with his own Minion too
The man is a genius, wouldn’t like to work for him, but delighted to have seen about 20 European cities, I wouldn’t have seen had Ryanair not come along. If he was American he’d be celebrated, but because he’s an Irishman gone from newsagent to billionaire, they want to take him down.
All that is true, id love to see him in charge of a government department but with a little less full ryanair model. Saying that he does seem to actually hate his workers.
…is Lord Ross in charge of Transport not enough for you…
I’ve never liked him as a td, two faced ass. But not bowing to already money burning transport bodies is a good thing. It is not his job to go between workers and there employer.
Which government department? It would be fun to imagine the Ryanair model as it would operate on vital departments like Health or Education or Housing.
I thought he was already running housing?
Ryanair health service:
– They call it “stomach tumor removal” but it’s actually a gastric band fitting. If the location is ‘close enough’ they just call it the same name.
– You book the operation, on the day you find out they charge extra for anaesthetics and stitching you up afterwards.
– You aren’t assigned a bed in the ward, you have to go find one yourself.
– “Why are you complaining that the cancer is still there? We’ve made operations affordable for thousands of people. If you don’t like it go to a different hospital, we don’t care.”
health would be fantastic, he’d cut the monstrous waste of money in time. But like I said with less of the actual ryanair model, so the staff and “customer”(patients) get a cheap effect health service.
Ryanair is an extremely flat organization i.e. very few managers.
I would’ve though the socliasts would love that in Health.
Less managers more wurkers.
nonsense
people hate him because he’s a greedy avaricious dislikeable twinky-pie.
Is that why people dislike you too?
try staying on point instead of waffling
That was a rhetorical question. I already know why people dislike you.
recent psychological studies have shown that people tend to see their own traits in others
You misunderstood those studies so. Psychological studies also show that individuals of average or slightly above average intelligence tend tend to interpret academic studies in accordance with preexisting beliefs rather than actual understanding.
In a tedious effort to prove how clever they are they also “tend” to make basic errors in editing and sentence construction, thereby reinforcing the initial low, adverse and disfavourable view others generally make of them.
They hate him because he’s good at his job, present fupp up not included. He is what he is, one of the best irish business men of all time.
Define “good at his job” please.
Its his job to run an airline, make money for the airline. He’s being doing this brilliantly, again part from current fupp up.
You’re easily impressed clearly
If becoming a that successful is not impressive to you, you must be a multi billionaire.
Aw, poor persecuted genius… who ate into safety margins with tight fisted policies on minimum fuel. That’s something worth taking him down a peg or two for.
And people wanted him to run the country!
Hahaha
Capitalist boo boo who has no concern for his fellow man, only the bottom line.
MO’L: “I would challenge any pilot to explain how this is a difficult job or how it is they are overworked or how anybody who by law can’t fly more than 18 hours a week could possibly be suffering from fatigue”
This is wonderful. What O’Leary isn’t saying is that the “18 hours a week” is flying hours – literally the time the airplane is under its own power. The 18-hours-a-week doesn’t include the pre/post-flight checks. It doesn’t include time spent in the cockpit if the flight is delayed. It doesn’t include time getting to/from the planes.
Getting to/from the plane?
Righttttt……………because I include my commute in my working hours…….these guys are pilots, not TDs
And the reason nobody is taking O’Leary up on the 12k bonus is because you have to have 800 flying hours in a year to qualify for it. Pilots are saying they don’t have anywhere near that kind of flying time