A late passenger has been pinned to the ground by @DublinAirport police after running out of the terminal towards the plane pleading and shouting at the pilot to wait. 1/…@BBCNewsNI pic.twitter.com/TJL22qfNCt
— Declan Harvey (@NewsDeclan) September 27, 2018
“He was banging on the window to try and get the aircraft to wait and he then broke through a door and made his way onto the apron, trying to flag the aircraft down.
Man held after trying to chase plane at Dublin Airport (RTÉ)
Michael O’Leary says banning media from @Ryanair AGM wasn’t a ‘ruse’ – but designed to ward off ‘demonstrations by lunatics’. pic.twitter.com/xUpc5NkWsP
— Paul Colgan (@paulcolgan) September 20, 2018
Michael O’Leary says he might be the ‘wrong person’ to be talking in the media about strikes. Could come across as a ‘rich tosser’. @Ryanair AGM in Meath this morning. pic.twitter.com/Q5g1ag6Npm
— Paul Colgan (@paulcolgan) September 20, 2018
He says he’ll keep doing the job so long as it is fun and interesting. Recognising unions ‘wasn’t my best day’, he adds.
— Paul Colgan (@paulcolgan) September 20, 2018
Double taxation treaties are holding up the granting of local contracts to staff, says O’Leary – has been lobbying the Irish government to change the law.
— Paul Colgan (@paulcolgan) September 20, 2018
When asked who he has been lobbying, he says ‘the Government’, ‘not going there’.
— Paul Colgan (@paulcolgan) September 20, 2018
John Mulligan, on Independent.ie, reports:
Chief executive Michael O’Leary has also been re-elected with 98.5pc of votes, as has independent director Kyran McLaughlin, who received just 66.8pc of votes in favour of his reappointment.
This is the first AGM that Ryanair has held since it agreed to recognise trade unions.
Ryanair did a dramatic turnaround this morning, permitting all media to its AGM. It occurred after the The Irish Independent, RTE and The Financial Times legitimately gained access to the event.
More as they get it.
Via Paul Colgan
Ryanair chairman reappointed as airline lifts media ban at AGM (Independent.ie)
Ryanair shareholders re-elect O’Leary and Bonderman (RTE)
Ryanair pilots based in Ireland have voted unanimously to accept a collective agreement negotiated with the company last month. https://t.co/016X0HqPju
— RTÉ Business (@RTEbusiness) September 5, 2018
Ryanair pilots based in Ireland vote unanimously to accept agreement negotiated last month (RTÉ)
Mediator Kieran Mulvey and Edward Wilson (Ryanair ‘Chief People Officer’) in Dublin Airport Terminal 1 last week
Agreement has been reached in talks between Ryanair and pilots’ union Fórsa, the trade union has said.
The agreement comes after a 22-hour session which began yesterday morning and ended at 7.30am today.
The proposed agreement will now be balloted by members with the union recommending that it is accepted.
Fórsa says it has been asked by talks facilitator Kieran Mulvey not to make any further comment while the ballot takes place.
Agreement reached between pilots and Ryanair – union (RTÉ)
What’s important now is you remain calm.
Ryanair passengers who have received compensation for cancelled and delayed flights have been charged extra fees after banks rejected the cheques…
OK, that doesn’t look great but…
One passenger, who waited 11 months for compensation, said she was now worse off after the bank added a fee of 20 euros (£17.94).
There’s obviously a very good reason for…
Several people said their bank had returned cheques they had received from the airline because they were unsigned…
He’s a very busy man with a large successful…
Its financial report shows that in the last year it has paid out 25m euros (£22.4m) in EU261 compensation claims arising from the disruption of its timetable last autumn.
A mere bagatelle…
Since April, more than one million Ryanair passengers in Europe have had delayed or cancelled flights, according to the airline’s own figures.
Nothing Mick can’t handle…
Many could be due £357 for cancelled long haul frights, or £223 for journeys of less than 1,500km….
Would you like a scratchcard?
Ryanair compensation cheques with no signatures ‘bounced’ (BBC)
This morning.
Swords, Dublin.
Ryanair pilots are striking in five European countries, forcing the cancellation of a sixth of the firm’s flights during the holiday season peak.
The 24-hour walk-out involves staff in Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands. About 50,000 passengers are understood to have been told of cancellations on 400 flights.
Ryanair strike: One in six flights cancelled in pilot walkout (BBC)
Yikes.
A number of Ryanair pilots in Germany will hold a strike on Friday, as similar protests take place in Ireland, Belgium, and Sweden.
German Ryanair pilots to join strike on August 10th (Newstalk)
Pic: Ryanair
This morning.
Ryanair HQ, Swords, Dublin
Ryanair pilots based in Ireland staging a fourth one-day stoppage after disagreements between Pilot union Fórsa and Ryanair over promotions and seniority.
This morning, Fórsa announced their fifth strike on August 10 with 20 flights cancelled, affecting up to 3,500 passengers.
The first strike took place on Jul y 12 followed by 24-hours stoppages on July 18, July 24 and today, August 3.
Wednesday: The Flights Are Not Going Out All Over Europe
Sam Boal/RollingNews
Ryanair’s Europe destinations
Further to industrial action by pilots in Ireland, and cabin crew in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Belgium…
Ryanair pilots in Belgium have announced that they will strike on 10 August as the industrial dispute at Europe’s largest airline escalates.
Earlier this morning, the Swedish pilots union confirmed that they too will strike on the same date….
The German pilots union VC has also backed strike action…
…In addition, yesterday, Ryanair’s pilots based in the Netherlands voted almost unanimously to join the campaign of industrial action…
Ryanair dispute sees pilots in Belgium set to strike (RTE)
