Ryanair claims crew agreed new pay deal
Ryanair is claiming to a have reached new pay agreements with all its cabin crew and with the majority of pilots whose existing pay deals are due to expire next month.
It said a new collective agreement for cabin crew would give them an average pay increase of 10% over the next four years.
All cabin crew will see some increase in their basic salaries and the airline has also agreed increases in supervisory and other allowances, plus the maintenance of a roster that ensures staff never have to overnight away from home.
The airline has negotiated a new five-year deal with pilots at Bristol, East Midlands and Luton and at three other European bases, which will give pay increases of 10% over five years, it said.
They will operate a five day on, four day off roster, and there will also be increases in allowance and pension payments. Ryanair’s Manchester-based pilots have also agreed to the same roster.
A Ryanair spokesman said: "It is a considerable success for Ryanair’s cabin crew and pilots to secure pay increases and favourable rosters at a time when unions in Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK are currently negotiating job cuts, pay cuts and pension cuts."
However, the Ryanair Pilot Group (RPG), which claims to represent the majority of the airline’s pilots, said the pay deal had been rejected in a ballot on March 7.
The RPG claimed only a minority of pilots had accepted the offer, pointing out that fewer than 30% of Ryanair pilots were direct employees and therefore excluded from the Ryanair voting process.
"Ryanair’s claim to have reached agreements with their pilots is misleading, unrepresentative and simply false," said the RPG. However, it did not say how many Ryanair pilots it represents or how many voted against the pay deal.
The RPG said pilots had many questions about the "alleged agreements", but claimed answers were not forthcoming from Ryanair.
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