Ryanair pilots fear dip in profits will hit their pay
The Ryanair Pilot Group is concerned a dip in the airline’s profits will see their terms and conditions frozen or reduced.
Ryanair issued its second profit warning in two months yesterday.
The RPG claims ‘base agreements’ which affect employees and which the Ryanair CEO is said to have ‘negotiated’ in at least ten of their bases include a clause about drops in profit.
Titled "Review and termination", it states: "Subject to review if profit in any year less than previous year".
Chairman of the Ryanair Pilot Group Interim Council, Capt Evert van Zwol, said: "I call on Ryanair management to confirm that the pay of pilots in the company will not be frozen or reduced in light of their second profit warning in 2013."
"Pilots and all other staff make a daily and substantial contribution to these profits. It is not acceptable that such levels of profitability could still result in frozen or reduced pay."
He added: "It is disappointing that management is not taking the opportunity to increase the company’s profitability by improving staff morale and their long term commitment to the company.
"Evidence from other similar operations such as easyJet, or Southwest Airlines on which Ryanair claims to be modelled, is that a respected and fairly treated Ryanairpilotgroup.com workforce could very well lead to a higher and more sustainable return on capital."
A spokesman for Ryanair, which does not recognise the Ryanair Pilot Group, said: "We don’t comment on the activity or false claims of KLM or Aer Lingus pilots. Sorry."
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