Ryanair Pilots Step Up Pressure With Demand to Double Pay Rise
- Crew want base pay of 150,000 pounds for all carrier’s pilots
- Flight staff also demand Ryanair pay for drinks and uniforms
Passengers queue to board a Ryanair Holdings Plc aircraft at Dublin Airport.
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Ryanair Holdings Plc’s pilot uprising shows little signs of abating, with an ad-hoc group demanding that a wage increase turned down by London Stansted crews be doubled and extended across the budget airline’s European bases.
The unofficial European Employee Representative Council made the proposal to pilots after cockpit crews at Ryanair’s biggest base rejected the existing offer, according to a document sent to pilots on Sunday and seen by Bloomberg. The group has asked for feedback from air crew and pledged to organize strikes if a deal can’t be reached.