Another chapter of the
Swedish Trade Union Federation (LO) plans to vote on Tuesday whether its
members should boycott the airline Ryanair for what they say is the company’s
unfair treatment of its employees.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Join Ryanair! See the world! But we'll only pay you for nine months a year
A former member of
Ryanair's cabin crew has blown the whistle on the conditions of work at
Europe's largest budget airline. Sophie Growcoot contacted her local MP to
reveal that her employment contract with Crewlink, a contractor for Ryanair.
APD attacked after pilots take pay cut to avoid redundancies
Industry lobby group A
Fair Tax on Flying has repeated an appeal for government action to tackle Air
Passenger Duty after Flybe pilots took a pay cut to avoid redundancies blamed
on the “iniquitous” tax.
Ryanair Profit Up 13% But Expects Slowdown
Budget carrier Ryanair
has posted record full-year earnings but warned profit growth would slow
sharply in the coming 12 months. It expects the slowdown to be caused by
weakness in the European Union and high fuel and airport costs.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Pilot mercenaries
But when an airline
requires its permanent, home-based pilots to be self-employed and uses an
agency to carry out the rather vestigial remaining Human Resources function, it
is reasonable to ask what kind of a relationship the pilots have with their de
facto employer, and whether it's a healthy one. This is what happens at Ryanair
and Norwegian Air Shuttle, both very commercially successful low-cost carriers.
Passengers like their low prices and flock to fly with them. Maybe this is the employment model of the future.
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