Ryanair's job alert is "missed" as the pilots' strike threat spread to the continent

Ryanair's decision to put pilots based in Ireland under the sign of protection against job cuts is a "backfire" as strike threats spread across Europe.

Sources said that other warnings are imminent after pilots in the Netherlands and Germany have supported industrial action in disputes over their working conditions.

But Michael O 'Leary has once again raised the bar. He added that the airline, with bases in 37 countries, was ready to cut jobs "in any market" if people were doing strikes "to have strikes".

But if there was "common sense" on the side of the unions and the pilots, he said that they would come to an agreement. "We are the ideal opportunistic airline," he said in the offices of the Austrian agency Laudamotion Ryanair. a market is being damaged as the Irish market has been damaged in recent months by these activities, the Polish market is growing strongly, the Ryanair Sun is very comprehensive, profitable, we need more aircraft on the Polish market. Poland.

"If we have people who just want to have strikes for strikes, then strikes and they will find themselves (with) jobs and moving planes."

Up to 3,500 pbadengers will be affected by cancellations of flights between Ireland and the UK this Friday during a fourth strike of the pilots.The Fórsa Pilots' Union has not yet agreed to any talks as a result of An invitation from the company

. Sources claimed to put more than 300 workers under protection last week caused a "backlash"

a notice was published, it may have prompted pilots to support strikes and could encourage unions to vote for their members.

"There is no doubt that the publication of the notice of protection will turn against them." Leary he thinks that the people who threaten work? "

The Netherlands-based pilots have me specifically mentioned the threat of work in Dublin when they announced that their members supported industrial action by a majority of 99.5pc yesterday. In a statement, the Dutch ALPA union said that Ryanair needed a "warning shot" and that a strike could be the only solution

"Dutch ALPAs support their Irish colleagues and their strike August 2 for an Irish labor agreement. "

Ballot

The day before, the German airline pilots union, Vereinigung Cockpit, noted that the company had threatened to transfer or fire Employees in the Dublin area.Ireland and Germany

The British Airline Pilots Association will not say whether it is considering a ballot.

But Secretary-General Brian Strutton has qualified for the election. Airline announcement of "deplorable" "We have submitted several proposals, including those aimed at ending a fragmented pay structure, reducing the number of contract pilots and accepting seniority," he said. l declared.

] "Ryanair has not up to date accepted any of these proposals."

Irish Independent