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Ryanair faces further pilot strikes based in Ireland after stops on Friday and those scheduled for next Tuesday.
Members of the Irish Air Pilots Association (Ialpa) – part of the Fórsa trade union – Ryanair's headquarters in Swords, Co Dublin, Friday, during their second one-day strike
They provide a third stop next Tuesday, July 24th. Angela Kirk, Fórsa's national secretary, said in a letter to Eddie Wilson, Ryanair's chief of staff, that the union would notify the airline of new strikes in due course.
She declares that the pilots' strike for one day should begin at 1:00 am next Tuesday.
Ryanair has already confirmed that it will cancel 16 of 290 flights on Tuesday, but says it offers 2,500 pbadengers alternative flights or refunds. The correspondence limited the cancellations to the services of Republic-UK
Correspondence shows that there is a gap between the two parties on the issues in dispute, including basic transfers, promotion, annual leave and holidays. Other conditions related to seniority. that if Ryanair wants Ialpa-Fórsa to change its strike notice, the airline must respond positively to the "11 minimum requirements" initially set out in a letter to Michael O. Leary, the company's general manager, in May.
Ryanair maintains that these requirements are unfeasible for an airline with more than 87 bases in 37 different countries
Basic Transfers
An earlier letter from Mr. Wilson to Ms. Kirk alleges that the pilots involved in an action are not affected by the basic transfers.
Both parties maintained that they were ready to meet. Both parties agreed to establish a working group to examine the issues in dispute but differ in terms of its mandate.
In her letter, Ms. Kirk indicates that, subject to their duties as a pilot, "the representatives of Ialpa-Fórsa remain available". resolve the conflict.
Kenny Jacobs, marketing director of Ryanair, said Friday that the airline wanted to meet the pilots so that the parties could get to work to find a solution. However, both have not set a date for further discussions.
Meanwhile, the American pilot, Capt Denis Tajer of American Airlines, a senior official of the Allied Pilots' Association, a powerful US aviation union, has expressed support for the action of Ialpa
. that the seniority agreement sought by the Irish union was common in the "largest and most complex" airlines in the world, including its own employer of 15 000 pilots
"This gives everyone a transparent view of seniority lists," he explained
He said that this applies to promotions, the reasons for transfer of pilots between bases and to other questions
"Knowing how everything will happen is essential for pilots.
Capt Tajer argued that it worked for airlines because it allowed them to handle complex problems while still attracting pilots to work for them
. The proposed system was based on the practices of the former "Aer Lingus" type airlines based mainly in one country and did not suit an airline operating from more than one jurisdiction.
He pointed out that a pan-European seniority list would not work, and Ryanair thought that it would hurt the interests of the pilots.
"We want a quick promotion of pilots – it would only slow down if we had a list of Pan-European seniority," he said. "If we give them that, it'll be bad for the Irish drivers."
Ryanair acknowledged Friday the Italian union, the right of FIT CISL to represent the cabin crew with Anpac and Anpav, with whom he already has agreements. Mr Jacobs noted that the agreement, which followed a similar agreement this week with the German union Ver.di, showed that Ryanair was making good progress with trade unions in many markets.
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