Ryanair pleads in favor of pilots as families face a chaos of strike

A strike on Thursday by nearly 100 state pilots Major Ryanair based in Ireland "seems inevitable", according to the Fórsa union. There was no contact between the two parties during the weekend.

But Ryanair still does not know which flights it will have to cancel during the 24-hour strike. The airline operates dozens of flights in and out of Dublin alone on a typical summer day, carrying thousands of pbadengers.

Ryanair has struggled to find substitutes for the pilots who are going to hit this week.

He urged badpit crews who are not on strike and who are not registered that day to volunteer for service.

"In order to minimize disruption for our Irish customers, we must plan for Thursday," he told the pilots in a flyer.

"So we must know in advance who will be present or volunteer for service next Thursday.

" We hope to maximize the number of flights to / from Ireland to help our customers and their families, many of whom will be "

Pilots were invited to answer the call before 9am today.

While Ryanair pointed out that only 27pc, or 94 of its 350 pilots based in Ireland, voted for the strike, all but one of the 95 staff pilots who were voted for the strike. action voted for.

Only state pilots members of the Irish Airline Pilots Association (Ialpa) – a division of the Fórsa union – had the right to vote. The majority of Ryanair pilots in Ireland are contractors

Airline Chief Eddie Wilson called the planned strike a "blackmail" in a letter to staff, saying the planned action would 39, had "no democratic mandate".

Pilots Strike Terms and Conditi Ialpa also complains that Ryanair's current system to promote first officers to captains generally included a mandatory base change, even though captain roles are available in the Ryanair system. the existing bases of the first officers

Ryanair insisted that she addressed the issues raised in the written proposals sent to Fórsa.

She also said she was ready to discuss issues with the union at the airline's headquarters. day before Thursday. But Fórsa and Ialpa insisted that such a meeting must take place in a neutral place.

A Fórsa spokesman said yesterday that this remains the union's position. He confirmed that there had been no contact between the parties over the weekend and that the strike seemed now inevitable. Ryanair urged Fórsa to cancel the strike scheduled for Thursday.

The airline is also the subject of a strike action by a cabin crew based in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Belgium over claims for concessions concerning their terms of employment.