Ryanair has the right to judge: wants to fire 16 pilots

Yesterday, Ryanair decided that pilots still stationed in Eindhoven must go abroad. In addition, the judge said that Ryanair should simply pay the salaries of kites even if they can no longer be used on flights once the base is lifted.

Voluntary Transfer & # 39;

In the letter to the pilots, Ryanair writes that the pilots may ignore the previous letters if they show that they would move to unilateral transfers. The company therefore adopts a different approach:

"We have offered you a basic transfer and if you choose not to accept it as a voluntary transfer you will be fired after the base of the contract. Eindhoven closes. "

Ryanair awards pilots until 6 pm today to meet the offer. Otherwise, the company will begin the procedure of dismissal.

A Furious Driver's Union

The VNV Pilots' Union is furious with his letter. The union points out that there is no question of volunteering if the alternative is dismissal. "The decision of the judge of summary proceedings is clear and leaves no room for thieves, because they would not meet Ryanair's offer."

"It's something that comes from Ryanair's box of tricks," says Joost van Doesburg, of the VNV. "The dismissal of the pilots is not possible, the judge has been clear about it." According to Van Doesburg, Ryanair has "no respect for the employees" and the letter is supposed to put pressure on the employees.

He claims that the sixteen members of the union will in no way comply with the non-respect of the call, but recognizes that this increases the pressure enormously. "And that's what Ryanair is doing." They see when a man breaks.

Hard Employer

Ryanair has long been considered to be an exceptionally hard employer, where employees are relatively poorly paid and poorly treated.

As a result, the company in Europe is in contradiction with the unions, which sometimes leads to embarrassing projections, for example, the company recently filed a privacy complaint with Portuguese staff after posting online security images without permission.

It seems that The crew, stuck in a Spanish airport and enjoying no shelter from the employer, had put a photo on the scene.The photo showed that a number of crew members were sleeping on the floor of the airport.

Dictatorship

When Ryanair decided, on October 1, to close the Eindhoven base a month later, no pardon was granted. the street, c e which led to painful situations. For example, a 20-year-old flight attendant had just moved to Eindhoven and had herself paid for her training, when she was fired after a month's work. compensation without any form of compensation.

A Ryanair pilot even called his employer as part of a lawsuit. perfectly organized dictatorship. According to Van Doesburg, no pilot works for his pleasure. But there are not many jobs in the Netherlands for pilots.