He was once quoted as saying he would rather cut off his own hand than recognise unions. Pilots have complained of a toxic work atmosphere at the airline, although Ryanair claims it offers comparatively high pay. Ryanair said it had written to pilots’ unions in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, inviting each of them to talks to recognise the unions as the representative body for the airline’s pilots in each country. The airline said it would only recognise the unions as long as they established specific committees of Ryanair pilots. The largest Italian pilots’ union, Anpac, called off strike action that had been due to take place on Friday.

Source: The Guardian December 15, 2017 08:55 UTC