Ryr Pilot Group

by atoutprix Thu 4 Jul 2013 - 13:27

Ryanair pilots are squaring up to the company in a fresh effort to force the carrier to engage with a new representative group.

The Ryanair Pilot Group (RPG) – which says it represents over half the airline's roughly 2,500 pilots – has just formed its first council. The move marks a significant intensification of efforts to force Ryanair to engage with the group.

Five members have been appointed to the RPG council. They include serving Ryanair captain John Goss. He has been heavily involved in the Irish Airline Pilots' Association (IALPA) and previous efforts by pilots to negotiate with Ryanair.

Ryanair dismissed the RPG's new interim council.

"The fact that the five-person 'Ryanair' council consists of four pilots from other airlines – Aer Lingus, KLM, Air France and Southwest – shows that this is a 'non-Ryanair pilot group' and shows that the European Cockpit Association don't have enough Ryanair pilots to even form a committee," said spokesman Robin Kiely.
"There is no RPG and any pilots who are unhappy at Ryanair are free to leave, as we have over 3,000 pilots waiting to join," he added.

Read more :
http://www.independent.ie/business/world/ryanair-pilots-step-up-efforts-to-force-talks-with-airline-29394157.html