Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
National Aviation Policy: Ryanair
Mr. Eddie Wilson:
At the start of the pandemic we kept everybody employed. We did not have any redundancies and we agreed with the unions. Consider the pilots, for example. They took a 20% pay reduction. This was due to be restored in various phases out until 2025. We did agreements with well over 90% of the unions, including the cabin crew and engineering unions here in Ireland. They have all had their pay fully restored. They have done longer-term agreements, on a very sensible basis, to continue with employment. Unfortunately, the last union is the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association which is in the WRC this week. Having got their money fully restored at this stage, we are hopeful that we will be able to come to some agreement. That framework has already been set down with all of the major unions in Germany, Italy, France, Sweden and all of those other countries. We would be reasonably confident.
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