Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Aviation Policy: Ryanair

Mr. Eddie Wilson:

The real difficulty would be with pilots. We have hired 1,000 cadet pilots this year and we will hire another 1,000 next year. They are well-paid jobs with a multinational workforce. There are 90 places where they can go to work across Europe. There is no difficulty on the pilot side. Being cabin crew is a great entry into tourism and transport. There are the two exceptions that I gave earlier. In the UK, because of Brexit, we cannot get the flow of people that we would have relied on. In Europe, particularly in Dublin, there are issues with accommodation. We kept the core group of people anyway. We did not let anyone go during the crisis.

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