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| Ryanair chief: we won't bow to laughable demands from pilots | Ryanair chief: we won't bow to laughable demands from pilots |
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| Michael O‘Leary says he would rather see strikes than reduce the airline’s productivity | Michael O‘Leary says he would rather see strikes than reduce the airline’s productivity |
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| Mon 5 Feb 2018 07.31 GMT | Mon 5 Feb 2018 07.31 GMT |
| Last modified on Mon 5 Feb 2018 09.01 GMT | |
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| The Ryanair chief executive, Michael O‘Leary, has warned the airline will not bow to “laughable” demands from pilots and would rather see strikes or disruptions than undermine its productivity. | The Ryanair chief executive, Michael O‘Leary, has warned the airline will not bow to “laughable” demands from pilots and would rather see strikes or disruptions than undermine its productivity. |
| The Irish airline, Europe’s largest budget carrier, has been in talks with pilots since December, when it agreed to recognise trade unions for the first time in its history to avoid Christmas strikes. | The Irish airline, Europe’s largest budget carrier, has been in talks with pilots since December, when it agreed to recognise trade unions for the first time in its history to avoid Christmas strikes. |
| But talks with some unions have broken down and O‘Leary warned investors on Monday that the airline was likely to be targeted by strikes at Easter. | But talks with some unions have broken down and O‘Leary warned investors on Monday that the airline was likely to be targeted by strikes at Easter. |
| “We have some jurisdictions where we are getting the kind of laughable demands for legacy-type inefficiencies,” O‘Leary said in a video presentation following the airline’s quarterly results. | “We have some jurisdictions where we are getting the kind of laughable demands for legacy-type inefficiencies,” O‘Leary said in a video presentation following the airline’s quarterly results. |
| “Frankly we will never agree to those ... if we have to take strikes or disruptions in those jurisdictions, then we will take those.” | “Frankly we will never agree to those ... if we have to take strikes or disruptions in those jurisdictions, then we will take those.” |
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