Ryanair pilots see Facebook and Twitter accounts shut down (travelmole.com)

The group claiming to represent Ryanair pilots has had its Facebook and Twitter accounts removed. The Ryanair Pilot Group says the Facebook page was shut down last week and the group’s Twitter account was removed this week with no explanation. But it coincides with the low cost airline trying to secure all social media pages […]


August 12, 2013

ITF condemns use of strike-breakers by THY

The ITF has expressed its ongoing concern regarding the use of strike-breakers by the Turkish Airlines (THY) and inaction of the Turkish Ministry of Labour and Social Security. On Monday 8 July, a labour court in Istanbul ordered THY to stop using employees it hired as replacements for workers that have been on strike since […]


July 12, 2013

Pilots wear ‘union’ logo in defiance of Ryanair bosses (The Independent)

Ryanair is facing a campaign of Soviet dissident-style resistance from a group of its pilots in protest at the budget airline’s “draconian” management style. Some captains and first officers working for the airline have taken to wearing the logo of Ryanair’s banned pilots’ “union” on their uniforms while on duty as a sign of solidarity […]


June 3, 2013