Ryanair pay rise excludes Dublin pilots

RYANAIR’s war of attrition with its Dublin-based pilots continued yesterday when the low cost airline excluded the group from a 3% pay rise awarded to the remainder of its 2,200 employees.

The €3 million wage bill hike comes at a time when the airline is battling with huge increases in aviation fuel costs.

The Dublin-based airline yesterday confirmed that following a round of “direct negotiations” with its mostly non-unionised staff in the month of April, it had implemented a 3% pay increase backdated to April 1, 2005. The company said the 3% increase will apply to all staff groups across Europe who participated in the direct negotiations with the company.