Ryanair rehires pilots boss to ‘transform’ rostering

Ryanair has reappointed its previous pilots and punctuality chief to lead what it calls “a significant transformation” in the way it rewards and interacts with its pilots, after the recent rostering problems which led it to cancel more than 2,000 flights in the past six weeks.

The airline lost its director of flight operations Peter Bellew, who had responsibility for pilots and service punctuality, two years ago to join Malaysia Airlines as chief operations officer.

However, his return to Dublin was announced yesterday, with Ryanair saying he will take up the post of chief operations officer at the beginning of December.