Battle of big forces at Ryanair

Ryanair is set once again to grab the headlines over the coming weeks as its pilots, or at least some of them, decide to do what their unionised friends always do and that is to disrupt the travelling public at an important time of the year, writes Paul Mills

Some Ryanair pilot employees who joined the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (Ialpa) plan to strike next Wednesday, four days before Christmas.

The blame for the disruption will fall equally at Ryanair’s door because of its rostering fiasco which led to cancellations this year but also at the pilots themselves, a well-paid profession.