Ryanair to withdraw sacking threats as pilots accept deal

RYANAIR is expected to withdraw threats to sack seven pilots after they accepted a retraining deal on the basis that they will be allowed to maintain High Court victimisation cases against the airline.

Earlier this week, Ryanair had issued the seven with redundancy notices, effective from November, as a ten-month dispute over the matter reached its climax.

The dispute, over who was to pay the €15,000 cost of retraining for the new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, was complicated by company demands that pilots drop their cases against the airline.