Pilots urged to spend union fees on ‘fast women’

A FORMER Ryanair official claimed in a “robust” letter sent to all the airline’s pilots that, rather than spending £1,000 a year on joining a pilots’ trade union, they should spend the money on “fast women, slow horses or even greyhound racing”, the High Court heard yesterday.

Part of the letter, dated June 30, 2004, was read to the court in the continuing action by Ryanair aimed at securing the identities of persons who posted messages on a Ryanair pilots website which messages, the airline claims, were intimidatory and showed evidence of wrongful action against Ryanair’s employees.