Ryanair tried to slash my pay €10k, says pilot

A former Ryanair pilot, who once wrote a letter to the Financial Times claiming the airline’s chief executive, Michael O’Leary, should be replaced by a junior to reduce costs, claims he would still be working for the company if it had not been “completely unreasonable”.

Capt Morgan Fischer claims he was constructively dismissed by Ryanair following a decision to close its base in Marseilles after a dispute with the French authorities over where airline staff should pay their tax.

He claims he was forced to resign after refusing to sign a contract which would have seen him transferred to a base 2,000km away in Eastern Europe and his basic salary reduced by €10,000.