Ryanair offers €12,000 bonus to pilots

Ryanair has offered its pilots bonuses of up to €12,000 to buy back their leave and reduce the number of flights it has to cancel.

The offer, which comes with strict conditions, emerged as pilots across Europe were holding meetings yesterday and today over possible strike action.

Last Friday, Ryanair announced it is cancelling up to 50 flights a day for the next six weeks as it does not have enough pilots on standby to cover annual leave.