Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights
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Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights
I don't think this has reached the AvCanada peanut gallery yet.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41305935
I understand the frustration but surely one's irritation at the airline has to be tempered by the knowledge that the airfare for the romantic trip away cost about $32, return?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41305935
I understand the frustration but surely one's irritation at the airline has to be tempered by the knowledge that the airfare for the romantic trip away cost about $32, return?
DId you hear the one about the jurisprudence fetishist? He got off on a technicality.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41304456
Is this the shortage that everybody's been watching for?The budget airline plans to cancel 40-50 flights every day for the next six weeks, after it admitted it had "messed up" the planning of pilot holidays.
An internal memo seen by the BBC suggests the pilot shortage could continue until the end of the year.
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Ahhh...the BBC...
I’m still waiting for my white male privilege membership card. Must have gotten lost in the mail.
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Absolutely. The letters department at the Beeb knows me as "Shocked and Dismayed, of Little Dunnington". You really have to keep your eye on these types.
DId you hear the one about the jurisprudence fetishist? He got off on a technicality.
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Re: Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights
Didn't happen in Canada. Fake news.
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They are now facing the full force of a pilot shortage. Lots of pilots have left for "real" airlines, . Ryanair spun this with well making it look not as it seems.
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You get what you pay for .The couple were offered a refund of their £19.99 tickets
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Maybe now when you pay 32k EUR for a typerating they'll actually guarantee you a jobsanjet wrote:They are now facing the full force of a pilot shortage. Lots of pilots have left for "real" airlines, . Ryanair spun this with well making it look not as it seems.
Maybe now they'll treat their employees as actual employees instead of contractors that are obligated to use Ryanair approved accountants as they are the only ones who fully understand their creative "avoid social security payment"-schemes
Interesting times....
As an AvCanada discussion grows longer:
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
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Re: Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights
How exactly does one screw up vacation entitlement?
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Re: Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights
What I saw on the news was that a EU judge recently ruled that pilots at bases in places other than Ireland are subject to the labour laws of the country the base is in, not Irish labour laws. Hence the discrepancy.BE20 Driver wrote:How exactly does one screw up vacation entitlement?
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Re: Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights
OK. I guess I can accept that answer.
My company screws up everyone's vacation too and we are all based in the same country under the same laws.
My company screws up everyone's vacation too and we are all based in the same country under the same laws.
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Re: Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights
Sounds like Air Georgian Don't think anyone there has gotten vacation yet either. Lawsuits anyone?
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Speaking of BBC, not sure if anyone has seen "Come Fly With Me" http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00dgnnx
Passenger: "Because of you lot going on strike you've ruined our holiday!"
Airline Employee, Taaj: "No boss! You ruined your holiday"
Passenger: "How do you figure that one?"
Taaj: "Cause you were a cheapskate and booked with a crap airline!"
Passenger: "Because of you lot going on strike you've ruined our holiday!"
Airline Employee, Taaj: "No boss! You ruined your holiday"
Passenger: "How do you figure that one?"
Taaj: "Cause you were a cheapskate and booked with a crap airline!"
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Re: Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights
"Come Fly With Me" is a superbly done parody of the world of aviation.
Unfortunately poor ratings caused the BBC to cancel the series after only about six episodes.
There are a few outtakes from various episodes on youtube.com be sure to add BBC to the "Come Fly With Me" in the search window.
Here's a sample
https://youtu.be/919IA_Lj0Ko
Unfortunately poor ratings caused the BBC to cancel the series after only about six episodes.
There are a few outtakes from various episodes on youtube.com be sure to add BBC to the "Come Fly With Me" in the search window.
Here's a sample
https://youtu.be/919IA_Lj0Ko
Re: Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights
Found the six full episodes posted on various streaming sites and have watched a few. Quite enjoying them!single_swine_herder wrote:"Come Fly With Me" is a superbly done parody of the world of aviation.
Unfortunately poor ratings caused the BBC to cancel the series after only about six episodes.
There are a few outtakes from various episodes on youtube.com be sure to add BBC to the "Come Fly With Me" in the search window.
Here's a sample
https://youtu.be/919IA_Lj0Ko
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I just listened to cbc radio and there was a former Ryan air pilot stating this isn't about mis planning vacation but a pilot shortage, 700 leaving in the last few month. Crappy conditions due to no real CBA being the main reason. Interesting times ahead.
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Re: Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights
I don't know if maximum hours are based on a Calendar Year or a 12 month rolling average.
I suspect it's the former at Ryanair and most Pilots have used up their hours and basically can't fly again until Jan 01.
I suspect it's the former at Ryanair and most Pilots have used up their hours and basically can't fly again until Jan 01.
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Re: Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights
LMAO to Eric Jansons comment. I almost choked on my veggies...
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I read a report about difficulties caused by the Irish regulator changing the hour accounting year from April-March to January-December (to match other EASA countries) although several years notice had been given.Eric Janson wrote:I don't know if maximum hours are based on a Calendar Year or a 12 month rolling average.
I suspect it's the former at Ryanair and most Pilots have used up their hours and basically can't fly again until Jan 01.
Does that make any sense?
DId you hear the one about the jurisprudence fetishist? He got off on a technicality.