Ryanair cancels scheduled flights and publishes pilot offers

Yesterday, Ryanair pre-cancelled 190 (8%) of its 2,400 scheduled flights on Friday September 28 due to a strike by cabin crew in Spain, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Italy and Germany. And today, the airline took the unusual step of publishing its offer to pilots and cabin crew in order to have its say in the burgeoning war of words between the parties as well as promote a speedy conclusion of collective labour agreements (CLA’s). In a press release, Ryanair bemoans what it describes as “competitor trade union propaganda” and states that it has submitted a competition complaint to the European Commission,