2013-03-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — Ryanair, Europe’s only ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC), today (26 Mar) announced a new collective agreement with all its cabin crew, which will result in pay increases and favourable rostering arrangements across the airline, as well as new pilot agreements at the majority of those Ryanair bases whose long term pay deals were due to expire in April this year.
Following negotiations between Ryanair and cabin crew representatives, using its long-established collective bargaining structures, cabin crew at all Ryanair bases have voted to accept a four-year agreement which, from 1st April 2013, will deliver:
- Average pay increases of 10% over four years.
- Pay increases for all cabin crew groups including supervisors and junior crew.
- Maintenance of a stable ‘home every night’ roster, practically unique in European aviation.
- Increases in supervisory and other allowances.
Ryanair has also negotiated new five-year agreements with pilots at its Alicante, Bristol, Cork, East Midlands, Luton and Shannon bases (replacing existing agreements which were due to expire in April this year) which, from 1st April 2013, will deliver:
- Pay increases of up to 10% over five years.
- A five day on, four day off roster.
- Allowance and pension increases.
Ryanair pilots at its Manchester and Valencia bases have also negotiated a five day on, four day off roster prior to the conclusion of their existing five-year agreement. Ryanair looks forward to negotiating new agreements at its other bases as and when their existing five year agreements finish over the next three years.
Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:
“These agreements recognise the outstanding productivity delivered by Ryanair’s people, whose hard work and dedication is key to Ryanair’s ability to expand and grow by offering more competition, ultra-low prices and a greater choice of routes.
It is a considerable success for Ryanair’s cabin crew and pilots to secure pay increases and favourable rosters at a time when unions in Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK are currently negotiating job cuts, pay cuts and pension cuts.
These contrasting circumstances demonstrate yet again the success of Ryanair’s business model and of its policy of dealing directly with cabin crew and pilots through the long-established collective bargaining structures within Ryanair.