RYANAIR ANNOUNCES NEW PAY & ROSTER AGREEMENTS WITH CABIN CREW & PILOTS

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 1^st 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 1^st 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.