Wednesday 22 December 2010

Declan Dooney ...one SLIPPERY Ryanair guy....FACT....

Ryanair Pilot said:
I am one of the ryanair  pilots, so I speak from experience and what I say here is fact not spun out fiction.
There are many implications relating to the Brookfied Aviation contractors associated with Ryanair, some of which may not be obvious to the general public and the fare paying customers of Ryanair.
The whole reason that Brookfied Aviation was set up was so that Ryanair could shy away from it’s social welfare contributions as stated above and so that the pilots would have no employment rights. The manager of Brookfield Aviation is the ex-head of Ryanair HR, Declan Dooney. Mr. Dooney left Ryanair to set up the desired pilot contract workforce for Ryanair and this has grown to a massive scale due to the percentage of contractor pilots currently in Ryanair, about 65%. Various government bodies around Europe (excluding the UK) have questioned the legality of this practice and this is why the pilots are now forced to set up limited companies in Dublin with one of three Brookfield selected accountants (who take a mandatory 3% from their salaries) so that they can pay their taxes in Ireland, this is how they pacified the Irish Government. The limited company idea is only a temporary reprieve for them because Brookfield is only enforcing the new terms onto new pilots and allowing the existing contractors to remain on any scheme that they wish, even when their contracts are being renewed. There are hundreds of Brookfield pilots either not paying tax at all or paying through offshore dubious schemes in the IOM, Jersey, etc. In many cases these are people who live and work in the UK, so the UK government is missing out on a lot of tax and appears to be less interested than many other European counties, despite the fact that we are supposed to be cracking down on all illegal tax schemes.
So, the financial effect is the more obvious but there are more important effects to. The pilots are paid by the flying hour and their volume of work is totally dependant on the rostering department of Ryanair giving them some work. Often pilots are not being paid much money, especially in the winter months. Due to inconsistent income and pilots who are running into financial difficulties, often unable to pay their mortgages etc. result = PILOT STRESS.
The pilots are NOT allowed to seek work elsewhere because when they are not rostered for work they are on standby for the company to use them at a moments notice if they wish, this is every airline’s operational requirement but all other airlines pay a salary for that privilege. Some pilots in these winter months are flying two may be three days per month which means that they are earning less than £1000 per month, result = PILOT STRESS.
There is no sick pay, so human nature is to go to work when one is not really up to it, I’ve seen people in work very ill indeed. Despite the fact that the pilots are not employed by Ryanair they have to provide an official doctor’s sick note for any sickness whatsoever.
Brookfield pilots are often rostered to work from another European base at very short notice, they have to pay all associated travel and hotel costs themselves upfront even if they haven’t been earning any money for several months and therefore can’t afford to do so, result = PILOT STRESS. When rostered to fly from another base the days spent getting to and from that base are known in the industry as “duty days” There are certain legal flight time limitations in place to prevent pilots being fatigued and therefore not safe to fly, one of those limitations is the number consecutive duty days in a certain period and another is the length of each duty day. Ryanair refuses to accept that the days spent travelling are in fact duty days, but it clearly states in the official legal documentation that any days spent travelling at the behest of the company are “duty days” This can easily be conformed with the Civil Aviation Authority. result = PILOT STRESS and FLIGHT SAFETY ISSUE.
You may be wondering why I and many others put up with it, its because there is nothing else available in the UK which is why many UK pilots are now seeking employment in the Middle and Far East.
All in all I have used the phrases PILOT STRESS and FLIGHT SAFETY ISSUE where appropriate but PILOT STRESS is in itself a FLIGHT SAFETY ISSUE so the hidden effect of the illegal contractor pilots and dictatorship attitude is FLIGHT SAFETY and should be addressed by the Civil Aviation Authority and The Irish Aviation Authority before it’s too late, its unsafe! The Irish Aviation Authority appears to be entirely disinterested in the wrong doings of Ryanair due to its very close relationship with Mr O’Leary and his fellow directors.
If any journalist were to challenge Ryanair on these issues I’m sure that they would refuse to comment because this is all based on fact and they couldn’t possibly justify any of it.

EMAIL JUST SENT TO O'LEARY''the mouth''...RYANAIRDONTCARE CHARITY CALENDAR ''DESIGN'' BY PRESENT RYANAIR CABIN CREW

Dear Ryanair,
I have been asked today from your present  cabin crew to send you this email.

After forcing us to sell your Christmas calendar you have made for Tafel charity in Germany,who do a great job delivering food every day to people in need throughout Germany.

We as your crew have come up with a better idea.As you know charity begins at home,which i am sure all our passengers would agree.So why not donate all proceeds to all ryanair cabin crew ,who time and time again struggle to pay our basic bills and maybe put a smile back on our faces..

This ryanairdontcare charity calendar was designed by your present cabin crew.

From Ryanair Cabin Crew.
Photo of the calender...  http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1852782&l=ddb42a5bef&id=1407054136


Ryanair,
I am sure you would agree,your crew are sending a very strong message to you both,Mr Bonderman and Mr O'Leary.

John Foley

Ryanairdontcare

RISH AVIATION AUTHORITY MUST BLOODY ACT NOW...STOP TURNING A BLIND EYE IAA.''CHARITY MY ARSE''

John Said,
We at ryanairdontcare have been sent this information today....Some words are changed to protec others...Shame on you ryanair....Charity my arse......

Hi John,

Hope all is well.
Just thought I would let you know about Ryanairs criminal activities that they have been commiting against all crew.
A friend of mine from ...... has just informed me that crew unfortunate enough to be put on airport standby have been FORCED to SELL "Chairty Calenders" in the departures lounge and baggage drop desks.

So She went down to the departures lounge for 3 hours and while there tried to sell calenders to try keep her job for longer.But she didnt just sell calenders she sold her dignity!

But she called back to crew room to do a flight of just over 2 hours  duration so instead of the £30 for airport standby she was paid £26 so all the selling she done in the terminal was done for FREE



Why is this is such a huge issue?Well Ryanair has broken the rules that they laid out for crew to avoid over stressing and exaustion:



Have a look at this chapter from the SEP Manual:Particulary the one about Airport Standby and the last bit I'v highlighted!


RYANAIR

SAFETY AND EMERGANCY PROCEDURES CHAPTER 1
1.15.7.1.2 The Commander shall in special circumstances which could lead to fatigue, and

after consultation with the crew members affected, reduce the actual flight duty
time and/or increase the rest time in order to eliminate any detrimental effect on
flight safety.

1.15.7.1.3 Ryanair shall ensure that:

• The Commander submits a report to Ryanair whenever a FDP is increased by
his/her discretion or when a rest period is reduced in actual operation, and

• Where the increase of a FDP or reduction in rest period exceeds one hour
(1:00 hrs), a copy of the report to which Ryanair PHFO shall add his
comments, is sent to the Irish Aviation Authority no later than 28 days after
the event.

1.15.8 Standby

OPS 1.1125

1.15.8.1 Airport Standby

1.15.8.1.1 A crew member is on airport standby from reporting at the normal report time
until the end of the notified standby period.
1.15.8.1.2 Airport standby shall count in full for the purposes of cumulative duty hours.
1.15.8.1.3 When on airport standby, if a crew member is required to report for a flight duty,

the allowable FDP is calculated using the start time of the standby duty. In such
a case airport standby shall be added to the duty period referred to in 1.15.5.1.1
and 1.15.5.1.2 for the purposes of calculating minimum rest.

1.15.8.1.4 If a crew member is not required to report for a flight duty, airport standby duty
will count in full towards total cumulative duty time.

1.15.8.1.5 While on airport standby Ryanair shall provide to the crew member a quiet and

comfortable place not open to the public.
1.15.8.2 Other Forms of Standby (incl. Standby at Home or Hotel)

1.15.8.2.1 Subject to the provisions of Article 8, all other forms of standby shall be regulated
by the Irish Aviation Authority, taking into account the following:

1.15.8.2.1.1 Ryanair shall roster and/or notify all activity in advance.

1.15.8.2.1.2 When a crew member is required to report for a flight duty when on standby at

home or a hotel, the standby duty will cease when the crew member reports at the
designated reporting point to commence a FDP.

Sunday 12 December 2010

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This is our new website ryanair do not want you to see.....

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REPLY SENT TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION WHO CONTACTED RYANAIRDONTCARE

REPLY SENT TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION WHO CONTACTED RYANAIRDONTCARE

Below is a reply ryanairdontcare has sent to the European Commission today.

Dear European Commission,


Thank you for your reply to my email, regarding Ryanair.

I do understand that the commission may not feel it is in your jurisdiction with regards employment law of probationary ryanair cabin crew, getting terminated for profit by ryanair.

I do feel a European company recruiting such a high level of young European students for a fee up to 3000 Euro, with a very high level of termination is a concern.Ryanair say training of cabin crew is taken by a third party,this is not true.Ryanair train these students.

Irish and UK government have been informed to which no action of a investigation has taken place.

If what we at ryanairdontcare are saying is true then Local and European governments must be held accountable to all Local and European citizens.

If ryanair are involved in a recruitment deception, to which the commission has been informed of, to not investigate this matter would in our opinion feel as if ryanair are a law to themselves..
We at ryanairdontcare ask for this investigation to please take place.

This email and contact from you will be posted on our website www.ryanaircabincrwjobs.com

Thank you for your time.

Kindest regards

John Foley

ryanairdontcare

Tuesday 7 December 2010

CAPTAIN MORGAN FISCHER A HERO...O'LEARY (the mouth) BULLY

Financial Times: 13th September 2010

Ryanair crews’ no-frills idea: Drop the boss


By Pilita Clark, Aerospace Correspondent

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary has for years endured complaints from passengers about his famously no-frills Irish airline.

Now a senior Ryanair pilot has taken the rare step of publicly challenging his boss after the outspoken chief executive said he was trying to convince authorities to let his aircraft fly with only one pilot. A flight attendant could do the job of a co-pilot if needed, Mr O’Leary said last week, because “the computer does most of the flying now”.

Captain Morgan Fischer, who trains other pilots at Ryanair’s Marseilles base, says he knows the airline is dedicated to keeping its costs as low as possible, so why not go one better – and replace Mr O’Leary with a junior flight attendant?

“I would propose that Ryanair replace the CEO with a probationary cabin crew member currently earning approximately €13,200 net per annum,” Capt Fischer has written in a letter to the Financial Times, which reported Mr O’Leary’s comments last week.

“Ryanair would benefit by saving millions of euros in salary, benefits and stock options,” the captain said, and there would be no need for approval from the authorities.

Mr O’Leary quibbled with some of Capt Fischer’s numbers but, in characteristically mischievous mode, he effected to agree with some of his points.

“Michael thinks that cabin crew would make a far more attractive CEO than him – this obviously isn’t a very high bar – so we are going to seriously look at the suggestion,” said Stephen McNamara, a Ryan­air spokesman. “After all, if we can train cabin crew to land the plane, it should be no problem training them to do Michael’s job as well.”

Capt Fischer, 41, who has been based in Marseilles for the past five years and has 20 years’ flying experience, mostly with TWA and American Airlines, declined to comment further on Monday.

Mr O’Leary is well known for his ability to generate headlines with eye-catching ideas, from coin-operated lavatories to “fat taxes”. But his thoughts on ditching co-pilots – first raised in a Bloomberg Businessweek interview earlier this month – seem to have struck a sensitive nerve among some.

Ryanair employees have complained to the media in the past, but most have done so anonymously.

Seeing a pilot publicly poke fun at Mr O’Leary, as Capt Fischer has done, is “extremely unique”, said Capt Evan Cullen, president of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association, who has also written to the FT about Mr O’Leary’s comments.

Capt Cullen was provoked by Mr O’Leary’s suggestion that, in 25 years, Ryanair had had only one pilot who had suffered a heart attack in flight, “and he landed the plane”.

Capt Cullen said Mr O’Leary must have been referring to a 2002 incident in Belgium when a pilot collapsed with a heart attack shortly after take-off from Charleroi airport south of Brussels. A doctor on board who assisted the pilot described him as “clinically dead”, according to a report by Ireland’s Air Accident Investigation Unit, and the co-pilot had to return the aircraft to the airport.

“The safety implications are obvious, as is the reason for having two qualified pilots in the cockpit,” said Capt Cullen.

Mr McNamara said this was not the incident Mr O’Leary had been referring to, “although the fact that the first officer landed the aircraft without incident underlines the fact that a first officer in the cabin, or a suitably-trained cabin crew, could readily land an aircraft in such an emergency”.

He said the issue at stake was that aircraft were now heavily automated, and with more than 500,000 flights a year the second pilot was rarely, if ever, called on to land in an emergency.

Some safety experts dis­agree. “It is true that aircraft are far safer today than ever before and many of the processes have been automated,” said Paul Hayes, air safety director at Ascend aviation consultan­cy. “But in a high work-load situation, say an instrument approach in congested air space or in an emergency, I’d still like to have a pilot and co-pilot working together as a team.

Financial Times: 6th December 2010

Pilot who crossed O’Leary resigns


By Pilita Clark, Aerospace Correspondent

Captain Morgan Fischer is scanning fresh horizons

The Ryanair pilot who said the airline should replace Michael O’Leary, the low-cost airline’s chief executive, with a junior flight attendant to save money has quit after being reassigned from southern France to the “Siberia” of a base in Lithuania.

Captain Morgan Fischer was one of almost 30 Ryanair pilots working at Marseilles who had to move after the airline announced in October that it was closing the base following a disagreement with French authorities.

The pilots were asked to bid for new bases. Most did so and were offered work at bases in Spain, Italy,Portugal and elsewhere, including some a few hours’ drive from Marseilles, where many live with their families.

Capt Fischer, who had worked for Ryanair for almost five years and had spent almost a year resolving a contractual dispute with the airline, said he wanted to discuss any move first, according to a close colleague.

This was because he was concerned the low-cost carrier could treat a request to shift bases as an agreement to a new – and possibly inferior – contract.

The 41-year-old American, who lives with his family in the pretty town of Aix-en-Provence, was then offered a transfer to Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city.

“That was a fairly considerable kick in the teeth for him,” said the colleague. “Kaunas is considered Siberia for Ryanair pilots. It’s very unpopular to be sent there. It’s the back of nowhere with a completely different language. You’re in eastern Europe and the money is dreadfully bad.”

As a result, Capt Fischer resigned. He declined to comment but, speaking from France, his colleague said the pilot had the option of going back to work for a US airline.

Capt Fischer’s resignation comes two months after he offered a cheeky riposte to Mr O’Leary’s comments that airlines could save “a fortune” if flight attendants replaced co-pilots on aircraft now so sophisticated that “the computer does most of the flying”.

In a letter to the Financial Times, Capt Fischer suggested his own idea to shave costs: replacing Mr O’Leary with a “probationary cabin crew member currently earning about €13,200 net a year”.

Stephen McNamara, Ryanair’s head of communications, said the airline could not comment on individual employees or their contracts for confidentiality reasons.

But he said fewer than 10 of the almost 30 pilots at Marseilles had not said where they would like to be transferred, “and so these have been offered transfers to other bases in Spain, Italy, the UK and Lithuania, according to where we have pilot vacancies”.

He added: “All of our Marseilles pilots have been offered positions at other Ryanair bases, and the vast majority have already accepted these offers.

“Should some pilots choose not to, and resign, then much as we would regret such a decision, we would respect it and wish them every success with their future careers.”


john say's
Captain Morgan stood up against O'Leary and was bin baged out of ryanair.McNamara(puppet) head of liers at ryanair up to his tricks again...

Monday 6 December 2010

LETTER SENT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA OVER BREACH OF SECURITY BY ''RYANAIR''

Dear President Obama,
I am writing to you today with regards a airport security issue to which a U.S citizen, David Bonderman from tpg capital, chairman of Ryanair in Europe is involved.
I set up a campaign two years ago after my 18 year old daughter was recruitment scammed for profit at Ryanair.
After so much research we at ryanairdontcare have found a security issue with regards uniform and airport ID cards.
I have informed UK police and Government, to which no action has been taken.
Once probationary Ryanair cabin crew are terminated, for profit, Ryanair ask students to return their uniforms and airport ID card. These students pay up to £380 and Ryanair will not refund this money paid.
No record of termination is kept from Ryanair to see how many UNIFORMS and AIRPORT ID cards are in the public domain.
We at ryanairdontcare believe hundreds if not thousands. These items in the wrong hands of terrorists
Would give them access, not only Ryanair aircraft but all aircraft airside of all airports Ryanair use.
Also I would like to point out Mr Bonderman worked for the attorney general in the U.S in civil rights and feel it is Very hypocritical of Mr Bonderman, wrecking so many young students lives in Europe.
This letter will be posted on our blog ryanairdontcare and our website
I do hope that the United States of America will act.
Thank you for your time Mr President.I wait your reply.
Enclosed are photos of uniforms and airport ID card. Ryanairdontcare have access to 4 uniforms and 2 airport ID cards.

Kindest regards

John foley
Ryanairdontcare ( Justice for all TPRCC )
www.ryanaircabincrewjobs.com