john Said,
Email from a Ryanair Captain below.Bonderman and O'Leary you have alot to answer too....I can not believe this is happening...
This was the email, trying to get out to the press, but of course there is nobody interested,
I think, that indeed this can have tomorrows headlines if they want....
maybe you can forward this to the people dealing with this incident.
Ryanair Pilots a ticking time bomb, SUICIDE First officer Paul Ridgard
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a captain, working for Ryanair over the last ….. years. I am based inEurope and have been working out of base multiple times. I have seen a lot from this company and i have noted that there are serious dangerous things going on in this company.
There is a very high level of stress and fatigue. The pilots are living in continuous fear, scared to speak up, cause off getting fired. We have no union, and a lot of pilots are forced on a (illegal) free-lance contract, which can be cancelled anytime, even after 5 years of duty.
There are multiple things going on in this company that will get headlines on tomorrow’s newspapers.
Most of the pilots are a ticking time bomb... can not cope with the high stress level, sleeping during flights and are not able to perform 100% when necessary.
There are multiple things like (quick example) the incident on 12/04/2009. Where a ryanair flight landed on the taxiway in CAG, instead of the runway.
We also had people landing with the wrong flaps settings (very high speed approaches), and people taking off in the wrong configuration...
I hope you understand that is a big safety issue, and one day this will lead into something else....
Lately, a first officer inLiverpool committed suicide,
notice from RYR to the pilots:
PAUL RIDGARD RIP
The funeral of Paul Ridgard will take place at 12:30 on Wednesday June 15th at
St. Werburgh's
Church
Church Street
Spondon
Derby DE21 7LL.
All his former colleagues are welcome.
Nobody is aware of the real story,
That this guy, already asked RYR multiple times to have unpaid leave to cope with his problems.
After his father died, ryanair forced him to work (as i heard) on his father’s funeral.
Due to this big loss in the family, his mother got really depressed.
He asked RYR to get unpaid leave, but again this was denied. He was dealing with a lot of stress, and i can imagine that someone in his position wouldn’t be fit to fly.
He was scared to loose his job, not able to support his family again and tried to cope with the problems.
Recently, Paul was doing his command upgrade. This was something he was focusing on.
Meanwhile walking up to the aircraft the Base Training Captain, who was examining his flight, just told him; '' yeah Paul, between you and me, we can do this formal flight, but i already know the outcome, you will fail, cause i have been told by Ryanair (Tony Owen, head of training) to fail you, and you will never get your command.''
Together with all other things above, RYR working against him in all aspects, Paul got home
and committed suicide. The company was aware of his situation, and denied any help.
This is just one of the examples, of course, nobody talks about it.
I have a lot of other colleagues, first officers as well captains, who can not deal with the company stress no more.
Always living in fear; Ryanair can end your contract anytime. Furthermore, it’s not possible to build up any social life. RYR often changes you around all bases, and your ''home base'' can be changed anytime. This gives a lot of stress for people with a family, and having i.e. a mortgage on a house. Also the aggressive business strategy of RYR includes closing bases from day to day, just to force the government to deal with RYR's demands.
Lately they transferred all Pilots from the Marseille base. They are all totally Fu#@, they were also FORCED to take a 30% pay cut take it or leave it.
You can image, how they feel, having everything build up in Marseille, and now leaving to another base, with a forced pay cut, not being able to fund all monthly expenses no more, not being home with the family.
TICK, TACK, TICK, TACK.
Another thing is that a lot of pilots are flying out of base,
To get to your destination base for that working week, you have to travel around the whole ryanair network. To get fromItaly , to i.e. Germany , you have to travel via Denmark
I think we agree that an 3 hours sleep is not enough to have the responsibility of four flights x 189 passengers.
Again, Ryanair, doesn’t count this as official duty time. But on the pilot roster this comes up as a new temporarily out of base station. How you get there is your own problem.
By JAA avation LAW, this IS counted as duty time. But, probably RYR made a deal, and until now nobody is looking at this... and meanwhile this illegal rostering is going on and on... bringing more fatigue among the pilots. TICK TACK TICK TACK
90% of the 25min turnarounds a lie, and we lie on the paper, just not to get questioned by the company.
Meanwhile, 99% percent of the pilots want a union. But RYR strategically makes sure we can not get one. Last time they 'freeze'' allUK Union .
I don’t know the exact figures, but to get a union u need the majority of all pilots to vote for a union. RYR at this time hired new pilots, and they offered them a contract and only a job, if they would sign on forehand to be against a union. in this smart case it wasn't possible to get a union.
Everybody who speaks about any union, just gets fired...that’s the culture and the fact that is there right now...in this company.
we just have to see, if this ''awarded'' company will be a success in the future.
From the inside, i can tell you that a lot of pilots are leaving.
AirDubai , approached RYR on a gentlemen s basis, to warn them that a couple of hundred pilots are busy with the selection process at fly Dubai
Also already a 100 pilots left to emirates.
There was a captain who was off the full month off April. The 1st of may, crew control called the captain cause he was late and thereafter didn’t show up for work. he disappeared, left the company with no notice, and got already a job inQatar
- RYR announced a WET LEASE with other companies, cause they don't have crew to operate their flights this summer.
- and yes it is true what they say....
The only thing we get form the company is a cup of warm water.... we have to bring our own instant coffee... to make our coffee.....
If you would like to have any further information, feel free to email me.
If you are interested about the success of RYR... below the article of how ryanair deals with their daily operation, also with avoiding paying a lot of taxes.
Ryanair's skyrocketing success: flying on thin air? An in-depth analysis of Ryanair's business model.
www.air-scoop.com/.../In-Depth-Analysis-Ryanair-Business-Model-Air-Scoop-Nov2010.pdf
regards,
…….
I think, that indeed this can have tomorrows headlines if they want....
maybe you can forward this to the people dealing with this incident.
Ryanair Pilots a ticking time bomb, SUICIDE First officer Paul Ridgard
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a captain, working for Ryanair over the last ….. years. I am based in
There is a very high level of stress and fatigue. The pilots are living in continuous fear, scared to speak up, cause off getting fired. We have no union, and a lot of pilots are forced on a (illegal) free-lance contract, which can be cancelled anytime, even after 5 years of duty.
There are multiple things going on in this company that will get headlines on tomorrow’s newspapers.
Most of the pilots are a ticking time bomb... can not cope with the high stress level, sleeping during flights and are not able to perform 100% when necessary.
There are multiple things like (quick example) the incident on 12/04/2009. Where a ryanair flight landed on the taxiway in CAG, instead of the runway.
We also had people landing with the wrong flaps settings (very high speed approaches), and people taking off in the wrong configuration...
I hope you understand that is a big safety issue, and one day this will lead into something else....
Lately, a first officer in
notice from RYR to the pilots:
PAUL RIDGARD RIP
The funeral of Paul Ridgard will take place at 12:30 on Wednesday June 15th at
St. Werburgh's
Church
Church Street
Spondon
Derby DE21 7LL.
All his former colleagues are welcome.
Nobody is aware of the real story,
That this guy, already asked RYR multiple times to have unpaid leave to cope with his problems.
After his father died, ryanair forced him to work (as i heard) on his father’s funeral.
Due to this big loss in the family, his mother got really depressed.
He asked RYR to get unpaid leave, but again this was denied. He was dealing with a lot of stress, and i can imagine that someone in his position wouldn’t be fit to fly.
He was scared to loose his job, not able to support his family again and tried to cope with the problems.
Recently, Paul was doing his command upgrade. This was something he was focusing on.
Meanwhile walking up to the aircraft the Base Training Captain, who was examining his flight, just told him; '' yeah Paul, between you and me, we can do this formal flight, but i already know the outcome, you will fail, cause i have been told by Ryanair (Tony Owen, head of training) to fail you, and you will never get your command.''
Together with all other things above, RYR working against him in all aspects, Paul got home
and committed suicide. The company was aware of his situation, and denied any help.
This is just one of the examples, of course, nobody talks about it.
I have a lot of other colleagues, first officers as well captains, who can not deal with the company stress no more.
Always living in fear; Ryanair can end your contract anytime. Furthermore, it’s not possible to build up any social life. RYR often changes you around all bases, and your ''home base'' can be changed anytime. This gives a lot of stress for people with a family, and having i.e. a mortgage on a house. Also the aggressive business strategy of RYR includes closing bases from day to day, just to force the government to deal with RYR's demands.
Lately they transferred all Pilots from the Marseille base. They are all totally Fu#@, they were also FORCED to take a 30% pay cut take it or leave it.
You can image, how they feel, having everything build up in Marseille, and now leaving to another base, with a forced pay cut, not being able to fund all monthly expenses no more, not being home with the family.
TICK, TACK, TICK, TACK.
Another thing is that a lot of pilots are flying out of base,
To get to your destination base for that working week, you have to travel around the whole ryanair network. To get from
I think we agree that an 3 hours sleep is not enough to have the responsibility of four flights x 189 passengers.
Again, Ryanair, doesn’t count this as official duty time. But on the pilot roster this comes up as a new temporarily out of base station. How you get there is your own problem.
By JAA avation LAW, this IS counted as duty time. But, probably RYR made a deal, and until now nobody is looking at this... and meanwhile this illegal rostering is going on and on... bringing more fatigue among the pilots. TICK TACK TICK TACK
90% of the 25min turnarounds a lie, and we lie on the paper, just not to get questioned by the company.
Meanwhile, 99% percent of the pilots want a union. But RYR strategically makes sure we can not get one. Last time they 'freeze'' all
I don’t know the exact figures, but to get a union u need the majority of all pilots to vote for a union. RYR at this time hired new pilots, and they offered them a contract and only a job, if they would sign on forehand to be against a union. in this smart case it wasn't possible to get a union.
Everybody who speaks about any union, just gets fired...that’s the culture and the fact that is there right now...in this company.
we just have to see, if this ''awarded'' company will be a success in the future.
From the inside, i can tell you that a lot of pilots are leaving.
Air
Also already a 100 pilots left to emirates.
There was a captain who was off the full month off April. The 1st of may, crew control called the captain cause he was late and thereafter didn’t show up for work. he disappeared, left the company with no notice, and got already a job in
- RYR announced a WET LEASE with other companies, cause they don't have crew to operate their flights this summer.
- and yes it is true what they say....
The only thing we get form the company is a cup of warm water.... we have to bring our own instant coffee... to make our coffee.....
If you would like to have any further information, feel free to email me.
If you are interested about the success of RYR... below the article of how ryanair deals with their daily operation, also with avoiding paying a lot of taxes.
Ryanair's skyrocketing success: flying on thin air? An in-depth analysis of Ryanair's business model.
www.air-scoop.com/.../In-Depth-Analysis-Ryanair-Business-Model-Air-Scoop-Nov2010.pdf
regards,
…….
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