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Ryanair to cut 3,500 jobs if pay cuts not agreed: CEO

Published 07/01/2020, 03:01 AM
Updated 07/01/2020, 04:20 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary attends the Europe Aviation Summit in Brussels

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary attends the Europe Aviation Summit in Brussels

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair (I:RYA) is planning around 3,500 job losses if it cannot agree pay cuts with its staff, the airline's boss Michael O'Leary said on Wednesday.

Europe's biggest budget airline had previously said that it had cut more than 250 staff from its office around Europe and was looking at up 3,000 cuts among pilot and cabin crew. [nS8N2CP05S]

"We've already announced about 3,500 job losses but we're engaged in extensive negotiations with our pilots, our cabin crew and we're asking them to all take pay cuts as an alternative to job losses," O'Leary told BBC.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Dublin

"We're looking from 20% from the best paid captains, 5% from the lowest paid flight attendants and we think if we can negotiate those pay cuts by agreement, we can avoid most but not all job losses." O'Leary told BBC TV.

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A 5 - 20% pay cut to save 3500 jobs. Either he is overstating for leverage or there will be 3000+ job losses anyway.
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