Forsá union insists Ryanair must stop threatening staff

Further strike action at Ryanair can only be avoided if management at the airline engage in meaningful negotiations, rather that issuing threats to its staff, the trade union Fórsa has said. Ryanair has cancelled 20 of its 300 planned flights to and from Ireland Aug 3rd – about 7% of the total – when pilots represented by Fórsa plan to stage another 1-day stoppage. The union has insisted that its negotiating team in talks with Ryanair is made up solely of Ryanair pilots – elected by their peers in the company– and full-time Fórsa officials with no links to any airline or any other employer. Friday, Ryanair called on the union to remove the president of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association captain Evan Cullen from involvement in the negotiations between the union, the airline and its pilots. <br/>