Ryanair’s Belgian, Swedish pilots vote to strike Aug 10

Ryanair’s Swedish pilots have voted to strike Aug 10 and a Belgian pilots’ union advised its members to do the same, as long-running tensions between the carrier and its workforce lead to more industrial action. The Swedish Air Line Pilots’ Association notified Ryanair that its members would strike Aug 10, saying it had “over the past 8 months tried to initiate negotiations with Ryanair without success.” In Belgium, where cabin crew went on strike July 25 and 26, alongside their counterparts in Spain and Portugal, leading to the cancellation of 600 flights overall, pilots’ union the Belgian Cockpit Association encouraged its members to also strike Aug 10, saying Ryanair had broken its promises to apply local labour laws and adding: “Ryanair’s model must change.” <br/>