Ryanair to keep on UK-based crew in return for pay cuts, say unions

Ryanair has agreed to keep on all UK-based cabin crew in return for pay cuts, according to unions. The deal would involve crew at the budget airline accepting salary reductions of 5-10% over the next four years or until its business returns to pre-pandemic levels. Ryanair had announced in May it was planning to cut 3,000 jobs after grounding most of its fleet as the coronavirus pandemic hit. The deal was accepted in a ballot of Unite members at Ryanair, who voted for lower pay to preserve jobs. It follows a similar deal reached between the UK pilots union, Balpa, and Ryanair, in which pilots agreed to a 20% pay cut, although there could still be some redundancies among pilots. Unite said the reductions were temporary and tiered to ensure the lowest paid were least affected, adding that “temporary problems require temporary solutions”.<br/>