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Is Ryanair short of pilots? It's a critical question.
It could help explain why 400,000 Ryanair passengers are having flights cancelled over the next few weeks.
But it's hard to give a straight answer.
The company's boss, Michael O'Leary, is adamant that they don't have a pilot shortage. He says the cancellations are down to a cock-up with the holiday rotas, combined with bad weather and air traffic control delays and strikes.
But I got a completely different message from several former and current Ryanair pilots, who are equally as strident that a lack of pilots is also to blame.
Some of these people told me that they are risking their jobs by talking to the media.
At least two used the word "droves" to describe the numbers leaving right now. There is a buoyant market for pilots, as airlines such as Norwegian and Jet2 are expanding. We know 140 Ryanair pilots have gone to Norwegian this year. Jet2 wouldn't give us a number.
What's happening at Ryanair;
Is Ryanair short of pilots? It's a critical question.
It could help explain why 400,000 Ryanair passengers are having flights cancelled over the next few weeks.
But it's hard to give a straight answer.
The company's boss, Michael O'Leary, is adamant that they don't have a pilot shortage. He says the cancellations are down to a cock-up with the holiday rotas, combined with bad weather and air traffic control delays and strikes.
But I got a completely different message from several former and current Ryanair pilots, who are equally as strident that a lack of pilots is also to blame.
Some of these people told me that they are risking their jobs by talking to the media.
At least two used the word "droves" to describe the numbers leaving right now. There is a buoyant market for pilots, as airlines such as Norwegian and Jet2 are expanding. We know 140 Ryanair pilots have gone to Norwegian this year. Jet2 wouldn't give us a number.
What's happening at Ryanair;
