CHELTENHAM RYANAIR CHASE PROTEST 2011

CHELTENHAM RYANAIR CHASE PROTEST 2011

We believe at ryanairdontcare campaign that there is evidence of systematic abuse of cabin crew and pilots in Ryanair.The basic formula is based on \"employment scamming\" in which false expectations are built up and the new trainees (cabin crew) are obliged to pay in advance for their training, only to discover after that their earnings are nothing like what they \"expected\".  This scheme has been running for years and is very sophisticated.
Part of this scheme is the termination of probationary cabin crew, in large numbers, in the month prior to their obtaining employment rights.
Once students are terminated by so called agents they are left in so much dept, Some are on medication as a result of this exploitation and even contemplated suicide.
I believe that journalists in Ireland who have tried to write about this story have been gagged (well the papers are gagged).David Bonderman tpg capital and Michael O\'leary must stop this termination for profit of probationary cabin crew and have some Dignity and Respect for ALL crew at Ryanair.


I wish to apologize to spectators and mostly to the JOCKEYS today at Cheltenham.
It was wrong what i did today but i would hope you can see the bigger picture.
Many Irish young students have been scammed as probationary cabin crew at the hands of ryanair and ryanairdontcare campaign would hope,being an Irish airline,the Irish Government will look into these issues.
Probationary ryanair cabin crew,Contracted ryanair cabin crew and Pilots need RESPECT and be treated with DIGNITY,Mr Bonderman TPG capital and Mr O\'Leary.
STOP SCAMMING OUR \'CHILDREN\' NOW....

Posted by jonnyenglish at 12:16 1 comments

RYANAIR CABIN CREW NOT HAPPY WITH CHELTENHAM...RYANAIR CHASE..RYANAIRDONTCARE ARE NOT HAPPY TO...

You see the recent post on the Ryanair website,Im so angry about this, £260,000 been spent on a  horse race, when crew are strugling to survive!http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/bumper-cheltenham-forecast-as-ryanair-bookings-jump



RYANAIR SQUANDER BUMPER PRIZE MONEY AT CHELTENHAM
Today(Mar 9th) Ryanair announced that they will be putting forward over £250,000 prize money for some horse race in England.
Ryanairs cabin crew have called on the airline to answer questions as to why the company is paying out money on horse races and gambling, when the company lost €10million in Q3?
Its time that the super rich management of Micheal O’Leary and Bondermen stopped squandering money on horse races and betting shops, when the company is failing financially.

Again this year management are paying out over a quarter of a million pounds on a horse race at a time when the company lost €10million, pays been frozen and pilots and cabin crew deserting the airline because of appalling working conditions.
Maybe O’Leary and Bondermen need to come back down to earth from there Champagne lifestyle at Cheltenham, gambling not only on horse races but on the very future of our airline!

Crew have called for answers and called on shareholders to question why management are off on gambling trips overseas when the companies books are in the red.

Crew would also like to know what hotels MoL and Bondermen are staying in, and the expenses they are charging to the company and staff because of this luxurious lifestyle they live.
We demand copies of all receipts from Hotels, restaurants and pubs be presented to the board for review and wont accept ‘back of envelope’ claims as they done so for fare paying passengers during the ash cloud crisis!

A protester angered jockeys ran into the path of horses racing at the Cheltenham Festival yesterday in a one-man protest against Ryanair.
Brandishing a poster with the face of the budget airline's chief executive Michael O'Leary he dashed onto the course in front of 15-time champion jockey AP McCoy riding 3.20 Ryanair Chase winner Albertas Run.
His protest has been linked to a blogger's website, believed to be written by the protester, criticising the company for its sponsorship of horse racing rather than spending money on paying its staff better wages.
Scroll down to see the video...

Near miss: Andrew Lynch on Rubi Light narrowly avoids the Ryanair protester

And they're off: With the race over, a policeman makes a desperate lunge for the protester

Leading the field: The protester manages to elude the officer's clutches

Michael O'Leary: 'If some idiot wants to try and make some publicity for himself, let him'

McCoy told a BBC 5 Live interviewer: 'It's a good job he didn't bring me down. I would have knocked him out,' later adding: 'I had my head down and only saw him out of the corner of my eye. There's always one idiot.'
The man climbed through the running rail 100 yards from the winning post and held up his banner, narrowly avoiding being hit by Mr McCoy.
He was wresteled to the ground by a police officer and later charged with a public order offence and fined £80.
A posting on the 'Ryanairdontcare' blog written by someone called jonnyenglish said: 'I wish to apologise to spectators and mostly to the jockeys today at Cheltenham. It was wrong what I did today but I would hope you can see the bigger picture.'
Horse owner Mr O'Leary, who was in attendance at the festival to watch a number of his own thoroughbreds, criticised the man following the race.
'If some idiot wants to try and make some publicity for himself, let him. If he's prepared to run in front of AP McCoy riding a horse, let him,' he said.
Edward Gillespie, Cheltenham managing director, said: ‘We put a security person on every possible exit in the championship races but we had no intelligence suggesting we had reason to do that for the Ryanair Chase.
‘We do get good intelligence from the police if something might happen. Nobody got hurt and the last time someone got on the course was a streaker about 20  years ago.’

 

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Heavy going: The policeman makes another attempt to grab the protester

Two-to-one: The protester is finally taken down after a second officer joins in the chase

Photo finish: The protester hold aloft his placard denouncing budget airline Ryanair

The protester's attack on Mr O'Leary was a sour note as millions of people across the globe celebrated the patron saint's day.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367283/Intruder-runs-track-Cheltenham-Festival-protest-Ryanair.html#ixzz1MMZmNKLb

RYANAIR NOT HAPPY

Irish Aviation Authority NOT HAPPY WITH BLOG...

Thursday, 17 February 2011LETTER OFF THE IRISH AVIATION AUTHORITY 17th February 2011


Dear Mr Foley,

I have just come across a blog entitled 'Irish Aviation Authority Blog'



The blog was not set up by the Irish Aviation Authority,and it appears that you may be the author of it.Members of the public may be misled into believing that the blog is established or endorsed by the Irish Aviation Authority. I an not commenting on the views expressed on the blog,but ask that you change the name and remove all references to the Irish Aviation Authority blog.



Yours sincerely





Paddy Kennedy

General Manager Corporate Affairs



John said,

Very interesting ...........

Saturday, 5 February 2011LETTER SENT TO IAA,Irish Airline Pilots' Association,BALPA and Ryanair European Pilots' Association..

Dear Irish Aviation Authority,





We are a campaign ryanairdontcare that deals with the wrongs of recruitment and termination on probationary ryanair cabin crew.



(We have terminated and present cabin crew at ryanair in contact with our campaign and some facts are given to us from present cabin crew at ryanair.



The message below is very concerning with regards safety on board ryanair flight,to which i would hope,as you are the Aviation Authority in Ireland and ryanair are a registered in Ireland.you would act on this message below which was sent to ryanairdontcare.







(To whom may concern,

I'm currently crew contracted to Ryanair via Workforce International Contractors.When I went to the interview I asked a very specific question,as anyone would,what was the average salary?The staff giving us the talk told me that it would be £1000-1200 after tax.



I was rather excited by this,so I pressed on and accepted the the offer for training.The training cost including accommodation was €2700 plus €200 deposit at the start of the course.As I was informed that my wages would be £1000+ I took the 'training loan' offered by Dalmac(Workforces client training school),the loan covered all costs of the course and would be deducted from my wages on a monthly basis for 11 months.All students had to open a new loan account with AIB Rush branch,even if you already had a AIB current account else where in Ireland or if you were paying on your own accord.

Unfortunately once we started working for Workforce International the reality was a lot different to what we were promised,in terms of salary.Within my first 6 months my salary averaged after tax £732,then on top of this they began deducting my loan repayments direct from my wages in my second month.I also had to pay for my uniform which was a further £25,so all in all from the £732 I was averaging I had £291 + £25 taken directly from my wages.

After my third month I was in severe financial difficulties due to the fact that my base was 'over crewed' and we were given roughly 40 hours p/m to work with.We complained and complained to Workforce International that we were suffering terrible due to the lack of hours available to us,but they kept on sending new crew to the base ensuring that the few hours available were even further divided which added to our woes!

I struggled to feed myself for months,I sold most of my posses ions,including my laptop just so I could afford my rent and be able to commute to work.The only thoughts in my head day in and day out for months was,my personal finances,wages,rent,food it was an extremely difficult time dealing with all these worries due to the fact that Ryanair had put in a position of being given next to no hours,but yet 'fleeching' us to pay back the 'training loan'.I asked Workforce to reduce my loan repayments so I could better survive on the hours we were given,but they refused,even though they knew that we were coming out with £400/500 to live on,pay rent with,feed ourselves and commute work with.



They didn't even make any effort to help us with our situation,we were left to our own devices in a foreign country,struggling to survive.I contacted AIB directly to ask them about an extension on my loan,or reduce my repayments to something more manageable,but I had no access to the account and could not change any part of it.

The training loan offered to students is given with no financial background checks done,the loan is given on the basis that you will earn €17,750 in your first year.But all these facts are completely wrong the fact of it is,that the loan is given to students without any consideration whatsoever to there ability to be able to repay the loan without sacrificing your mental health (Depression)and general welfare.It has been a very dark part of my life and has left me further in debt due to further borrowing to survive.



Students are offered no protection whatsoever should they be unable to work,or be given no work whatsoever.I tried to get partial unemployment benefits to help survive,but due to Ryanairs nature of keeping cabin crew on 3/4 p/w, unpaid standbys at home you are still technically in "Full Time" employment and are entitled to nothing.We worked on average p/w 10 hours,but yet were granted a nearly €3,000 loan!Had I have applied for loan under these circumstances to any other banking establishment,I would have been due to the fact that I could not physically repay the loan without inherent risks on defaulting.Ryanair and agents are benefiting financially so much through us.

At this present time myself and many more probationary cabin crew at ryanair are depressed and no one will help us.The safety of board ryanair flights could be in jeopardy as a result of how we, as cabin crew feel...



Ryanair cabin crew.



Thank you very much for your time,)



I would hope the IAA would look into these issues to which cabin crew have said above.Talking to ryanair with regards these issues,cabin crew feel unable to do with fear of TERMINATION.



I have also informed you with regards the uniform issue of terminated crew,which makes many ryanair uniforms and airport ID cards available in the public domain and could be used to gain access to ryanair aircraft.This is a very serious safety and security issue to which you have never replied to.



Information will now be sent to the Irish press,showing them details of correspondences i have sent to you,with out a response or action being taken from the IAA.

Yours sincerely



John Foley



Ryanairdontcare Campaign.



John Said,

The IAA must act to protect prcc and safety on board each flight at ryanair.Pilot unions must also do more...

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Thursday, 3 February 2011Irish Aviation Authority MUST PROTECT RYANAIR CABIN CREW..STOP RYANAIR BREAKING IAA REGULATIONS 'NOW'

Letter sent to IAA today for action.Never mind ryanairs Law IAA,your the law in the air,so act now.It is your duty to protect all ryanair crew and the general public..



Dear Claire O' Donoghue,





My name is John Foley. I run a website and blog for Ryanair cabin crew and families which deals with cases where cabin crew employment is terminated in an unjust, unfair or illegal way by Ryanair.

As a result I am sent information anonymously by cabin crew who do not wish to be identified. Some information appears to me to be relevant to the IAA.



A source from Dublin has just informed me that crew unfortunate enough to be put on airport standby before Christmas were obliged to SELL "Charity Calendars" in the departures lounge and at baggage drop desks. My source knows someone who was sent to the departures area for 3 hours and while there tried to sell calendars. Cabin crew who did this did so because they believed that to refuse would mean that their employment was at risk. They didn’t just sell calendars, they also sold their dignity!

The example given to me was of a cabin crew member who was called back to do a flight of more than 2h. So instead of the £30 for airport standby the pay was less and all the selling done in the terminal was done for free as there is no pay for work other than flights. This is another example of Ryanairs exploitation. of cabin crew, practices that will be denied but actually go on.



No cabin crew in Ryanair would dream of pointing out to Ryanair what the rules are because it would make no difference and it would “mark” them for trouble. I bet you that Ryanair would say that only volunteers did this selling.We all know about “volunteering” in Ryanair. Here is what YOUR regulations say about standby:

1.15.8.1.5 While on airport standby Ryanair shall provide to the crew member a quiet and comfortable place not open to the public.

We know from pilot sources that the IAA does not deal with issues like this when they involve Ryanair, but I think you should be told and acted upon by the IAA.



Also as a security issue, terminated probationary Ryanair cabin crew are told verbally by Ryanair supervisors, if uniforms and airport ID cards are not returned the full amount for this Ryanair cabin crew uniform, will be taken from their last months salary.



Many terminated prcc are not returning these items which in effect, in the wrong hands could breach airport security, not only in Ireland but all over Europe.



Our campaign has access to 4 Ryanair uniforms and 2 airport ID cards. We at ryanairdontcare feel it is the duty of the IAA to act on this information, firstly to ensure the return of all these items and secondly Ryanair should be accountable for not holding termination details of uniform and ID cards in the public domain. Thank you for your time.

I wait your reply.

John Foley

 http://www.ryanairdontcare.blogspot.com/?zx=507936cd1203c921 

 http://www.ryanaircabincrewjobs.com/



John Said.

This letter was sent 4 weeks ago and still no reply from the IAA....



Wednesday, 2 February 2011RYANAIRDONTCARE PROTEST AT IAA OFFICE IN DUBLIN 2010

The Irish Aviation Authority are guilty of turning a blind eye to ryanair. .Safety and security issues have been broken by ryanair to which ryanairdontcare have informed the IAA and they do nothing. September 2010 ryanairdontcare arrived at the head office of IAA in Dublin to inform them of issues of wrong doings by ryanair, which fell on deaf ears... As you can see from our photos, IAA tried their best to remove our protest, which failed'' we stayed''. The IAA guy in the white shirt came out to confront me. His foul language and manner was very aggressive towards me, but i stood my ground and told him to stop the bullshit and go inside...What i did learn by this nasty man from the Irish Aviation Authority is, I f he represents the Irish Aviation Authority, GOD HELP ALL CREW in Ireland....



Ryanairdontcare protest at the IAA office in Dublin in 2010 can be viewed below.

 http://www.ryanaircabincrewjobs.com/irish_aviation_athority.html 




IRISH AVIATION AUTHORITY,SAFETY and SECURITY OF RYANAIR CREW and PASSENGERS ''PRIORITY''

http://www.ryanaircabincrewjobs.com/terrorist_risk_.html



Ryanair terminated probationary cabin crew are expect to return the airport id card and uniforms to which students have paid up to £380 for. Terminated Students are asking ryanair to refund this payment after termination for return of these items, which ryanair will not do. Ryanair do not hold records of how many ryanair uniforms or airport id cards that are not returned.

We at ryanairdontcare have excess to 4 full uniforms and 2 airport id cards to which if they got in the hands of terrorists, god help us.

These items could be used airside of any airport were ryanair fly to and would give access to aircraft. Once on board a ryanair flight, terrorists could change into ryanair uniforms to gain access to the cock pit....

I have informed Irish Aviation Authority, UK Department Of Transport,UK Airport Police, UK Police and many more. These items are still out there.

Just shows you, Safety is not a priority by these departments i informed..

The general public and crew are at risk because of ryanair, ryanair should be grounded until all uniforms are returned..



ALL GOVERNMENTS NEED TO ACT NOW...SAFETY AND SECURITY MUST COME BEFORE PROFIT... ACT ''NOW'' BEFORE IT IS TO LATE..............



RYANAIRDONTCARE HAVE INFORMED YOU ALL ....................



Article with photos posted at  http://www.ryanaircabincrewjobs.com/terrorist_risk_.html 

RYANAIR BREAK SAFETY ISSUES AND BOEING AND IAA DO NOTHING..''IS HUMAN LIFE NOT IMPORTANT'' ?

 

RYANAIRDONTCARE CAMPAIGN CALL ON THE IAA-CAA-BOEING TO ACT 'NOW' BEFORE A CREW MEMBER OR PASSENGER IS KILLED

AS A DIRCT RESULT OF SAFETY & FIRE SAFETY ON BOARD ALL RYANAIR FLIGHTS

HUMAN LIFE BEFORE PROFIT Mr D.Bonderman and Mr M.O'Leary PLEASE!





Photo 1, Cart taken away.

Photo 2, Bin Sealed

Photo 3, Wheelchair not safe.

Photo 4, Cart taken away..

Photo 5, Boeing regulations

Photo 6, Bin sealed.

Photo 7, Toilet were un-fire proof black bin bags are placed.

Photo 8, Fire Cart.

Photo 9, Ryanair memo diagram showing missing cart.



As you can see from the photos above,Ryanair are not interested in the safety of passengers and crew on board each Ryanair flight day after day.Profit to shareholders are the priority at Ryanair to which Bonderman ''hypocrite'' tpg capital and O'Leary ''the mouth'' should be ashamed of.

By taking away one cart,Ryanair have broken Boeings regulations and health and safety on board.The reason why all 5 carts must be in place for each flight,the total number of 5 carts stop any one cart breaking free to run freely down the aisle.If one of these 4 carts became free, (in turbulence) it could not just injure a passenger or crew member,IT COULD KILL THEM...

As you can also see the wheelchair is on view and yet again in turbulence could run freely down the aisle.





The 5 bins on board each Ryanair aircraft are used for rubbish.Four of these bins are sealed shut by ryanair to save time on turn rounds as each bin needs to be checked (for security) each flight.

One bin is used which has a fire proof bin bag for rubbish.As you can see un-fire proof plastic bin bags which is a fire hazard,are full of rubbish,if a electrical fault was to start a fire in the toilet or if a passenger had been smoking,these rubbish bags would ignite very easily and it would become a very big fire on board a Ryanair aircraft...Also blocking a escape route on evacuating the aircraft.

Photo 8 is of the "Fire cart" which is ment to house as much rubbish as possible,loaded with catering supplies(cooler bags),inflight magazines and an assortment of toilet kits(toilet roll,napkins etc).





Letters and photos have been sent to the IAA,CAA and BOEING in relation to our findings..We do hope these organizations Act NOW and remove all safety risks above ''as their priority'' and Ryanair can not be a law to themselves.Ryanair need to be check for safety and security on a regular bases..

I wish to thank our helpers for bringing these issues to our attention and in the interest of safety of passengers and crew at Ryanair,

STOPP PUTTING PROFIT BEFORE HUMAN LIFE O'Leary ''the mouth'' and David Bonderman ''hypocrite'' tpg capital.



IT SHOWS US ALL, BONDERMAN and O'LEARY IS NOT INTERESTED IN ANY LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE ON BOARD RYANAIR FLIGHTS, THEIR ONLY INTERESTED IN PROFIT.

It shows us all,Bonderman and O'Leary are not interested in any loss of human life on board Ryanair Aircraft,they are only interested in profit...Time to take these Ryanair issues to Fort Worth, Texas.Ryanair's CHIEF Mr David Bonderman who became a civil rights attorney for Department of Justice,,,,,''HYPOCRITE''

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RYANAIRDONTCARE BLOG CLOSED BY GOOGLE..OUR FREEDOM OF SPEACH TAKEN AWAY..

Today 13th May 2011 the powers to be have closed down our BLOG ryanairdontcare which hit new heights as the biggest anti BLOG against recruitment of probation cabin crew at Ryanair.GVING TRUE FACTS about ryanair's explotation of probationary cabin crew...Our freedom of Speach has been taken away..
Last month April 2011 we had over 6000 hits and over 39000 hits in two years.It is a sad day for our campaign which is our fight against ryanair.
I will promise to continue to fight ryanair day after day,week after week and year after year till JUSTICE has been done and Bonderman tpg capital and O'Leary,the fight goes on......
http://www.ryanaircabincrewjobs.com/  and http://www.irishaviationauthority.com/ ,both websites are still live...

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FREEDOM OF SPEACH TAKEN AWAY ......................Ryanairdontcare Campaign will continue to speak out about RYANAIR SCAMMERS...................