Below are true comments from Ryanair Crew,their own words.Ryanair will say they are all disgruntled former employees as they said regarding my 18 year old daughter in 2008.David Bonderman and Michael O'Leary are the chief exploiters and need to be SACKED ''NOW''.
"I've honestly never realised how the things are going bad in this company. I've been working for Ryanair for the last 15 months. At beginning though I was said to get around 1100 pounds a month it was never like that. Fortunately now I'm on the contract and money wise it's not catastrophic. But I'm really sorry for all my colleagues working for agencies who now get something like 500 pounds a month because of the amount of cabin crew in the base. We are constantly on stand by and that means no money. I understand people saying "Quit the job if you are not happy." But I also know it's not that easy, you've invested time and straight in it and you don't want to give up without trying harder. "
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"I have been with Ryanair for over 4 years now and yes it's had it's ups and Downs but I have overall enjoyed working there until recently. I have found myself looking else where for work as the conditions in my base worsen by the day. We have recently got a new supervisor who thinks it acceptable to threaten with 'Disiplinary action' for everything! She recently held a meeting stating that safety and sales where equally important! I am sorry but the safety of passengers and crew are my main priority not how many tea and coffee i can sell! The big wigs in head office need to take a serious look at things, as long serving crew are leaving. Yes I know that there is no lack of people waiting in the wings to sign up for 'The dream' but in my opinion you should try and retain experienced staff as after all you cannot buy or teach experience. I am sorry to say that Ryanair is no longer an enjoyable place to work and would strongly urge anyone considering joining up NOT TOO!"
-Cabin Crew, Belgium
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"We need to do something its getting worse and worse in this company!"
-Employee, Germany
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"New contracts for the 900 hours. First 300 hours 11 pounds, 301-600 14 pounds 601-900 hours 16 pound. Why difference in payment. It is the same work.. I can not believe this. Somebody has to stop this and do something about it. But probably ryanair is bringing to much money into the EU. So everybody keeps their mouth shut. Open your eyes.. "
-Cabin Crew, Belgium
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"I've been working as a cabin crew for 10 months and my salary is less than 1000 Euro. I always have at least 10 H-SBY/month. Last month I earned 400 Euro because rostering personnel made a huge mistake and thought that I had resigned and I couldn't work for two weeks. I made complaints everywhere I could but nobody helped me and said sorry. We do feel that we are forced to leave the company, before getting a contract, in order to recruit new "birds" instead of us who would work for free for a year again. Ryanair SHAME ON YOU. THIS IS MODERN SLAVERY."
-Cabin Crew, Germany
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"I am an ex-cabin crew member of 3+ yrs service and I am absolutely disgusted that things haven't got any better. I would never fly with them as a passenger purely on principle. Hopefully their bubble will burst one day - this company is not fit to fly. Especially when you're threatened upon leaving that your final pay might be withheld unless you sign a declaration that you will not sue the company in the future and you need to see a lawyer to find out if this is legal (which it is not)."
-Interested Public, UK
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"I've now worked for Ryanair for 5 months, moving to London to do my training was tough and with no financial support from Ryanair with accommodation or anything I was already disappointed. I'd like to say most of the staff are pretty nice and all stick together. I have met some of the best people with this company but after a couple of months found myself being bullied by not only management but other staff as well. It got so bad I would ring in sick and when you tried to speak to my supervisor they just said 'is it because she's doing her job properly that she doesn't like you?'. So I thought what's the point of all the money we pay out and hard hours and extra time and Christmas bank holidays we don't get paid extra for and for what...£769 a month..."
-Cabin Crew, UK
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"I have worked for Ryanair for 4 months. I thought it was going to be my childhood dream fulfilled but it is just a nightmare. I don't have a problem of being overworked, I barely get enough hours work to pay for basic living. During my training we were lead to believe that we would earn £1100pm on average, but the reality is £500pm, and considering paying for the uniform and training costs you can imagine what is left.
I was assigned to an airport 200 miles from home but exchanged with another trainee so that I could stay at home, this has been the only reason that I have been able to stay with Ryanair, had I relocated I would truly have not been able to survive. At my base I have a very unhelpful line manager who if you phone him he calls it pestering and makes you feel inept. I do love the job but I just don't know who to turn to or what to do. I have experienced many problems but have no support at all."
-Cabin Crew, UK
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"I really hope for Ryanair and all my cabin crew colleagues that everything will become good for us. I really want to leave the company to go for a long haul company which has better contracts and a safe system that includes insurance, pension, etc. Ryanair is abusing us the same way they abuse their passengers. I feel so guilty to be forced to be one of the executors that are ripping off the passengers' money every day! Please help us!"
-Employee, Germany
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"Hi everyone! I, an ex-cabin crew based first in Dublin and then in Girona, have not had a good experience with Ryanair either. In the 11th month of my working for Ryanair, I found in my pigeon hole an 'Invitation letter' for the Dublin meeting regarding my overall performance. I was still on a Workforce contract at the time. The result of the meeting was that I got sacked straight away without any proper reason given. I was shocked and terrified at the time, but at least there were plenty of great people - my ex-colleagues - who supported me a lot even if nobody understood 'why it happened to me'.
As I was reading some comments on this board, I now know why. It was because I was one of those 'old crew' who after 11-12 months of hard work become less interesting to the company, because they no longer profit from you anymore and it is more suitable for them to recruit new staff who pay every month for the training up to 12 months of their working contract.
I appealed my dismissal and reached another meeting concerning my appeal, but it was good for nothing as they used all the information presented by myself against me. Then I tried to contact a lawyer to classify my dismissal as 'unfair' but the lawyer said 'you must be employed with the company at least 12 months to claim unfair dismissal, that is the law. That is why so many people get sacked from Ryanair in the 11th month, unfortunately even without any proper reason.
Looking back to that time of my life, I have to say, I met plenty of great cabin crew, pilots and ground staff over there, but on the other hand their was a huge rivalry between the company as well.
Now I can say, that it was probably destiny and I am really happy that I do not work for Ryanair anymore.
My best wishes to all the remaining crew! Take care!"
-Ex-cabin crew, Slovakia
"Just got a letter in my pigeon hole about my poor attendance for the last 12 months, because I have 3 sick days in 1 year. I had a meeting with our "nice" BS that if I call in sick 1 more time.. I have to go to Dublin and explain myself. Calling in sick can cause flight delays. And think about your colleagues who get called off standby. What's this about ...come on??? 3 sick days in 1 year is nothing. Fed up!!"
-Cabin Crew, Belgium
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"cabin crew need your help! ryanair treat them so bad!"
-Employee, UK
"i know when you wanna become cabin crew you want to fly and all, but this company is no glamorous aviation job: i worked in Dublin base but did a few days and overnights in other bases, but ryanair fly to old army airports apart from the odd few, and you are miles way from everything. so if you don't get based in the majors ones your life is just so boring. i worked for them for 10 months and they are the worst; avg working week 70 hours, avg flights per week 23-30, avg pay per month 1450+ commission. let me just give you a typical day in the life of a ryanair cabin crew member:
you wake up at 3.30 am for an early shift, and you have to report for your briefing at about 5:00. you will be asked safety question and meet your crew which you need to know or you will be offloaded. you could be doing Dublin Manchester, Manchester Dublin, Dublin Newcastle, Newcastle Dublin, Dublin Prestwick, Prestwick Dublin. which means you are doing 6 take offs and 6 landings, 6 drinks services, 6 boardings, 6 safety demos, 6 disembarkments, a million gashs (rubbish
so you could land at 16.30 that afternoon and you would have to go back to the crew room, sign for the bars, go to the base supervisor and show him your in flight report, and blah blah blah. so you are not getting home till like 18:00, and by the time you get home all you want to do is sleep, as you have to be back up to do it all again the very next day. overall, i did a lot of extra days for them and they are meant to give them back to you, but they don't.
i just want to say to anyone who is thinking about going to work for these people is to please make sure you know what your getting yourself in for, i know the buzz of the job will make you go for it, but for your own sake just hold out for a little while longer and apply elsewhere and get a job with a company that will look after you."
-Cabin Crew, Ireland
From STN base, Yes FIRED for NO given reason! Simply that there was no more money to be squeezed from "this" lemon anymore. The attitude of this company seriously damaged my thoughts of going to work for another airline but having come back from an interview today with BA I can honestly say that other airlines do ACTUALLY treat people like HUMANS. I now just hope that I get this job with BA so that I can experience what cabin crew is all about. And for all the people out there who seem to think that O'Leary is doing a great job ask yourself this, would you want to fly on board a flight where the crew are so shattered that in the event of something serious happening that they were too tired to bother??"
- Cabin Crew, UK
"I worked for this company for 9 months and managed to wrack up nearly 10,000 pounds worth of debt just trying to get by and living on my just over 800 pound a month wages, which as previously stated works out to be alot less than minimum wage. Theses were the most depressing 9 months of my life, being away from family and friends. It is not the cabin crews fault that they are tired it is the long hours and lack of respect that you get from the company. I got diverted one night. Finally getting back at 5.30 the next morning i was expected to be at work again at 5.30 that evening as i had my 12 hours rest. to me this was totally unacceptable but unless i wanted the base supervisor shouting i had to turn up. to me the way this whole company works is just unreal."
- Cabin Crew, UK
"Our daughter has joined Ryanair as cabin crew. She has only started working and is already miserable, tired, and is now well aware of the aggressive attitude of Ryanair personnel staff towards crew. What a pathetic air line. She borrowed money from us and from her sister for her training, etc. She was given NO TIME whatsoever to find accommodation at her new base before being expected to start flying. We are not in the
UK so could not help. She flew to the
UK from her training base on the Friday, on to her work base on Saturday. She couldn't find accommodation and ended up sleeping on a concrete floor on a curtain before getting up at
3.30am to start flying. Where was the personnel support? They should at least have a couple of days to find somewhere to live, and there should be a list of "emergency" accommodation for new arrivals. I am disgusted with the way she has been treated. These people seem to be stuck in a time warp - does nobody at Ryanair have any personnel qualifications or training? If they did, they would be aware that staff work better, more efficiently and willingly when they are treated as human beings, and not as beasts."
-Parent
"Ladies and Gentlemen,
A very warm welcome aboard your flight today with a company that not only does not know how to treat its passengers but also its staff. How do I know simple I am one of the unlucky ones who was desperate to become a commercial pilot who was told at interview that this would be an ideal opportunity, 11months later and I'm now asking myself what area of work I seriously want to do. Ryanair have been the destruction of what I thought and know to be one of the best jobs in the world, destroyed by management. This man does not care for anything or anyone and I cant wait to quit very soon. It is very true that cabin crew pay for training, uniform, parking, sick days, getting transferred to a different base and all in the name of as STN base manager likes to point out "Face of the company". I decided now that I do not wish to pay to be free advertising nor to be treated worse than an animal. I am well aware no person goes to work to enjoy or be treated greatly but having worked for Barclay's before this company I suddenly realise what a waste of time this has been."
- Cabin Crew, UK
"I have worked for Ryanair 1 month and I'm appalled at the way they treat us. For anyone wanted to be cabin crew i believe Ryanair offer experience only. They do not give you full details of the job and what it entails whilst training. Expect LONG hours with no overtime pay. I spent 1 hour and 30mins waiting at 11.20pm for airport services to pick up a wheelchair passenger which meant that i missed my bus and had to get a cab. Ryanair isn't at fault with the delay in picking up the passenger but will have no say to the airport services about their lack of commitment. I'm glad to say I'm not continuing with the company."
- Parent
As a parent of someone who completed ryanair training course in march and has been flying since I would urge people NOT to do this course.
It is expensive, hard work and stressful.
If you pass 95 percent each exam you will qualify.
That's when the crap happens.
You pay for uniform , training and have little or no support when you are working.
Very few flying hours given. You are expected to be on home standby without being paid at least 2/3 times per week. After all deductions you are lucky to get £800 per month.
If you are living away it is almost impossible to survive!!
Now they want staff to take 3 months unpaid leave....cos aircraft numbers are being cut.
Any new employees will almost definitely be based abroad...I know this because my daughter has a friend who is undertaking this course at present.
This company has a hi dropout rate that's why they keep recruiting...it make sense to me now!!!
If only I knew...I wouldn't have encouraged her to go for her dream job with this sham of a company.
Avoid like the plague!!!!
John Parent Of Terminated Probationary Ryanair Cabin Crew said,
Reading these comments above bring back all the upset i felt in 2008 regarding my own child's treatment at the hands of Ryanair.My heart goes out to all the crew above and will continue our RyanairDontCare Campaign and Protests.......
Members of the public should think twice before flying with the WORLD'S MOST EXPLOITED AIRLINE''RYANAIR''. Wrecking so many young students lives,the UK government must act ''NOW''.
Contact RyanairDontCare 07521288521
Please look below.Ryanairdontcare Campaign fully support LowCostRoutes gathering of testimonials...No personal information will be given to Ryanair......
Dear John,
We, at LowCostRoutes are committed to support the Week of Action Against Ryanair. During the next week, we will inform all our visitors wishing to book Ryanair flight tickets about this and will not send them to the Ryanair's website. We also started a campaign of gathering testimonials from persons abused by Ryanair. We encourage every person hired and terminated by Ryanair during the probationary period to write a testimonial about it at http://www.lowcostroutes.com/en/fired_by_ryanair . In order to protect the identity, every person can hide his/hers personal details, so that this testimonial will not have an impact on their career.
regards
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'' RYANAIRDONTCARE CAMPAIGN''
''Warning Termination At Ryanair Will Effect Your
Career In Aviation As All Airlines Ask For A 5 Year
Work/Study record''..........
Ryanair ''SCAM'' contract from 2011/2012 can been seen below..We must point out Block hour pay is much lower in 2013....Please look to see how many time TERMINATION is mentioned..Crewlink Ireland Limited and Workforce International contract wording are the same.
http://ryanairdontcarecrew.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/ryanair-cabin-crew-contract-for-new.html
Ryanair plant FAKE member on Cabincrew.com in helping recruitment levels of new recruits at Ryanair all paying 3000 euro...See below.
http://ryanairdontcarecrew.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/ryanair-plant-fake-cabin-crew-on.html
Ryanair Shop Protest Manchester 2012...
Please listen below to what Ryanair Pilot say about Safety and how Ryanair management treat their employees...
Video 1 below...
http://reporter.kro.nl/seizoenen/2012/afleveringen/28-12-2012/extras/mayday_mayday_-_international_version
Video 2 below...
http://reporter.kro.nl/seizoenen/2013/afleveringen/03-01-2013/extras/mayday_mayday_part_2_-_english_version
Please look below.Ryanairdontcare Campaign fully support LowCostRoutes gathering of testimonials...No personal information will be given to Ryanair......
Dear John,
We, at LowCostRoutes are committed to support the Week of Action Against Ryanair. During the next week, we will inform all our visitors wishing to book Ryanair flight tickets about this and will not send them to the Ryanair's website. We also started a campaign of gathering testimonials from persons abused by Ryanair. We encourage every person hired and terminated by Ryanair during the probationary period to write a testimonial about it at http://www.lowcostroutes.com/en/fired_by_ryanair . In order to protect the identity, every person can hide his/hers personal details, so that this testimonial will not have an impact on their career.
regards
LowCostRoutes
'' RYANAIRDONTCARE CAMPAIGN''
''Warning Termination At Ryanair Will Effect Your
Career In Aviation As All Airlines Ask For A 5 Year
Work/Study record''..........
View Our Protest on Youtube Below.
You may also like to view this post below if your thinking to join Ryanair as probationary
cabin crew.
YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT ME,John Foley A FATHER WHO STARTED Ryanairdontcare Campaign in 2008 as a direct result of my 18 year old daughter being commercially abused by RYANAIR ''SCUM''...With this blog having over 175,000 hits in 16 months not selling anything,this blog is giving free information which is meant to protect young people from being EXPLOITED by Ryanair ''it is a great success''.
Contact email.. lfcheart@yahoo.co.uk or ryanairdontcare@yahoo.co.uk
Latest video protest at Ryanair cabin crew recruitment Manchester airport 29th September 2012.
Ryanair ''SCAM'' contract from 2011/2012 can been seen below..We must point out Block hour pay is much lower in 2013....Please look to see how many time TERMINATION is mentioned..Crewlink Ireland Limited and Workforce International contract wording are the same.
http://ryanairdontcarecrew.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/ryanair-cabin-crew-contract-for-new.html
Ryanair plant FAKE member on Cabincrew.com in helping recruitment levels of new recruits at Ryanair all paying 3000 euro...See below.
http://ryanairdontcarecrew.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/ryanair-plant-fake-cabin-crew-on.html
Ryanair Shop Protest Manchester 2012...
Ryanair Head Office Protest Dublin 2012...
Please listen below to what Ryanair Pilot say about Safety and how Ryanair management treat their employees...
Video 1 below...
http://reporter.kro.nl/seizoenen/2012/afleveringen/28-12-2012/extras/mayday_mayday_-_international_version
Video 2 below...
http://reporter.kro.nl/seizoenen/2013/afleveringen/03-01-2013/extras/mayday_mayday_part_2_-_english_version
