Ryanair CEO admits 'c*** up' over staff holiday fiasco

Budget airline Ryanair has come under fire after the firm announced that up to 50 flights a day would be cancelled, in order for staff to catch up on their holiday entitlement.

The company has written to 400,000 passengers to inform them that their flights have been cancelled, admitting to a “mess up” on pilot rostering – The Guardian reports. Chief Executive Michael O’Leary has apologised to customers “unreservedly” for a “mess of our own making”. However, the embattled CEO has since said that he will not step down over the mistakes, claiming “tt's not my biggest cock-up”.