Ryanair slams workers demands as 'laughable'

Ryanair Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary, has said that he won’t bow down to “laughable” demands from pilots - adding he would rather see strikes or disruptions than lowered productivity.

O’Leary’s comments come despite the budget airline enjoying a 12% rise in profits in the three months prior to December 2017 – and as talks broke down with some unions.

Speaking to investors, to warn about the potential impact of strikes, O’Leary said: “We have some jurisdictions where we are getting the kind of laughable demands for legacy-type inefficiencies.

“Frankly we will never agree to those. If we have to take strikes or disruptions in those jurisdictions, then we will take those. But we will not under any circumstance alter or reduce our productivity.”