The truce in the labour dispute at Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has led to a "final proposal" for pilots based in Belgium. They will be able to speak out about it in the coming days, the Christian union was told.
The labour dispute – which revolved around wages, work schedules and rest periods, among other issues – has been ongoing for a long time and has already led to several strikes by Ryanair pilots based in Belgium over the summer, particularly at Charleroi airport.
At the end of September, a two-month truce was agreed between the company's management and the unions. During that period, several consultations were attended by a mediator.
The consultations led to a "final proposal" on Wednesday evening, said Hans Elsen of the ACV Puls union. "We have reached a maximum," said Didier Lebbe of the French-speaking Christian employees' union CNE. "The mediation was long, complicated and difficult – the mediator did what he could."
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The proposal will be presented to the pilots in the coming days. By the end of next week, it should be clear whether they accept it or not. In response to the strikes, the pilots said, that they felt the wage concessions they made during the Covid-19 crisis had not been sufficiently undone, among other things.
Ryanair also flies to and from Brussels Airport, but unlike Charleroi Airport, it has no aircraft stationed there, and therefore no staff.
