Ryanair To Take A Week's Leave From Pilots To Solve Crisis

Ryanair says it'll have to take a weeks leave off pilots to solve the rostering mess at the airline.

It's also recruited 125 new pilots to prevent further flights being cancelled.  

The travelling plans of hundreds of thousands of passengers have been disrupted with 50 flights a day being cancelled over the next 6 weeks. 

The airline had offered a 12 thousand euro bonus to pilots to give up their annual leave but they rejected it. 

Speaking at Ryanair's AGM in Dublin boss Michael O'Leary also said they'll be offering Dublin pilots an extra 10-thousand euro to compete with Norwegian.

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