Fórsa/IALPA members in Ryanair have voted to accept a new pay deal, with 95% vote in favour of accepting the agreement. The union had issued the ballot with a recommendation to vote in favour of accepting the deal, and turnout for the ballot was 87%.

The new deal will see the implementation of pay measures designed to further enhance the pay of directly employed pilots at Ryanair, following two months of negotiations. All increases will be effective from 1st January 2024, and the new agreement will provide for increases of up to 5% a year for captains and 6% for co-pilots.

Fórsa official Ruairí Creaney explained: “In addition to a series of increases to hourly pay, allowances and annual leave payments, we’ve secured total pay harmonisation for directly employed pilots in all Irish bases.”

“This means that pilots in Cork and Shannon will now be paid the same SBH (scheduled block hour) and allowances as pilots in Dublin,” he said.

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