Fórsa has secured an agreement to further enhance the pay of directly employed pilots at Ryanair, following two months of negotiations. A ballot of members on the new pay terms gets underway this week.

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.

Ruairi added that all increases will be effective from 1st January 2024.

The new agreement will provide for increases of up to 5% a year for captains and 6%  for co-pilots, if accepted.

The union is issuing the ballot with a recommendation to vote in favour of accepting the deal.

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