Ryanair’s Threat on Jobs Extends to Pilots at Lauda in Austria
- Lauda’s survival depends on a labor deal, CEO says in letter
- Austrian low-cost carrier was bought by Ryanair last year
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Ryanair Holdings Plc’s planned cull of pilots has reached the Irish group’s Austrian subsidiary, with workers there told that the positions of 30 flight-deck crews are at risk.
Laudamotion Chief Executive Officer Andreas Gruber said in a letter to employees that the jobs will need to go if an agreement on savings and new flight rosters can’t be reached with unions in the next two weeks. A spokesman for the German pilots’ labor group Union Vereinigung Cockpit confirmed the letter was sent to the carrier’s staff. Ryanair declined to comment on details.