Presented in a somewhat summary manner, the situation might not seem that dramatic. Paid to do nothing, think! “Yes, one might think that it's a vacation… For a month perhaps, but the situation is above all very anxiety-inducing for people who want to move on from Ryanair, not to mention that there will also be a significant loss of salary », explains Damien Mourgues.
The steward and union delegate SNPNC-FO (National Union of Commercial Flight Personnel), is one of the fourteen employees, pilots and cabin crew, of Ryanair in Bordeaux, who have remained on the floor since the departure of the low-cost airline from the airport , on October 27. “The company refuses to fire us, we do not want to resign, and we remain without activity, in a sort of purgatory, waiting to know what we will become,” says Damien Mourgues, who believes that Ryanair is “letting the company rot.” situation. »
“The company didn’t listen to us”
On May 14, Ryanair announced that it would close its Bordeaux air base in November after “the failure of negotiations with Bordeaux airport on the extension of Ryanair's low-cost services.” The three planes based on the Mérignac tarmac, and the hundred jobs that went with them, had to be distributed “to less expensive bases located elsewhere in the vast network” of the group.
“The Social and Economic Committee (CSE) of Malta Air [filiale qui fournit du personnel navigant et des pilotes à Ryanair] was informed of this project which could have consequences on employment, to which we responded that it would therefore be necessary to provide a job protection plan (PSE),” explains the union delegate. “The company did not listen to us, and asked employees to establish their preferences regarding an alternative base, which most did, and then offered them transfers,” he continues. Only, among them, fourteen employees refused this transfer proposal, in particular because they are now established in Bordeaux, with their families.
Towards collective dismissal?
The CSE summoned Malta Air before the judge of the Bordeaux court, accusing it of a lack of information and the absence of an employment protection plan (PSE). In an order issued on November 4, the judge ruled that “since more than 10 employees” had refused the transfer proposal made to them, Malta Air had to convene the CSE with a view to a collective dismissal procedure. . The Labor Inspectorate had ordered the company, at the end of August, to comply with these obligations but this written request remained “without effect”, indicates the judge who this time condemns Malta Air to do so.
“But since then nothing has happened, the company has put us on permanent rest,” laments Damien Mourgues. And if our salaries are well paid, we must understand that our remuneration is now reduced by the entire variable part, consisting of flight bonuses. This represents a significant shortfall. » Contacted by 20 MinutesRyanair had still not responded to us Monday afternoon.
