a Ryanair subsidiary condemned in connection with the closure of its base

At the end of June, the Social and Economic Committee (CSE) of Malta Air Limited, which supplies cabin crew and pilots to Ryanair, summoned the subsidiary before the judge of the Bordeaux court, accusing it of a lack of information and absence of a job protection plan (PSE). Malta Air had sent its staff a letter proposing a transfer to another city in France or abroad, specifying that in the event of refusal, it would initiate an (individual) dismissal procedure for economic reasons.

Insufficiently informed

In an order issued on November 4, revealed by the media “L'Informé”, the judge considered that “since more than ten 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. Requested by AFP on Monday, November 18, Ryanair did not respond.

Fourteen employees refused their transfer, according to Damien Mourgues, steward and union representative of the National Union of Commercial Aircrew Personnel Force Ouvrière at Malta Air, which is part of it. “It's a shame that the decision falls after the company has already transferred its employees,” he believes, but the latter could, according to him, turn against the company because they were not sufficiently informed about their rights.