Ryanair s accusing european pilot unions of smearing the airline in their campaign to unionise it and says it will sue channel 4 over the documentary. Ryanairs fuel policy clearly establishes that the final decretion on fuel lies. Dispatches series, entitled secrets from the cockpit. Official ryanair website book direct for the lowest. Ryanair to sue channel 4 over dispatches claims media. Ryanair to sue channel 4 over dispatches programme on. Some of the images and video on thus web site have been created by the author, others come from friends, public domain files, are used with permission, embedded from the original web site, or are legally displayable thumbnails. Ryanair sacks pilot for gross misconduct after he spoke on tv documentary about safety fears. Ryanair to sue channel 4 over dispatches claims programme featured pilots voicing concerns over airlines fuel policy and survey claiming its safety culture is. Ryanair have launched an aggressive defence of their safety record in the wake of last nights dispatches documentary on channel 4, with ceo michael oleary taking to. Ryanair ist fur seine billigfluge durch ganz europa bekannt. Fear of landing in defence of ryanairs safety record.
Last night the channel 4 dispatches documentary secrets from the cockpit featured anonymous ryanair pilots, who raised concerns over fuel policies, saying passengers are being put at risk. Ryanair to sue channel 4 after dispatches documentary airs ireland author. Channel 4 s awardwinning investigative current affairs programme. Ryanair sacks pilot over channel 4 dispatches programme. We dont want boy racers flying our planes michael o. All articles on this web site are copywrited by the author. Something tells me a c4 exec had his suitcase damaged by olearys crew many years ago and has decided never to let him forget it. They battled with itv over the coronation street ladies, but now it looks as though channel 4 s dispatches may have to go to war in the courts with ryanair over their latest documentary, which. Once again ryanair is in the sights of a far from flattering tv documentary, this time courtesy of channel 4. Dispatches investigates how the coronavirus outbreak is changing britain in the long term, for better or worse, and from a fall in pollution to economic policy. Channel 4s awardwinning investigative current affairs programme. Trainees are charged hefty fees to work for ryanair. Ryanair secrects from the cockpit, a channel 4 documentary.
Following the channel 4 dispatches report on ryanair s minimal fuel policies which includ3ed details of 3 of the airlines planes requiring emergency landings in the same night at spains valencia single runway airport. Secrets from the cockpit featured anonymous ryanair pilots raising concerns over fuel policies. Ryanair to sue channel 4 over documentary about pilots raising safety concerns over work practices, including fuel policy get rss feed of these results all components of this story. Ryanair pilots accuse airline of ignoring safety measures. Judge rejects ryanair bid to unmask pilot sources used in channel. Despite mikes good intentions, he adds fuel to the fire. T he uk broadcasters dispatches show is focusing on the irish carrier with a. Ryanair rejects channel 4 s claims as hearsay ryanair has rejected allegations by channel 4 s programme dispatches about its fuel policy and safety record, saying they were published in an unfair, unbalanced and inaccurate programme. Dispatches accused ryanair of operating with a level of fuel that was close to the minimum required. Secrets from the cockpit, a 20 documentary in channel 4s dispatches series that dealt with a. The iaa is disappointed that once again channel 4 dispatches has decided to engage in a misguided attack on. The irish airline pilots association wants transport minister leo varadkar to launch an independ. Ryanair sacks pilot over channel 4 dispatches programme ryanair has sacked a senior pilot and is preparing legal action against him over defamatory comments he made about the airlines. Channel 4 and ryanair are both as bad as each other, imho.
Iaa criticises channel 4 over misguided attack on ryanair. Ryanair, channel 4s dispatches and the lawsuit kettle mag. Pa channel 4 is being sued by ryanair over recent dispatches episode secrets from the cockpit, which focused on safety concerns over the low. Check out ryanairs heated exchange of letters with dispatches. Programme featured pilots voicing concerns over airlines fuel policy and survey claiming its safety culture is not transparent. Secrets from the cockpit featured anonymous ryanair pilots raising concerns over fuel policies which they claim put passengers at risk. Captain john goss was sacked in the wake of channel 4 dispatches. Channel 4 allowed privilege claim in ryanair defamation case. Ryanair, fuelled and ready to go with libel cases laker. Channel 4 has seen off an attempt by ryanair to force it to disclose the identities of four pilots who supplied material used in a documentary which posed questions about the fuel policy at the. Ryanair has vowed to issue a lawsuit against uk television channel 4 programme dispatches for allegations made in a recent programme. Channel 4 threatened with lawsuit over ryanair report in the past year, the bbc has been the subject of harsh criticism and legal action over some of its reporting.
Channel 4 under pressure to reveal sources of dispatches probe into ryanair. The programme covers issues about british society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a. Ryanair to sue channel 4 over dispatches claims this article is more than 6 years old programme featured pilots voicing concerns over airlines fuel policy and survey claiming its safety culture. A legal battle looks set to rage after ryanair has announced it will be seeking legal action against channel 4 s dispatches. Check out ryanairs heated exchange of letters with. Programme alledged to use covert footage including conversations between crew members which bring the. Ryanair to sue channel 4 after dispatches documentary. Ryanair fuel policy complies with european regulations. The programme broadcast interviews with four pilots who channel 4 stated had some 44 years of. Channel 4 dispatches have repeatedly refused ryanair s offer of an unedited interview with ceo michael oleary, in which he offered to address any claims raised by dispatches. Secrets from the cockpit featured anonymous ryanair pilots raising concerns over fuel policies which they claim put. Ryanair vows to sue uk tv station travel retail business.
Ryanair to sue channel 4 over dispatches claims this article is more than 6 years old programme featured pilots voicing concerns over airlines fuel policy and survey claiming its. This will be aired on channel 4 dispatches program on 12th august at 20. Judge rejects ryanair bid to unmask pilot sources used in. Ryanairchannel 4 dispatches programme pprune forums. The worlds largest scheduled international airline which carried a record 79. Ryanairs health and safety practices still raising concern.
Ryanair alleges it was defamed in channel fours secrets from the. Uks channel 4 tries to clip ryanairs wings over safety. Ryanair s health and safety practices still raising concern. A legal battle looks set to rage after ryanair has announced it will be seeking legal action against channel 4 s dispatches programme as well as against a former pilot. Ryanairchannel 4 dispatches programme press release due on. Ryanair must let channel 4 see fuel incident documents in defamation action. Ryanair to sue channel 4 over fuel allegations bbc news. Ryanair goes to war with dispatches over defamatory. Dispatches is a british current affairs documentary programme on channel 4, first broadcast on 30 october 1987. Nofrills airline ryanair plans to sue channel 4 over a programme that quoted pilots saying they were concerned over the airlines fuel policy. Daily mail publisher settles ryanair libel bbc news. Channel 4 allowed privilege claim in ryanair defamation case dispatches programme dealt with airlines fuel policy, passengers safety and pilot conditions. Ryanair must let channel 4 see fuelincident documents in.
Ryanair suing channel 4 over dispatches safety claims. Ryanair sacks pilot who appeared in channel 4 documentary. Come as a curious visitor who explores, not a tourist that follows a tour guide or a crowd. Discussion of ryanair s policies had already been headline news in the uk following the dispatches documentary secrets of the cockpit on channel 4, which focused on whether ryanair are carrying dangerously low amounts of fuel.
Ryanair to sue channel 4 after dispatches documentary airs. Channel 4 has seen off an attempt by ryanair to force it to disclose the identities of. We dont want boy racers flying our planes michael oleary hits back the ryanair boss said that the airline has a 29year safety record and has no concerns over its fuel policy. Ryanair ordered by court to produce documents relating to. Ryanair launched the action over articles based on a television documentary that claimed to reveal safety and fuel issues at the airline. Channel 4 under pressure to reveal sources of dispatches probe. Secrets from the cockpit channel 4 dispatches, raised serious concerns that the airlines employment practices could have an impact on passenger safety. Ryanair to sue channel 4 over documentary about pilots. Ryanair has indicated that it is ready to vigorously pursue legal proceedings for libel against a number of different defendants including channel 4, the production company for dispatches, independent, daily mirror, irish independent and sacked ryanair pilot, john goss, following allegations that ryanair s fuel policy was a safety risk. Ryanair is set to sue channel 4 over last nights dispatches programme. Ryanair ordered to give channel four fuel policy documents. Iaa response to channel 4 dispatches programme, 12th aug 20. Ryanair to sue channel 4 over dispatches claims programme featured pilots voicing concerns over airlines fuel policy and survey claiming its safety culture is not transparent.