Ryanair boss asks London for common sense in its migration policy
Michael O'Leary regrets not being able to hire European staff.
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As he faces repeated strikes by his staff, Michael O'Leary urges the British government to show "
more common sense
" on post-Brexit migration policy in order to be able to hire workers
European.
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For several weeks now, airports have been the scene of scenes of chaos.
Some companies are forced to cancel thousands of flights, due in particular to a lack of ground staff.
At Ryanair, the unions are demanding wage increases, among other things.
The boss of the Irish low-cost airline, Michael O'Leary, for his part, put the question of migration policy back on the table.
“
A lot of young Britons don't want to work in the airline industry.
And it's their choice.
There are Europeans who are ready to do this work.
At the moment in the UK we have this very strange situation where I can get visas to bring in Moroccans to work as cabin crew, but I can't get visas for young Portuguese, Italians or Slovaks.
We need a little more common sense and a practical approach to how we implement Brexit.
»
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who led the pro-Brexit campaign, says leaving the EU should allow the UK to do without cheap European workers to hire more local labour.
But job offers remain numerous in the country, particularly in the hotel and catering industry, distribution, or in the agricultural sector.
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