Ryanair flies into new cost-cutting storm as pilots claim it 'saves money on jet fuel', Daily mail reports. Four Ryanair pilots told a Dutch TV program they are being forced to fly with the minimum amount of fuel allowed by law to keep costs down. They claimed they they are regularly on the brink of making distress calls because their planes are so low on fuel. Ryanair has insisted its pilots are allowed to take as much fuel as they wish to on their flights.
A row has broken out after Ryanair pilots accused the airline of putting cost-cutting ahead of passenger safety by forcing crews to fly with limited fuel in order to save money.
Speaking anonymously on a Dutch TV program, four pilots said they often found themselves on the brink of making distress calls during flights because their planes were so low on fuel.
Ryanair has strenuously denied the pilots' claims that they are under pressure from management to carry as little fuel as is legally allowed to help keep costs down. One pilot was asked if he ever felt pressure to take less fuel on a journey than he would like, the pilot replied: 'You feel it everyday.'
Former Ryanair pilot Ian Somner, who also appeared on the program, described an 'oppressive regime' at the airline where he said staff were 'bullied' by management. The claims emerged after the airline was told to carry out a review of its fuel policy in September when three of its planes were forced to make emergency landings in Spain on one day when they started to run out.
The airline told the Daily mail - MailOnline - that the claims, published in the Sun newspaper, were 'false rubbish'. The spokesman added that Ryanair was issuing defamation proceedings against the Sun in the wake of its article.
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