Pressure on Ryanair as strike action spreads across Europe

Ryanair pilots in the Netherlands followed their German colleagues in voting in favour of strikes, raising pressure on the low-cost carrier already smarting from walkouts last week in five other countries in a dispute over pay and conditions.

Nearly all flight deck crew backed “possible” industrial action, the Dutch Airline Pilots Association said in an email yesterday. No strike dates have been decided by the union, which represents 40 Ryanair pilots at Eindhoven ...