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Airport staff refusing to operate new Ryanair system
Staff at Dublin Airport are reportedly refusing to co-operate with a new online check-in system introduced by Ryanair.
The system, which was introduced last week on the airline's Dublin to Cork services, allows passengers to print their boarding cards from their home or office computers before arriving at the airport.
Ryanair is hoping to move will help it cut costs by reducing the number of check-in desks it has to operate.
Under the scheme, Dublin Airport Authority staff must scan a barcode on the printed boarding card before allowing the passenger to proceed to the departure gates.
However, reports this morning said staff were refusing to co-operate with this were telling passengers who arrive with printed boarding cards to go back through the check-in procedure.
The dispute has reportedly been referred to the Labour Relations Commission by the DAA.
Dublin-Airport staff refusing to operate new Ryanair system
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24.03.06
BERTIE AHERN SHOULD KEEP HIS PROMISES
WHERE ARE THE WORK PRACTICE CHANGES AT DUBLIN AIRPORT?
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today called on An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern to intervene in the latest example of trade union Spanish practices at Dublin Airport. Ryanair learned from this morning’s Irish Times that security staff at Dublin Airport are refusing to operate the new web check-in service – which actually reduces the work that security staff must undertake – and are disrupting passengers’ travel arrangements by forcing them to return to check-in when there is no requirement for them to do so. This is the latest in a long line of examples of trade unions at Dublin Airport disrupting the travel plans of Irish passengers and visitors to this country.
Commenting on this development today, Ryanair’s Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary said:
“It is unacceptable in the 21st Century that passengers who have validly checked in are being interfered with by trade union security staff at Dublin Airport. This is typical of the Spanish practices that have bedevilled Dublin Airport for many years. This kind of messing would have stopped had the Government kept its election promise to introduce competing terminals at Dublin Airport.
“When Bertie Ahern broke this election promise, he assured Irish passengers and visitors that the trade unions accepted that work practices would have to change at Dublin Airport. Sadly as this morning’s evidence demonstrates, not alone have work practices not changed, but the trade unions appear to believe that they should now decide who can and can’t leave this country. In circumstances where the new scanners reduce the work load on security staff, there is no justification for Irish citizens or visitors being interfered with during their passage through Dublin Airport.
“Ryanair calls on Bertie Ahern to keep his promise and ensure that this unwarranted and unjustified interference by the trade unions in passenger journeys through Dublin Airport is brought to an early and immediate end. It is frankly ridiculous that measures which were introduced to ease the congestion at Dublin Airport and to reduce the work load on security staff are being blocked by the trade unions so they can spend more time messing around with passenger journeys to/from this country.
“This wouldn’t have happened if there was a competing second terminal at Dublin Airport, and since Bertie Ahern failed to keep this promise to the Irish electorate, perhaps he would now ensure that his pals in trade unions at Dublin Airport stop interfering in the travel arrangements of the citizens and visitors to this countryâ€.
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24.03.06
BERTIE AHERN SHOULD KEEP HIS PROMISES
WHERE ARE THE WORK PRACTICE CHANGES AT DUBLIN AIRPORT?
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today called on An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern to intervene in the latest example of trade union Spanish practices at Dublin Airport. Ryanair learned from this morning’s Irish Times that security staff at Dublin Airport are refusing to operate the new web check-in service – which actually reduces the work that security staff must undertake – and are disrupting passengers’ travel arrangements by forcing them to return to check-in when there is no requirement for them to do so. This is the latest in a long line of examples of trade unions at Dublin Airport disrupting the travel plans of Irish passengers and visitors to this country.
Commenting on this development today, Ryanair’s Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary said:
“It is unacceptable in the 21st Century that passengers who have validly checked in are being interfered with by trade union security staff at Dublin Airport. This is typical of the Spanish practices that have bedevilled Dublin Airport for many years. This kind of messing would have stopped had the Government kept its election promise to introduce competing terminals at Dublin Airport.
“When Bertie Ahern broke this election promise, he assured Irish passengers and visitors that the trade unions accepted that work practices would have to change at Dublin Airport. Sadly as this morning’s evidence demonstrates, not alone have work practices not changed, but the trade unions appear to believe that they should now decide who can and can’t leave this country. In circumstances where the new scanners reduce the work load on security staff, there is no justification for Irish citizens or visitors being interfered with during their passage through Dublin Airport.
“Ryanair calls on Bertie Ahern to keep his promise and ensure that this unwarranted and unjustified interference by the trade unions in passenger journeys through Dublin Airport is brought to an early and immediate end. It is frankly ridiculous that measures which were introduced to ease the congestion at Dublin Airport and to reduce the work load on security staff are being blocked by the trade unions so they can spend more time messing around with passenger journeys to/from this country.
“This wouldn’t have happened if there was a competing second terminal at Dublin Airport, and since Bertie Ahern failed to keep this promise to the Irish electorate, perhaps he would now ensure that his pals in trade unions at Dublin Airport stop interfering in the travel arrangements of the citizens and visitors to this countryâ€.
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Ryanair can implement Internet check-in at Dublin Airport
Security staff at Dublin Airport have agreed, "under protest", to operate the new scanners which will allow Ryanair passengers to produce their own boarding passes over the Internet, without the need to go to an airport check-in desk. SIPTU members had been refusing to co-operate with the new system in protest at more general grievances with the Dublin Airport Authority. The change of heart came when the Labour Relations Commission ruled that the security staff were in breach of the Sustaining Progress agreement.
Ryanair can implement Internet check-in at Dublin Airport
Security staff at Dublin Airport have agreed, "under protest", to operate the new scanners which will allow Ryanair passengers to produce their own boarding passes over the Internet, without the need to go to an airport check-in desk. SIPTU members had been refusing to co-operate with the new system in protest at more general grievances with the Dublin Airport Authority. The change of heart came when the Labour Relations Commission ruled that the security staff were in breach of the Sustaining Progress agreement.