Ryanair Asks some Spanish Staff to Pay Back a 2024 Raise
- Ryanair asked some Spanish flight attendants in April 2025 to repay salary raises awarded since 2024 under a union deal now invalidated by a Spanish High Court ruling.
- The recall follows a legal challenge by the smaller USO union that contested the 2024 pay agreement made with the larger CCOO union, leading to the court ruling in March declaring the deal null.
- Ryanair asked USO-affiliated crew members to return thousands of euros and reduced their salaries to pre-2024 levels unless they switched union allegiance to CCOO, which is exempt from clawbacks.
- One anonymous flight attendant reported a repayment demand of €3,857 and a salary cut close to Spain's €1,184 minimum wage, while Ryanair explained it complies with the court case and offers a 12-month repayment plan.
- This dispute occurs amid Ryanair's 16% profit drop for the year ending March 2025, driven by a 7% fare fall, and reflects ongoing tensions over pay and working conditions in the competitive low-cost airline sector.
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Ryanair Will Force Workers Not Affiliated to CC.OO. to Return Thousands of Euros From June and Will Lower Their Salary
Ryanair’s cabin crew (TCP) will lose pay and schedules and will have to return thousands of euros to the company from 1 June if they are not affiliated with CC.OO. It seems unusual and almost kafkiano, but the Irish airline claims to be protected “by the Spanish system” after the cancellation of the first collective agreement for this union (signed in 2022) that the National High Court fell down at the end of March following the denunciation of …

Ryanair demands cabin crew staff return pay rises amid Spanish union dispute
Flight attendants in Spain have been told to hand back five months’ worth of salary increases after a row between the airline and a union.
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