Ryanair plans to recruit 125 new pilots within the two weeks

Ryanair’s announced plans to recruit 125 new pilots within the next week or two.

The airline’s been forced to cancel up to 50 flights a day due to problems with rotas after it admitted it had messed up in allocating pilot holiday.

The company’s had its Annual General Meeting at Dublin Airport where Michael O Leary says he doesn’t believe there a risk of a “Blue Flu” from pilots.

Shareholder Tony Keeling, who was there, says people need to look at the bigger picture: