Ryanair sued broadcaster and a former long-serving pilot after 2013 broadcast
and Blakeway Productions Limited over a 2013 broadcast of Dispatches that focused on alleged fuel level concerns of pilots in Spain in July 2012.
The company said Ryanair had an “outstanding 29-year safety record” and claimed the programme was based on “nothing more than anonymous hearsay claims made by individuals whose identity was concealed”.Loneliness: ‘I usually say I’m fine, but the reality is, most days, I’m at home by myself with my memories’The Dispatches episode, Ryanair: Secrets from the Cockpit, aired in August 2013 and featured anonymous pilots raising concerns about the airline’s fuel policy.
“Ryanair looks forward to this matter being resolved in the courts and the safety of Ryanair’s operations being thoroughly vindicated,” said a spokesman.Ryanair also took defamation proceedings against John Goss, a veteran Ryanair pilot of 25 years’ service, who had his employment at the airline terminated in the aftermath of the programme.
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