Ryanair sacks pilot who appeared on Channel 4 documentary

Ryanair has sacked pilot John Goss after he appeared in a Channel 4 Dispatches programme that raised safety concerns about the airline.

Goss has worked at the company for 25 years and is now having legal action taken against him, reports The Guardian .

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The airline said in a statement: "We will not allow a Ryanair employee to defame our safety on national television just three weeks after he confirmed in writing to Ryanair that he had no concerns with safety and no reason to make any confidential safety report to either the IAA (Irish Aviation Authority) or Ryanair."

Ryanair: Secrets from the Cockpit aired on Monday, August 12 and featured anonymous pilots detailing the low-cost carrier's alleged fuel policy.

The programme highlighted three incidents in which Ryanair pilots claim they had to call in emergency alerts because they were low on fuel.

However, Ryanair said it rejects the "false and defamatory claims", insisting that the incidents were a result of bad weather and that all its aircraft comply fully with EU regulations.

The airline added: "Ryanair rejected the false and defamatory claims made by the Channel 4 Dispatches programme which wrongly impugn and smear Ryanair's outstanding 29-year safety record based on nothing more than anonymous hearsay claims made by individuals whose identity was concealed, and/or by representatives of pilot unions of Ryanair's competitor airlines masquerading as a non-Ryanair Pilot Group."

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