He'll have to try a lot harder

Things are getting a bit hairy yet again for O'Leary's low-cost airline, with a reported 180 pilots due to go on strike at midnight this Thursday.

They have voted to hold a 48 hour strike in a dispute over pay conditions, but are things really that tight for them?

The Ryanair tycoon phones up the Breakfast Show to plead his innocence on Gift Grub, saying those "spoiled & mollycoddled" pilots need to take a look at themselves!

Poor Alison (who's covering for Ian) gets told to pipe down.

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