In an initial reaction, the Vida union is outraged by the pressure to sell the station management of the Lauda-Europa-Basis-Wien exerts on the flight attendants. Aviation Direct reported Among other things, according to a circular, employees have to justify if more than 15 minutes pass between two sales transactions.

"Scare the employees, remains the motto of the Ryanair group", Daniel Liebhart, chairman of the aviation department in the union Vida, condemns these methods. “The flight attendants out of sheer fear are now buying products from on-board sales with their starvation wages. Otherwise they are threatened with being kicked out of the company. ”This picture also“ fits perfectly that Ryanair has withdrawn from Vienna with the company Laudamotion because it had a works council and a collective agreement. That has always been a thorn in the side of the Ryanair group, who bypassed the regulated working conditions and co-determination rights of the workforce in Vienna by founding the company Lauda Europe in the tax haven of Malta, ”says Liebhart.

The trade unionist believes that the federal government must act. He said, among other things, that the new orders at Ryanair "again show the urgency of when the responsible in the federal government, Minister Gewessler and State Secretary Brunner, will finally bring together rules against modern slavery at low-cost airlines as promised". Liebhart also renews the demand for an industry collective agreement. According to the trade unionist, this should prevent “medieval working conditions in aviation”.