Peter Bellew is no stranger to changes of employers with big consequences. When he left his job as Ryanair’s chief operations officer for a similar position at rival low-cost airline Easyjet in 2019, his ex-boss Michael O’Leary dragged him to court over exclusivity clauses.  One year earlier, Bellew was still very much in charge of Ryanair’s inner workings. On September 12, 2018, he wrote to all pilots working for the Irish airline in Poland. His letter, seen by The Currency, invited the pilots to apply for new contracts with Warsaw Aviation to fly for Ryanair Sun – two recently incorporated…

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