in July 2006, the Irish High Court ruled that Ryanair had bullied Pilots to accept new contracts, where pilots would have to pay 15000 for retraining on new aircraft if they left the airline or if the company were forced to negotiate with unions during the following five years. Some Ryanair managers were judged to have given false evidence in court. Meanwhile, Ryanair was contesting the claims of some pilots for victimization under the new contracts. By 2009, only 11 of the 64 pilots who had lodged the claim remained with the company and still had claims.
Ryanair was ordered to pay "well in excess of € 1million in legal costs after a court refused the airline access to the names and addresses of pilots who posted critical comments about the company, on a site hosted by the British and Irish pilots' unions. O'Leary claimed anonymous pilots were using a Web site to intimidate and harass foreign pilots to dissuade them working for the company. The pilots involved used code names such as ihateryanair" and "cant-fly wontfly." Nonetheless, in effect, Ryanair appeared to have no problems recruiting cabin staff, including pilots, to meet its needs.