Ryanair pilots based in Ireland have voted unanimously to accept a collective agreement negotiated with the company last month.
The decision brings to an end the dispute that saw thousands of passengers have their travel plans disrupted due to strike action by around 100 directly employed pilots belonging to Fórsa and the Irish Airline Pilots' Association.
Today's vote will come as a relief to Ryanair, which has been mired in industrial turmoil since the pilot leave fiasco broke a year ago.
After a summer of disruption and uncertainty, the deal will secure industrial peace among Irish pilots, for the moment at least.
Ryanair has welcomed the outcome of the vote.
It said: "We welcome this overwhelming vote in favour of this agreement negotiated with Fórsa and our Irish pilots with the assistance of mediator Kieran Mulvey.
"We will now bring this agreement to our board and will ask them to reconsider their decision to rebase six aircraft away from Dublin this winter.
"We expect that the board will meet to discuss this welcome development in the coming days."
The agreement between Ryanair, IALPA, and Fórsa brokered by, the former Workplace Relations Commission director general, delivers transparent procedures based on seniority governing promotions, annual leave and base transfers.
IALPA spokesperson Captain Joe May said that while members fully respected Ryanair's operational model, they would no longer accept what he called the company's "highly problematic" employment model
However, he said they were committed to building a constructive relationship with Ryanair based on mutual respect.
Mr Mulvey said he welcomed the acceptance of the agreement, describing it as "a significant landmark".
He said he hoped the parties used his "oversight role" to build upon the agreement and he thanked all sides for their positive engagement.
Mr Mulvey said he expected the Ryanair board to lift and withdraw the protective notice letters issued to employees.
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The general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Patricia King, said the vote marked the beginning of the normalisation of relations between Ryanair, its staff and the unions representing them.
The airline still faces industrial relations issues outside Ireland regarding contractor pilots, and whether Irish law should govern employment contracts.
Elsewhere, cabin crew unions, who have also held some strikes over their conditions, meet in Rome on Friday to decide their next move.
