He said a "practical" approach would allow more workers from Europe to fill vacancies, which he claimed would help stem the disruption to air travel.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4, O’Leary said: "I can hire thousands of people in Portugal, in Italy, France, Germany at exactly the same wages that I’m paying in the UK and I just can’t hire them in the UK at the moment.
"And we have this bizarre situation at the moment that in the UK I can get visas to bring Moroccans to come in and work as cabin crew. But I can’t get visas for Portuguese or Italians or Slovakian youngsters. We just need a bit of more common sense and a practical approach to how we implement Brexit."
