"We've sent a proposal to the company with a suggested framework to take talks forward. If they agree to it, we've offered to call the strike off," BALPA General Secretary Brian Strutton told Reuters, after a UK court rejected Ryanair's bid to block planned strike action.

"Even at this late stage, we're doing our best to avoid disruption. The ball is in their court"

Ryanair BALPA members, whom the airline said represent half of their British-based pilots, voted to stage a two-day strike from Aug. 22, and a second from the early hours of Sept. 2 until just before midnight on Sept. 4.

(Reporting by Alastair Macdonald)