I presume the “20% cuts” are just bluster and in fact are the normal cuts you would expect in winter. But if they really do scale back significantly due to strike action it just paved the wAy for the “rivals circling” to poach more FR pilots and expand their own operations.
Both easyJet and Norwegian have advertised recruitment road-shows in Dublin. I wonder who they are targeting? Good luck with manning next year's summer flight Michael.