EI-Mick
it's true, Slattery's were hosed by Ryan Int on the price and 757 is a more plausible aircraft for a T/A route given speed and payload/range. No disagreement at all. In fact, I'd love to see EI go the Continental/AA route with the 757 from SNN to spare the 330s and have said so many times.
A 319 into JFK is a different case entirely unless it was a Privatair type operation with all J and again, regularly filling that ex Cork would be tough.
mark_heg
look at the specs for 757 and 319 and you'll see the difference. However, I'd much rather see Arann get its act together, codeshare with EI and AA and deny FR any connecting DUB traffic. At the end of the day over 6 hrs widebody is always going to be substantial faster in flight time, more comfy. Also - the Slattery service wouldn't have US preclearance, right?