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Ah come on, have a bit of cop on, there are little or NO BAe146 crews available in Europe. What are they supposed to do? ''Ahh sure, we'll shut down the airline'' Same as there are Doctors and Nurses of all nationalities filling the corridors of Irish hospitals, they are there because there is a LACK OF SUITABLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
Do you not think they would rather have European crew members where they didn't have to go through the expense of work permits, tickets home blah blah blah?