"Beancounters United" strikes back, eh?
You're misinformed.
The 'document' was directed at the Takeover Panel and perhaps a few 'floating voters' in the stock market. It made no impact on the majority shareholders - the staff and the government - and had no influence on the pilots, who spent tens of millions of their own money buying Aer Lingus shares thus mounting a practical defence from a hostile takeover.
Its pathetic to suggest that a bunch of suits, writing a flawed document backed with a glossy magazine - and charging 16.2M for it - were more effective than those who actually stumped up and invested the same amount or more.
Still, nice to see you think YOU'RE worth your inflated salaries, even if pilots and other workers aren't.
Must be a galling experience to find yourselves the target of media scrutiny for a change?