Originally Posted by 840
Is there any danger that he's shooting himself in the foot with this one?
If he uses his shareholding to get Aer Lingus to operate in a way that is detrimental to Aer Lingus, but beneficial for Ryanair, he could be forced to sell the shares and he won't be setting the price.
As someone else suggested, if AL is forced to change the likelihood is that their share price will fall, the private investors might offload and O'Leary can increase his shareholding.