I meant a prolonged pilot strike and resulting short term wet leasing.
Low cost or not, EI won't be able to last long under those conditions.
Exactly, which is why that will never happen and why strike action is an important part of industrial relations when things go screwy. Remember, not running the company into the ground is part of management's job, and keeping people working is part of the union's job. Something, somewhere will happen to bring everyone to a situation they can all live with.
Apples to Oranges.
Yes, lets stop comparing Intel to Aer Lingus. Nice try but the analogy isn't really working. But lets stick to the important point - yes we can talk about differing pay scales in different global regions, that's all fair enough, but should people in one part of the world be expected to accept worse working conditions?
Lets take this argument to it's most ridiculous logical conclusions. Lets take a clothing factory somewhere in a non-fictional far eastern country. If the factories they work in and the hours the work are similar to a European standard, yes, their salary should still be relevant to their local market. No problems there, everyone will agree. However, if they worked in a horrible grimy sweat shop, should that be more acceptable because of where they live?
The whole California-Israel argument is pretty much invalid anyway. We are talking about Ireland and the UK. Yes, some laws and tax and pension structures are different but we are basically the same bunch of people and we expect the same level of decent treatment, as do people all over Europe.
Within the same company, competing for the same positions and promotions, they should have the same basic rights and treatment. Look at the UN as an example. Yes salaries have a component that is locale related but it's the one contract no matter where in the world you work at any given point in time.