The last paragraph of the article tells me that the strike will fail to have the desired affect. Apart from the financial penalty incurred in paying FR a wedge to 'blackleg', the public will not even notice there is a strike on. After a few week of no pay etc. the Aer Lingus pilots will be back at work. This is the sad reality of the situation.
A spokesman for Ryanair said the company has written to Aer Lingus offering the use of two of its aircraft and crew on Tuesday and Wednesday.
I expect that Ryanair pilots are telling themselves and each other that they will not do the flights from BFS but the sad truth is that they almost certainly will. The penalties imposed by RYR management if they don't fly are just too severe to consider not crossing the picket line. I do hope and pray that I am wrong but sadly, we live in interesting times.