Taken from RTE,
Aer Lingus to use Ryanair planes during strike
Saturday, 18 August 2007 10:31
Aer Lingus has accepted Ryanair's offer of two planes to provide cover for the 48-hour strike planned by pilots for next Tuesday and Wednesday.
A spokesman for Aer Lingus said the company will pay full commercial rate for the planes.
Aer Lingus said the owner of the planes they lease will also provide the crew.
Aer Lingus Chief Executive, Dermot Mannion, said earlier that there would be no going back on the decision for now. He also issued a direct appeal to Aer Lingus pilots not to go ahead with next week's strike.
Seems a tad bit odd and ironic that they choose to except ryanair's offer considering they dont exactly see eye to eye and it was ryanair who suggested the EGM . O'Leary must be loving this.....