I'm not dodging anything. You're just desperately trying to introducing new irrelevancies into this discussion to try and get away from the unjustified action by the pilots!
I've answered on FR, I have said the other bases have NOT downgraded the DUB base. I have answered on that silly question put back to me about customers and ethics when I was asking about their opinion on their customers! I have answered on costs of living which you made yourself look very foolish as you clearly do have not done any research on this and the differences between countries.
And STILL no words about the customers! No sympathy, no apology for letting them down. Instead disgraceful words and threats against the FR crews who will try and help out AL customers next week...
The central "argument" remains. AL pilots are going on strike because the company has made a justifiable decision to open a BFS base and offer different terms and conditions. Pilots are going on strike because they claim with no proof of this, that their conditions will deteriorate in the ROI.