... hasn't flopped yet - just been put on hold whilst we see what this recession is going to do.
Aer Lingus is no doubt looking very carefully at all the ways it can save money. One of those ways will be to trim back crews to the absolute minimum and then contract in any additional requirements. I'd suspect that PARC would be used for this - which ironically was set up and owned by Aer Lingus!
Pay for contract pilots is generally quite a bit higher than for permanent staff to compensate for the uncertainties - so those that have ratings which are in high demand could do very well out of this.