This could well be on the cards alright ! How can you have BA, FR AND EI all operating this route ? I noticed there in the summer Willie made a sly move outsourcing BA's ticket agents operation to Aviance in DUB. The ex BA girls now work for Aviance and don't retain BA uniforms !
I think this has been the situation for a while now, certainly since before the summer, possibly around Easter time, I certainly passed a BA flight boarding ans twas Aviance hi-vis vests, and uniforms all round. Also the BA and BD check-in desks are co-located, was this always the case?
I dont know why EI are being utterly obstinate on 3rd party handling. You'd think one 737 towbar for the BA flight would kill them. IMHO EI could make a good killing at DUB and ORK handling carriers. At the least, their partners, BA and AA would make sense, even is just to simplify Lounge access at DUB.
Brian.