UK Viking, you've got some groing up to do mate, and fast! Smell the coffee, BA will also weather the crisis, so is Virgin and Lufthansa... good companies make profits most of the time and exceptionnaly lose money, generally stay on their feet. This is one of the deepest of crisis, we all agree, and every single company is in it. Ryanair's management should just take it on the chin and take the hit like men, there is no shame in those circumstances to not do so well, but it is a disgrace to jump on the occasion to screw us more. They DO NOT save money by forcing us on unpaid leave, this is a myth. The contractors will fly for us and they cost money as well. Just to point you the right direction, this is a paycut and nothing to do with saving jobs. btw, what's this business of us "getting what we deserve"?? Weirdo.