O' Leary will never leave..he is a one trick pony. Having discovered the low cost airline model from Southwest he just capitalised on that and (unlike Southwest) decided to screw the employees in the process. Unless you are talking about some low cost carrier in Burma, Sudan or such places (where abuse is encouraged), he wouldn't make it in any other industry. He continues to abuse all Ryanair employees. His Modus Operandi is greed and fear and sadly it is quite effective. The Aviation Authorities, particulalry the Irish one, don't challenge him, as they get some serious money from Ryanair. Goverments, up to now have been accepting of his bullying approach, knowing full well that he is riding roughshod over industrial relations legislation. Nevertheless there are still brave and principled people in Ryanair who are willing to take a stand and challenge this abuse. The latest issue of forced unpaid leave is only one in a long list of employee and industrial relations abuses and there are more to come. Bullies (and that's all O'Leary is) only stop when stood up to. Ultimately it is the principled opposition of united employees that will resolve this issue.