Just a thought re this big announcment expected tom, i hate to say but didnt easyjet have a lot of shares bought by an icelandic firm about 3 years ago, cant rem the details but can remember something happening re iceland and shares? And now the banks are involved in the credit crunch?
I do hope i am wrong for all easyjet staff out there and hope tom the announcement is good rather then bad!
Edit: Just looked it was the FL group Iceland who bought shares, they are now under administration, under icelandic gov control, and at present called Stodir.