The press release issued this morning does make quite a convincing argument (why wouldnt it i suppose), highlighting the continued losses being made by AL despite all the recent restructuring and hardships endured by their staff, and, of course, in line with every other irish company (banks in particular) who are facing huge difficuties, the obligatory massive salary hikes for the directors.
RYR promise to double AL's short haul fleet which really can only be a good thing in my opinion, but maybe im just biased, considering the ink on my (f)ATPL is only just dry, and not a whisper of a job anywhere.
Apparently they're looking for staff in the dole office, pretty busy down there these days!