Oddly enough, Ryainair is an Irish company that falls under the IAA. I believe the IAA is the only JAR member state left that hands out validations to fly EI/JAA aircraft with a type rating from ANY ICAO state. They also have many non EU nationals such as Americans (North and South) flying legally with validations and EU/UK visas set up by Brookfield Av or Ryanair itself. Is it a coincidence that France, Germany, Spain and others do not?
Who is to say that the the aeroplane painted in photoshop will not have a EI reg on it (or did it?) and could be nothing more than a system that is being duplicated from Ryanair or as it's founding forfather who specailzed in what Titan is as advertised?
Understand the tax reason part of it all but when it comes to lack of power and success in Ireland recently with Ryanair; ALPA, BALPA, IALPA, and etc., could it leave a future pilot group to be left in the dark like those who fly at Ryanair as history has sadly proven?
For those who are wondering about scope, this could be a real catch me out! Is wise to buy into "psyops" of press releases genereated by some
PR guy or look into the past of the last time there was a scenario like this in Ireland? The ultimate outcome was Ryanair today as you know it....