Just to clarify a few things. There aren't any wet leases as far as I know nor would IALPA sit idly by without a huge bunfight given the obvious impact this has on everyones livelihoods. The a/c are being flown by AL pilots at LGW. Two new a/c came online in the last few weeks to assist with flying the LGW schedule. Another 2 DUB a/c are being used to make up the 4 needed to kick things off. How they get the 8 by the end of the year is anyones guess and is probably subject to change depending on demand in anycase. If you look at the latest press releases it says they "expect" to have up to 8 a/c by the end of the year. Doesn't say "will" or even which year they are working to so you can read as little or as much into that as you want. Also in terms of crewing some previously DUB based flight crew have moved to LGW whilst the rest overnight so whilst a few people have joined there hasn't been the influx previously envisaged. Probably a good thing for the company as a whole given the market conditions we are facing to tread softly softly but understandably not so good for someone trying to get in.