My only point was that ground handling would grow revenue and add cash to the bottom line without costing EI very much at all as all the staff, equipment and so on are already there and being amortized against the EI flights anyway.
Funny that EI "need" to outsource with FR at DUB. You do realise that FR self-handle at DUB, don't you? SNN I agree with, however and I think self-handling three flights each morning and one in the afternoon (LHR) must look quite costly.
As for SNN cabin crew, perhaps is they were to merge it would make more sense for them to be merged into the ORK base, as it is geographically closer. Still a commute from SNN or Limerick is not ideal for anybody... Operationally it would be easier to merge them into the DUB base.
The EI rumor mill suggests that 300 cabin crew and 50-60 ground jobs may be lost. SNN would be an easy target, as others here have said.
Brian.