Here's the reality.
The FR Edinburgh base operates services to 11 European bases.
The Prestwick base to 11.
Belfast base has 1 aircraft.
Liverpool has services to 12 European bases.
East Midlands has services to 7.
Birmingham operates to 12 bases.
Luton operates to 5.
Bristol has flights to 7 bases in Europe.
Bournemouth operates to 6 bases in Europe.
Each of these bases can be closed, or shrunk to 1 or 2 aircraft, without detriment to Ryanair's operation.
What it will cost are the jobs of pilots, cabin crew and engineers. It will reduce secondary employment at the airports and in the localities and damage the local economies.
Is that what unionisation is for? Is that socialism?
We are in a recession for goodness sake: look beyond the end of your spiteful little noses and consider the effect your action will have on others much less fortunate and dependent, indirectly, on you for their livelihood.
Now is NOT the time.