Most of all I feel for the guys and girls at EMA. It is a gutt renching realisation when it hits home that your operational base is being closed down. Although, as NSF states, redeployment is on the cards; the uncertaintly of where that will be will play heavy on the minds of the affected crew. I know that can't be pleasant for people who have many financial ties and family commitments within the area.
I am from the other divide that NSF shares no love for. It would be cold hearted to regard this as a 'strategic victory' over EZY. While it may appear commercially adventageous to Ryanair at EMA, it will not take away from the fact that something like this can and will occur to any one operator at any time. It did at VLC with FR. Serious capacity cuts at DUB, SNN and STN are also on the cards for the winter. It will almost certainly result in the relocation of crews and this undoubtably means to mainland Europe. Alternatively contract pilots in each base will see their hours seriously depleted as the airline pulls through the winter.