Davidc8,
I hear what you are saying about the management and I'm not impressed either. About the fuelhedging, they messed up which cost the company £90 mil but that has happened to other companies too. At the worst EZY was paying £115 per barrel where as Ryanair didn't hedge at all and paid up to £147.60 a barrel. Ultimately that made Ryanair come out with a loss for the year where as we are still coming out with a small profit.
Regarding EMA I feel too for the affected crews and have a good friend based there too. Never the less it's been on the cards for years and fact is that EMA's yearly traffic has fallen by 20% for the first half of 2009 being one of the hardest hit UK airport so far. So I understand why they want to pull out and make more money elsewhere. I don't agree on the way they treat affected crews but I certainly understand why they want to pull out.