AI101
Ryanair may or may not be the white knight that you see them as but one part of your post was totaly mis-informed.
When XL went under XL Germany had a full flying program as did XL France, and shortly after XL Germany had a big tech issue with one of the B738's.
In short both the German & French XL sub parts did not have the capacity to help out as you put it..................how do I know?...........I lost my job at XL UK while being attached to XL Germany.