I wouldn't give O'Leary and his madmen the time of day.
According to him, his pilots get 110,000 Euros a year. All that to put the gear up and down and select and deselect the autopilot for the 99% of the flight it's engaged. Now that's overpaid and underworked !!!
With tongue back in cheek, I do think the Irish union have made a big mistake of not trying to win the media war by coming out with facts and logical arguments to put their case. And suggestions on here that it should all be kept secret from customers and others in the industry is simply naive. Be matter of fact and point out the agreements which are being breached. Take things along the legal route, and let the courts decide. Not the IAA, or the public, or the rabble rousing pilots on here.