Desk Pilot wrote
Frankly I'm disgusted by Willy Walsh and BA and the fact that they have leant on the regulator in this way (and I'm usually very pro BA) I have to admire O'Leary (and I'm normally far from a fan of his!!) but actually ironically Ryanair seems far more bothered by the risks of this than BA do - and I never thought I'd say that...
Safety is safety whatever it costs. I personally am not ken to fly tomorrow because I have yet to hear scientific evidence to confirm it is safe.
Ryanair, you might like to hear, pay most of their employees on an hourly basis. If there is no work, there is no pay. It is in O'Leary's interest to sit this one out as he has very little comparative cash burn compared to BA.
Desk pilots are prone to risk aversion I hear. Quite safe sat twiddling with ones pen.