Yeah, I heard he also used lots of statistics to prove that he didn't need half his pilots and they could survive on 10 hours rest.
I think 50 euro would be too much for any CEO who is running a loss making basket case like Aer Lingus. His reward is for the future...if it manages to turn a profit, or if he manages to buy it out as is planned. Maybe he needs the income so the banks will give him the loan!
Right now he should lead by example and back up his doomsday scenarios by his own actions.
By the way, the figure I read was £300IEP, which is more like 380K euro.