C Mueller has stated that Aer Lingus has full resources to deal with any ballot outcome - I'm not so sure of that.
At a guess, I would have thought that having at the end of the telephone a major shareholder who just so happens to have the largest short haul fleet in Europe and some spare capacity at the moment would provide Herr Mueller with a degree of latitude in that respect.
Particularly, when said shareholder enjoys rubbing up the unionised comrades in the less than preferred direction.
JAS