I spent a very enjoyable 2 years with AA in GWY and the airline was a very different place to be then. The then base capt who is now the chief Pilot was a real pilot person, one for the troops but as is the same in all companies, a move to an office with a desk, a management coffee maker and a BONUS means inevitable change. I have many friends still flying for Aer Arann, many want to leave but can't now due to the rise of pay to fly with locos like ezy and ryr, the traditional earn your experience on a turbo prop before moving on to jets has been scuppered by kids with rich mummy's and daddy'd willing to buy a seat in a flash jet so they "can do good landings for the girls" (as one cadet told me last week).
I hope things turn around, a great little airline with some fab crews !