What an incredibly naive view of the world Jamie. So your immediate reaction to high unemployment in Ireland would be to throw your contracted terms aside and blindly capitulate to whatever your employer asked of you?? The agreements that cabin crew entered into were not signed in balmy celtic tiger years, they were signed in the full force of the recessionary storm, and as such, both parties were well aware of what the prevailing market conditions were. The cabin crew are working to their contracts. No more, no less. And I wouldn't expect to go to work on a regular basis for over eight hours and not get time for a sandwich, honestly,would you?