Fine trying to argue to point of which is true with you guys is pointless! fair enough i didnt take into account crew in that, but this is the facts.
The CAA arent bothered to charge the DUB route for these reasons;
1) They want connectivity to DUB for themseleves (CAA/DAA officals travel regularly to/from DUB)
2) The Cork Community needs a ORK-DUB air link.
3) When an airline says where going to pull the base because charging us taxes on a route which will be significantly loss making (if they're imposed), you can understand why the CAA have taken that decision because its better to keep earning on stand prices for the based FR aircraft everyday!
Now i fully except that most days the aircraft to/from DUB are operating with about 50 to 60% spare seats onboard (in fact FR close off rows to balance the plane), but do you all seriously mean to tell me if the route is ''loss making'' as ye are pointing out then why would FR waste crew resources from DUB to do a W DUB-ORK-LPL-DUB route? if its so loss making the route would be dropped in a notch.