Should ANYONE be happy abut a non-unionised airline apart from the management and shareholders?
Yes, the most important people - the passengers. Take EI for example. Passengers are regularly faced with threats of strikes all down to union intransigence and greed. According to reports this week it seems they were even threatening to support the strikers in another airline in some fashion.
The unions had such a stranglehold on the Irish airports and EI that nothing moved or changed without their say-so. Some years ago they actually closed Dublin Airport altogether as they tried to force their way into FR. Thankfully, MOL stood firm.
EI's progress and need to reform was stymied time after time until someone with steel in the shape of Mr. M arrived and took them on. He even hired in FR aircraft to fill the void. The airline business is so volatile that change has to happen quickly - not wait 18 months while unions try to justify their existence and make exorbitant demands. The one thing that
would finish FR off would be if unions get their unwanted noses in the door. Hopefully, it will never happen.