Maybe I don't understand enough of the policies involved making money with an airline...
There seems to be an abundance of aircraft in the company, enough staff to fly them all, plenty of destinations that can handle them, all located in areas with plenty of willing pax to travel...
But most of their planes seem to sit on the apron most of the time even in summer, the crews are complaining they're not working enough hours, and always required to be augmented by those out of base, and spend more time on Airport Standby then On Duty actually to fly for a living. Those that do fly think it is ludicrous to 'only' fly 2 short flights <1 hour each way, which does seem a bit short for a day's work and seems a blatant disregards of resources.
Surely with a bit of imagination these parked aircraft can take to the skies again, as all is in place for them to do so, with fare paying pax to places of interest or offering a way for them to commute home. Not all pax want to fly domestic or Irish/French routes...
Instead we are hearing of retiring aircraft, reducing staff numbers, ...
