LNIDA - The Irish may see it differently, in any event market force's drive pay rates not protectionism from the land of the free.
How the Irish see it is irrelevant. I'm sure the 'government' of Liberia see their ship registry scam as one of the safest systems in the world.
The COS on the NLH contract are abysmal - you actually thought that not paying for your own recurrent training was worth mentioning as a positive in the contract. The "market forces" excuse for poor renumeration has been the bread and butter of bottom dwelling airline managers for decades.
Even Ryanair are figuring out that a poor reputation can do significant damage. Unlike Ryanair, NLH isn't making money.