For all the talk, are Aer Arann actually going to offer flights from Southend to a non-DUB destination for summer 2014 or not ?
Advertising for staff is fairly cheap - until employment contracts are exchanged there is very low commitment. In an employee's first year, an employer has a fairly free hand to issue redundancy notices if so desired with little job protection afforded to the employee under English law. Of course if Aer Arann offer jobs under Irish law this might be different.
It's now mid March and if Aer Arann want ticket sales over the summer to be reasonably good, time is pressing for a publicity launch...