In my humble opinion (obviously ) we are , very slowly, going back to 2002.
At this stage, people were leaving Easy to join Ryan, and with good reason.
There followed a (brief) period where benefits were on the up, but, note well, it WAS brief.
If we compare Orange to Blue & Yellow, there will be a scant few "long termers" on "old" Ryanair contracts, who don't wish they hadn't joined the "Orange Order" (kinda difficult I know if you are Irish
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We will see, in due course, whether this small step towards reversing the order swells into something bigger.
As you said, any +ve movement is welcome, particularly with regard to stopping the impending deterioration in "greener pastures" (or "redder pastures" for those of us struck by Nordic colour blindness)