Unfortunately what Ryanair pilots have failed to realise (or at least failed to act on and use to their collective advantage) is the real power they wield.
This is the reason MOL hates pilots - he knows that in order to transport passengers from A to B you need an aeroplane and crew.
Although it might be very difficult to employ a CEO with the talents of Mr O'L, it is impossible to transport passengers without pilots.
The very operation depends on it.
Yet rather than use this overwhelming power, pilots kowtow to to MOL and take whatever rules and constraints he cares to dish out.
He might be a hard man, but trying to fly aeroplanes without pilots is even harder.
I imagine his fears will be realised because sooner or later people will walk and an (seemingly) unlimited supply of cadets isn't going to solve the potential nightmare that lies ahead - no Captains because everyone else has them.