Aer Lingus was bankrupt and close to financial collapse if it wasn't for the Irish tax payer. How you calculate the true value of those payments into today's terms is for those negotiating on our behalf to consider strongly. As tax payers we are reminded that we have turned a corner on adverse economic conditions and if this really is the case then then unless he has something spectacular up his sleeve, Mr. Walsh won't be carpetbagging any green flying machines.