BEFORE Ryanair, PIK made a profit out of a daily Fed Ex DC-10.
Yes, and those were the leanest of lean machines where firefighters loaded baggage. Then control over costs was lost, to get back there, you would need to do what Matthew Hudson did and slash the staff and offer the remaining staff a fraction of their previous wages. That's how they stayed afloat, they cut costs to the bones and multi-tasked driven by an expat businessman.
Not something the SNP government is ever going to do, therefore,
#screwed.