Of course Walsh says this. I would bet 95% of staff at his various airlines are local staff. Unlike mol, who sends his guys and gals out whereever he needs, and most of the cc in uk are from Europe mainland and earn very little money. Also the bigger portion of their incomes are long haul.
Businesses are only interested in themselves and their shareholders (most of which are now large overseas hedge and trust funds). Why anyone would listen to a business saying to stay in is beyond me. Bunch of tax avoiding sociopathic nut jobs in the main these ceo's.