Hedging bets. ROI will remain in EU. It's just a way of ensuring that any pilot from EU can be ensured that as a employee of an Irish company he/she will be free to work in UK. Well that's my take on it. My friends on the European mainland believe it would be a risk to move and perhaps buy property in UK just now. And Stobart can't wait for those applicants who want to wait for the Brexit negotiations to spell out their rights.