Were you perhaps rejected and have now turned to badmouthing them?
Their salary is one of the highest in Europe.
If you were not an AL cadet you are a second class citizen.
Excuse my lack of elegance ... but this is rubbish.
He tries to swap on to overnights just so he can make extra money on overnight expenses to put petrol in his car.
He's on the 320 I take it ... what overnights?
According to PJN, the starting salary for an Aer Lingus FO is 54,700 basic. On that alone and without flight pay ... if he can't manage his finances living alone then he has other issues on his plate. The contractors were on 72000 basic + flight pay (sacrificing seniority for the period of contracting). Few in Europe are offering this.
As for what John or Mick said while he was sipping his coffee ... hearsay. And if you wanna talk about national carriers thinking they are the best, well nearly every legacy carrier on the planet can come under that category.
Rent in Dublin is bad, but people on half that salary are coping and with families. You can rent a decent 1 bed apartment in Dublin for 1000. That is not far off most major cities in Europe.
Your posts come across as rather bitter towards Ireland as a whole.