The problem they now face, which is really amusing is that they are required to operate an RPT schedule with a 'gig' work force
And so much more convenient for Pilots to leave Irish airlines, now that IAA has aligned annual hours with rest of Europe; equally there is no longer an hours advantage for joiners, via the April reset.
Which perhaps explains why a certain airline is so so keen to portray the problem as a temporary leave issue.
Neither the media nor the markets seem to grasp what a massive structural issue this creates, for an operator with a 25% attrition rate