Hey Ontheairwaves...you sound like a lovely guy. I hope you've applied for a job with us at Ryanair. You're just the material MOL needs.

What's wrong? Can't afford the application fee? . .Tell ya what, I'll loan ya the £50. Ok mate?

Steepclimb I'm gonna have to get back to you on that. Twas ye alright.

Hey maxalt - why did you sign your last post "dork" - shouldn't do yourself down, mate.

ahhhh....they're gangin' up on me now. Lies, damn lies and accusations. :)

Not a good time to be made redundant by any carrier. Didn't make it past the interview day with AL a few years ago and looking at some of the posts here, I'm sort of glad I things broke as they did.

Out of curiosity, what sort of joining date puts a pilot below the cut-off point for the redundancy?

MAXALT. .sorry Ryanair not my thing...... .I actually left Ireland 14yrs ago and got a job. .eventually with UAL....you may have heard of us. .Although may not be around for much longer...still. .if i was going to go to the Cheap flight carriers my choice would be Southwest...whom i think Ryanair model their crappy service on?????. .Well there ya have it lad...although i AM enjoying the news while i'm still at home...good to see ALT pilots coming down from their ivory towers....... . :) :) :) <img src="cool.gif" border="0">

"It soons starts to feel like the pilot group is being scapegoated, or made into an example for the education of others within the company."

But thats normal procedure for anyone at Aer Lingus , is it not?

Can't comment on overcrewing, but what I can comment is on the incompetent management, got all caught up in the celtic tiger boom of the last 5 years, and made no allowances. Poor show.

No more champer din-dins at fitzers I see <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

Besides little has changed in attitude at cunning in the last two decades , worst misfortune was was bernie falling of his boat along with 911

farrenfour, not sure I agree with you about Bernie. I don't think history will be that kind to him and his stewardship of AL.Particularly in the last four years.After all he did preside over an airline which ,it seems, can sustain 1600 redundancies.