Michael O’Leary has weighed in on the Luas strike… and he didn’t mince he words. Going straight for the jugular, O’Leary said what most of the public is thinking – it’s not a difficult job and if the drivers won’t do it for the €36,000 they’re already on, sack them.
Speaking on Newstalk, O’Leary said:
“I really misunderstand why we ever have a department of transport in this country, we’re a small population. We shouldn’t own the railway service we mismanage it, we shouldn’t own bus companies we gloriously mismanage those.”
“The Luas has been mishandled, it’s more public sector muddling through. I would have sacked the whole lot of them.”
“I would (have had an all-out strike). But that’s the best way of bringing these things to boil. You’ve had an all-out strike for about two weeks and then now lads you can come back, here’s the terms.
“For a job that’s already paid double the rate that it is in Blackpool, where it takes you about two and a half nano seconds to learn how to drive a tram,” he said.