Mr. Evan Cullen:

We are in the risk management business. That is what we do for a living. All pilots are obliged to look after the safety of their passengers and crew. This is a legal obligation on us and it does not end with the physical incident or accident, it also involves the health of the passengers while entrusted into our care on the aircraft. We are in the risk business. In every airline and in every aviation industry there is a balance to a debate about the risk and what is done to mitigate that risk. I would say there is a lack of counterbalance in the information the Government is receiving at the moment. Notwithstanding that, the Government has taken a view and we accept it is entitled to take that view, but one cannot put us out of business by restricting our ability to do our business and then not assist us. My argument is quite simple: if the Government is going to impose the most restrictive regime on travel in western Europe it will also need to do the other things to make sure we still have an industry when this crisis passes. The point I make here today is that the Government is having its cake and eating it when it comes to the aviation industry. Ireland is an outlier, not only with regard to having most restrictions, we are also outliers in our failure to assist the industry.