Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave

Because the 2 week notice period is well known, and therefore Ryanair could run their crystal ball out to work out the implications of their future workload and staff leave requirements, it is surprising that Ryanair are cancelling flights at short notice. With a bit of cleverness they could minimise their compensation losses, by either giving more notice or concentrating on higher frequency routes like DUB-STN. I think they are in a very painful situation to allow this to happen.