They can have our planes... and weather

Before we cut to the chase today, I would ask you all to go back through time with me, to the years of the Vietnam War, and how it was waged in the vicinity of the long and winding Ho Chi Minh trail.

Some of you may remember, that the Ho Chi Minh trail was the supply route used by the wily Viet Cong forces in their eventually successful campaign.

Bear with me now, for a little while, and I will quickly get us all back to modern times, and Irish politics, and the future of Aer Lingus, and why we have no need at all to worry about our connectivity with the rest of the world, and the future of the precious national airline.