The decision on an application to jail Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary and two other company executives for alleged contempt of court has been deferred until next Wednesday.
Justice Barry White was to expected to give his decision today in the claim by Ryanair pilot John Goss that Mr O'Leary and two other senior Ryanair executives were in contempt of two previous court orders calling for his re-instatement on Ryanair's pilot roster.
The High Court heard today that Mr Goss had been re-rostered by the airline and was back flying.
Mr Goss's legal counsel High Mohan SC said the airline had done everything it could to prevent his client from flying and had done so in the face of the order of the High Court.
Mr Mohan said Ryanair had been engaged in a war of attrition they had set out to win on the basis they believed they were bigger than this one individual.
Mr Richard Nesbitt, SC, counsel for Ryanair, told the court that Ryanair's chief pilot, Captain Conway, was now happy that Captain Goss could fly. "It is exceptionally unfortunate that all that has been put before this court is something suggestive of a dishonestly motivated ruse by Captain Conway, the chief pilot of Ryanair," Mr Nesbitt said.
Judge White said he would give his decision next Wednesday at 10:30am.