Oh dear.
Having spoken to a few freight brokers in the past, I'm not surprised by any of this. Too much mud has been flung in the past and people have memories of the appalling reliability that was suffered towards the end of JEM. There was almost a sense of wanting the project to fail from some of the people I spoke to. A bit nasty, but there you go. A lot of people were left in the doo doo by Emerald and some of them are now in positions to get a bit of "pay back". Not exactly a professional attitude, but understandable in a way.
I actually wanted this project to work, not because of any daft ideas like seeing clapped out old budgies in the air again, but because a British company getting back into air freight successfully might help halt the expansion of the eastern european cut price operators.
I hope this is just a blip, but nearly 6 months on and with virtually no flying, that does not make for a good return on investment.