RoyHudd, as a long standing BALPA member I support their fight to reduce or abolish ADP. However that will not improve the financial health of Flybe.
Whichever way you look at it, ADP is a tax which is paid by the pax to the government via the airline. It is not something the airline pays to the government out of its own coffers. Even if payment of outstanding ADP is delayed until 2023 it doesn’t change the underlying cause that the current Flybe model doesn’t work.
As said before, if the Connect Airways shareholders are convinced that their turnaround plan will be successful, why don’t they stump up the cash now? It is not that the three partners can’t afford £100 million between them.