Originally Posted by
Capt Scribble
If the gov let Flybe go, they never get the APD they are owed. If they allow ‘easy terms’, then 2000 people keep their jobs (and dont need supporting) and the tax may be paid, one day.
This is from the same playbook as Anglo Irish Bank who got the Irish Government to give them a credit lifeline ... they lied and made themselves appear to be "too big to fail".
The Consortium are playing a blinder here. They appear to have put in practically no money, not forwarding taxes and getting somebody else to pay to keep the propellors spinning.