Originally Posted by
qwertyuiop
As an ex Monarch employee I feel somewhat upset that they didn’t get the same help as Flybe however I feel it is the correct decision.
As an ex Monarch employee myself, I disagree with you. First and foremost I would hate to see Flybe go bust as I use them regularly and my experience of them has always been good.
I smell a rat in all this. As it stands now the government has deferred some (or all) of their APD arrears, with a stipulation that the owners invest money into the company. Flybe (Connect Airways) is owned by 3 big companies who are quite successful and are not short of a few quid.
Obviously they have shown to the government that their turnaround plan will provide the required result. If they are certain that their plan works why go cap in hand to the government and why not loan the business your own money. By making it such a public show they have done a lot of damage to the brand. Unfortunately I have a gut feeling that before long we will be back at square one.