I beg to deference - But The Flybe Board and the Virgin Connect consortium all have been dithering and faffing around and shown no direction since last summer.
This has left the travelling punters with little or no confidence in booking tickets.
The route network was decimated.
There is nothing to date to blame anything for Flybe's perilous state other than failure of the Board, and the Consortium to direct to save the airline, bar going to HM Govt with a begging bowl which has incensed it's competitors.
Covid-19 has not been the culprit here for the low bookings until now.
All airlines are now seeing their bookings fall away.
Flybe needs a shed-load of cash to survive the next 3 months - It's not short change. It's vast - £100m's are required.
Is Flybe vital to UK connectivity and the Economy?
One would have thought so a while back, but the shear ineptitude of the Company has seen to it that the major heart surgery needed was overlooked and maybe now it is too late.
Once again my commiserations to the Staff and Crews who have faced so much uncertainty. The next month or so will be pivotal.