fernlee where's your evidence to support the notion that Flybe is vital to the UK economy? If the government ploughs in +£100m then simple maths would dictate that Flybe would have to be contributing more than this to the economy to benefit bailing them out. Quite simply the business model is completely broken, it always has been and just like French & The cow, Connect have sat there and twiddled their thumbs and done nothing for nearly a year.