yes, as far as i know there are two options they are going for.. one is for impulse to win the bid and yes, all staff would be used but they would need to recuruit a hell of alot more too to cover the extra planes, the other is setting up a brand new company called a 'greenfields' company which is like starting from scratch and would take abot 18 months to do. the impulse bid looks promising becuase we are already set up and able to just basically change uniforms and cross train on another a/c.
dont worry, they have said they will (if they win it ) look at recuriting in dec.. i think also as soon as the announcement on teh a/c type is made they will start recruiting more tech crew too.