Originally Posted by
Saabdriver1
Saying this is nothing to do with the old Flybe despite their many statements about bringing a "much loved" brand (loved by whom?!!) back to the skies, is flying in the face of reality. But I've decided that trying to hold the vulture capitalists behind all of this responsible for the damage to the BRAL pension scheme is also flying in the face of reality. They were the largest shareholder when Flybe collapsed and have had the largest secured creditor payout, leaving the pension scheme worse off than they are. I don't think they've actually profited as yet but they're certainly setting out to.
There have been sound decisions made elsewhere to ignore this whole thing and give it enough rope to hang itself. Looking at the choice of routes and the number of fronts on which to fight, there'll be no shortage of rope.
I had assumed from the rumours they would have been offering something more. Same old cabin in the Dash, LMs ATR fleet is a much nicer place to be. No at seat power to set them out, nothing really to show they're different to the rest on the market. Shame. They're picking a fight with every operator in the U.K except for Aurigny and Blue Islands. Odd. But aren't offering any niches to split them out. My money would be spent with Emerald or LM. both operating nice aircraft with modern cabins. (ATR fleet).