Don’t like a point? Ignore it or make your argument back without the need to play the man.
I wasn't playing the man, just there is, in some postings more than a small amount of schadenfreude when discussing the situation at Flybe, which I reckon with one or two exceptions posters have no inside info on, it pure conjecture - as indeed is my take above.
I don't believe that pointing out that whatever the cause this quote
If this scenario was correct then its hardly a good omen
from my post above is hardly a ringing endorsement of what
appears to be happening within the business presently.
Your final paragraph is spot on the money; it will be very interesting to see, if we were ever to find out, how they are standing up on key routes, particularly BHX/BHD in terms of passenger number and yield. Culling routes that aren't performing needs to be ruthless, as they are with are with the like of Ryanair and EasyJet as well as the very much maligned Wizz.