'Limping along' still implies some form of progress - something which, I'm reliably informed, is wholly absent. The dwindling number of remaining staff are still being paid, but by all accounts the company is just waiting for them to move on. It seems most likely that Vince will fund Smith's fundraising efforts indefinitely in order to save face, and naturally this will become a lot easier for him once those pesky overheads, like aircrew salaries, are gone. There had been internal rumours of a collapse on or around the first week of May, but evidently nothing happened.