That's right, RD, and that is still no reason to mis-state the reason Gill went under. We were a profitable, solvent company, with passenger loads increasing month on month, and we were in the black at the bank. What they pulled was the share capital. Your own FOD has stated that he doesn't understand why the bank pulled it, since you have taken over some very nice routes, with good loads.
Incidentally, unless I have severely mis-remembered it, your MD stated on local TV here that BE would be employing "up to 55 pilots, cabin crew and engineers". That appears not to be the case.
We lost out, thanks to the Bank of Scotland. You gained. No hard feelings towards BE or any of your pilots who will be moving to this very nice part of the world - we'll even be pleased to see them in the Aero Club. Just don't expect us to be able to afford to buy them a beer.
If you employ any of our former cabin crew, you'll find them to be one of your best assets - they certainly were one of ours. We had many, many letters of praise from passengers for the standard of the service they recieved, the friendliness and professionalism. Please look after them well for us.
And stick to the facts next time, please, like you expect others to?
[ 19 October 2001: Message edited by: HugMonster ]