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Old 18th Dec 2004, 14:21
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ForestFlyer
 
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Scot have codeshared in the past, but currently there is no codeshare arrangement. From what I have gathered from people working at Sou, since FlyBE's expansion at the airport, I think Merlin Suckling would now only allow a codeshare with FlyBE 'over her dead body'!

Some of the 'nice family business stories' above are intriguing. I've flown with Scot a few times and had no problems, but apparently Merlin is notoriously difficult to deal with on a business level and often resorts to shouting to get her point across. Apparently she is well known in the industry for it.

I was once present at Sou, flying elsewhere, when Merlin was at the airport to oversee a Football Club charter (Apparently Scot do a lot of these), and she was quite offensive and abusive to the man she was speaking to, who I believe was an Airport Manager, but I didn't hang around.

Anyone else hear any similar stories?
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