Just for info, 2 of the geezers were closely tied in with the
commercial department pre-March 2004. Don't know what
happened to them after that time. I believe that they were
'commercial consultants' and worked closely with the Travel
City contract. They did work with the previous MD but not
sure if that was his doing or just due force of circumstance
to get that contract tied up etc..
I do know that they were responsible for filing the
commercial
paperwork for that contract with the U.S. Authorities (DoT)
(so that we could get our F.A.R. Part 129 clearance) and there
was some delay in getting that side tied up. Might not
have been their fault, of course, then again...
Hope this is helpful.
Buster66