notac,
I think that flybe hadn't actually leased the RJ's, but had a signed deal with BAe to lease them once tarted up. Having visited the hangers at flybe I was told that the a/c still belong to BAe or their leasing agent and not flybe. Flybe however, have made a nice little earner out of the engineering work contracted to them from BAe. So although a wasted expense training the pilots, they made some out of the hangar work!