Do you mean
this meeting , Terry? The one you mentioned on the Finningley thread a few months back?
It's not quite as you're portraying it, is it? No mention of "a dozen or so French regional carriers", for one thing.
Come to think of it,
are there a dozen or so French regional carriers?
Your enthusiasm for Friar Tuck International is commendable, but you should beware when it reaches the point of zealotry and starts to bend the facts to suit.