I think its been covered before, essentially BAC Express was an AOC only purchase from Air Contractors in June/July, with it came a few SD3-60 crews and they leased a couple of SD3-60's to operate on Mail contracts, it is confusing, but the bones of it is that BAC is a stand alone company owned totally by an Oxford based Global IT support company (A financially strong backer who are in this for the long haul)
As far as contacts, most of the post holders remain in place from the last few years of BAC and some came back from their Irish exile.
I'm not involved personally, but am 'close' to someone who is, the new backers are a PLEASURE to work for and a real breath of fresh air compared to others, and the plans for the future seem very impressive, led by impressive people.
In regard to taking people on, I think they are pretty top heavy at the moment and can (because they have no TRTO) only take type rated people, F/O wise with a minimum of 500hrs on type (or twin time).
Last edited by EI-CGO; 3rd Nov 2005 at 10:28.