Well, as far as I can tell, the only thing of any value that Flybe gets out of this deal, is the aircrew.
If a deal isn't struck that suits people (and I don't mean every whim is pandered to) then I personally won't be coming!
There's more to life than BACon & Flybe. I don't really mind coming over to Flybe- but I'm not bending over so they can give me a good shafting!
There will be a heck of a lot of negotiating over the next few months. Pensions, TUPE, seniority, basing, commands, jet or TP etc. etc.
NOTHING is a done deal yet.
Of course there is also the intra-BACon question of who stays with the RJ's.
Quite apart from the issue of 'how desirable' this is. It may be that a very junior pilot on the RJ fleet gets to 'stay' with 'BACon' while a very senior ERJ-145 pilot has to leave for FLYbe. !!!! knows how this will be reconciled.