Well as I see it,and when all's said and done it doesn't look like I'll be keeping my job come next March, this has to be considered a 'hostile' manoevre,(when I studied Economics, 'twas de riguer to announce bad news on a Friday and good news on a Monday).
Now according to the crib sheet on t'intranet, we will still be employed by BA Connect, not Flybe.
I surmise that BA Connect will become BA Connect T/a (trading as) a Flybe company. This means there will be no need for things like common seniority lists' or redundancy packages,as current BA Connect T&C will apply. This will last until the current fleet have gone, then, maybe you may get offered an interview with Flybe, which is the same as current practice n'est pas?
IMHO this is all being done to avoid TUPE, but, anyway all that would have to be claimed is that the changes were for Economic,Technical or Organisational reasons....and with no planes to fly ..or fix.. last one out please feed the cat and cancel the milk.
More TUPE info here
http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/empla...tm?IsSrchRes=1
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