FlyBe to acquire BA Connect (Crew thread - no spotters)

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My own personal forecast on what will happen:

- Flybe is not interest in running two separate companies
- Flybe has no interest in moving any of the inherent costs from BAcon to Flybe.
- The whole of BAcon employees will be put under notice of redundancy.
- Positions will be offered in the new BA company and Flybe to everyone under notice - under Flybe or 'new BA' agreements.
- There will be no marriage of seniority lists etc. The only members of the workforce Flybe will consult with are those already employed by Flybe. BAcon crew will only be consulted on terms of redundancy.
- The new commands which would now appear in Flybe would have to be applied for by both Flybe FOs and any BAcon pilot.
- Pensions, flight tickets etc will be frozen at the point of redundancy from BAcon, under the current BAcon terms for ending of employment.
- BAcon crew will basically be forced into applying as their current type ratings are not in high demand at their current bases and the charter boys do not have any expansion plans for Summer
- Flybe cancel c. 30% of BAcon routes as being unprofitable even with Flybes costs.
-BA withdrawal from the regions and subcontract all work to third parties, as most of the Uk regions will have less BA flights than airports outside the UK.
- BA takes any new slot they can at LHR and move as much of the LGW longhaul operation to T5 as they can.
- All the new BA jobs will be based at LCY as a dual base with LHR

A personal view and it will be interesting over the next 6 months how much of this comes true.