Tory,
Now I'm sure you are being deliberately obtuse. You have just made my point; you are
NOT the messenger, you are a rumour-monger. Not the same thing at all, I think you would agree.
BMED,
Your point is well made, in fact it's pretty much the same words as Flybe put out ten days or so ago. The critical caveat is that Flybe is still going thru' what the management-speak enthusiasts call 'due diligence'. In normal language that means that nothing is signed, agreed or committed-to yet. Comme j'ai dit deja, everything else you hear is rumour and speculation.
Night, night.