Well, does the airline really need to be run in such an inefficent way Little Blue? I mean a LO-CO should have a streamlined operation, I am sure with a takeover, most jobs would be transferred, or maybe if a foreign plyer, they may be all kept, if there is a bit of an increase in the PAX numbers using ww, with a larger fleet. Anyway the UK we live in not the continent, jobs protectionism isnt that great at all, one of the joys of a free market. LB.