Jim French's pedigree is in load control. I rest my case (no disrespect to load controllers).
Anybody who is foolish enough to believe they might get the quoted amount of cash from Flybe deserves all they get. The real money offered doesn't seem that bad for turboprop driving but everything else around it is crap..or so I'm told by a multitude of ex colleagues. I hope the guys can use this situation to their advantage and actually negotiate something meaningful for the future.
As for the 'merger', as long as the orange lodge are offering commands to those that drive the pencil jet then there's going to be problems with retention.