I would say that flybe are guilty of actually losing many of those crews by their ill-fated attempt at 'wooing' the BACON pilots in the immediate aftermath of the original announcement.
The cheesy-wottsit roadshow (as it is now referred to!), antagonised SO MANY guys who were originally going to give it a go, and other operators were only too glad to pick up the pieces. A c0ck-up of mammoth proportions!
Add to that the well publicised management tactics being used in flybe, has/will further alienate the crews who haven't finished tunneling out yet... a change in managerial style is definitely called for. Bollockings / tea & biscuits if crews haven't set the windscreen wipers at the correct angle (I KID YOU NOT!!!).
There are an awful lot of areas which need addressing in order to solve the issue of pilot retention.
