BACON as it was has collapsed and been given away, complete with dowry. It is entirely reasonable for the new owner, FlyBE , to do what it takes to ensure that the combined companies are profitable,- and to do it quickly. There is no point in pissing millions down the drain while protracted negotiations and consultations bleed away cash available for future development or survival even. If FlyBE don't act decisively there is no future for anyone and all that FlyBE have built up,- including the opportunities for many in the UK airline industry,- would disappear. Jim French and his team are not just entitled but obliged to act in the best interests of the long term business. While this may be uncomfortable it is not an assault on the staff,- it is to give most of them a future. FlyBE has done well in reinventing itself and being innovative. It now deserves the wholehearted enthusiasm and support of those who are staying to make it work. Mergers are never easy. It has taken BOAC and BEA over 30 years so far and it isn't until they get into T 5 next year that ground handling at LHR is unified. A lot of flexibility is needed and digging into fortified positions to resist the necessary and inevitable changes would only bring the whole roof down on everybody.