Originally Posted by Flaps5speed180
Firstly, wouldn't it be better if BMED was allowed to lease the slot to another airline for however long they are not using it? I'm sure there are plenty of airlines out there who would like to use it. Without BMED losing the slot in the interim. Surely that would be a logical solution, rather than forcing the airline into wasting loads of money operating a makeshift flying club!
Actually, they
are allowed to do this. Airlines do "slot babysitting" deals like this with each other from time to time. The problem probably was that - since BMED is hoping to use the slot again reasonably soon - it's not very attractive to another airline - they would use it to start a service but then have to drop it within a matter of months when BMED took the slot back.