Exconnected, straight to the point and unfortunately what most people from FS and MR now think. The problems of yesterday had more to do with FlyBe being so unorganised. From what I understand the required paperwork, manuals etc were in MAN, not IOM... then there was the crew for the embraer to MAN who were in MAN.. this meant TZ operating the 1000 MAN service when it finally returned from LGW. The Embraer captain was in BHX and arrived on the inbound BE BHX flight. After this everything was delayed for around 1 - 3 hours.
It was a total mess up for their first day. To be fair problems were always going to happen but this is probably as bad as it could have been. Flight Support and Manx Regional staff made the best out of what was a bad day for the passengers. The MANAGEMENT from both companies have a lot to answer for though, going back on previous agreements on which company was responsible for what. Flight Support wanted the front of house work but as soon as the
hit the fan their management tried to dump it on Manx Regional - whos management was only to happy to ACCEPT. Exconn your right, the management of both firms - egotistical fools trying to score points, at the expense and reputation of their staff.
I can tell you one thing for sure, the morale and motivation of staff at Manx Regional is going from bad to worse, its time to tell the truth and let people know what is going on.