ADC2604 I can back up birdscarers comments: As the BACON management told it not too long before the takeover; the established European routes made a profit (especially the CDG which was one of, if not the, most profitable route in the airline), the Scottish routes were holding their own against Easy, the new start up routes were doing surprisingly well considering how long they'd been going, and the ground operation was profitable in its own right.
Suddenly ‘Feels like you're Being exploited’ comes along and the Bristol base isn't viable anymore and apparently hasn't been for some time. Now I might not have the sharpest business brain but it seems to me that since those two positions are mutually exclusive somebody must be being 'economical with the truth'. I leave it others to decide who.