I guess it depends on who you believe. Flybe's
PR guy was on Stephen Nolan's Ulster radio show last week and said quite categorically that no Flybe pilot had refused to fly any of the Flybe fleet.
It certainly wouldn't do any good for Flybe to attempt to cover up the problem (if indeed it is proved that there is one) and they don't strike me as the sort of carrier who would do such a thing anyway.
I would say this was 'journo licence' at best - how many times have we seen this sort of exaggeration from the press before?