but I have spoken to many professionals within the industry over recent years who speak highly of him and would like to see him involved in the re-launch
Damn straight they want him involved, it's a guaranteed failure if he is!
It's funny but when I left and went elsewhere, the first thing that was said to me was, if you come and work for us, don't worry it isn't anything like Emerald, so don't worry. That was before it went to the wall, so what the place was really like was well known to the "professionals" in the industry.
No-one wants more competition and using shagged out 748's will never amount to anything any more unfortunately.
The world has moved on and with a reputation like Emerald stinking up any project, it just won't work.
I just hope no-one is relying on this.