Yes, I agree. It's a pity they didn't show the same consideration to Manx Airlines, who never needed a loan/bung/fix/moratorium. The then Govt insisted on an inappropriate Open Skies policy for a tiny population catchment area, and turned down TRPL's offer to maintain scheduled services across the UK and Europe in return for monopoly status in some areas.
Politicians eh? LHR turned into LGW. LCY lost. BHX punitively expensive.
And FlyBe selling everything except vegetables and tat to make their financial model work.
On second thoughts, I was wrong about the tat!
