Advice for DAT.
Beware of bringing in ex Sabena into the operation. When DAT was under the leadership of Tony Van Grieken the company went from light aircraft to the BAe146 which were operated very sucessfully. We had a continuous fight with SN (Pilots Union) to be allowed to operate the aircraft. We were not qualified in their opinion. Of course nothing was done correctly in the opinion of the then Pilots Union and eventually Tony Van Grieken was ousted. Tony although was not liked by SN he was the only one with the b.... to speakup. To no avail. The results are apparent today. You cannot change the attitude of people brought up under the govt. umbrella. Do not let DAT follow the same fate as SN.