So how have eastern run the chester op up to now. Were the chester crews contracrt bound to only opetrate from chester, or did they rotate to other bases when required as with any other company? As EZE have many other bases, why wouldn't these guys be rebased to the likes of Leeds or Newcastle. When they stopped flying the Brussels route out of Southampton the crews didnt sideslip into Flybe, all be it that wasn't under a private contract. Note on PPJN suggests EZE are asking crew to go Part Time to prevent redundancies. In any case if there are extra Aircraft joining the fleet to cover the contract, wouldn't guys be starting the type rating ASAP to meet the July start date.
