Funny that
G-AWZK, I'd heard that too. Insider knowledge is a powerful thing
I'm pretty sure that Jim is only interested in the Regional and Baby bits, and routes only, not hardware. How the details will pan out is a debate for the future.
I remember talk a couple of years ago that Virgin were looking to Flybe for a partnership in as much as Flybe would be a feeder airline to their longhaul fleet. The reasons were that the Virgin longhaul FO's with thousands of hours didn't have enough manual take-offs and landings to progress to command!
Perhaps there is a deal that Jim's got up his sleeve for the Heathrow slots!
That said, it's all speculation. Lets hope though that the Flybe seniority list isn't corrupted by incoming pilots as happened with the BACon fiasco!
