For all the companies that are suffering, are there not other,much better positioned companies that are waiting on the side lines to move in and take the business? I am talking about the likes of FR, EZY and notably Flybe? Flybe have a very lean business model on an aircraft that only takes 24% of total operating cost and yet fits the regions / commuter profile very well indeed.
It appears that they somewhat anticipated turbulent times ahead and rationalised their fleet when they could. Bombardier quote an average seat fill of 55% capacity to cover operating cost. Surely (without emulating other threads) these types of operation are where the employment will lie in the (near) future?