The latest quote from Mr Halstead (in the Oxford Mail):
Mr Halstead said: “I have certainly never acted fraudulently and I don’t think anyone within my company has.
“I have protected the interests of our passengers and am making sure they get their
money back.
“It’s an incredibly unfortunate set of circumstances.
“I have tried to act as responsibly as possible so passengers’ money is not being used at all until flights have flown.
“The Will Gilligan thing is a bone of contention but I don’t think anyone’s acted illegally.
“He (Gilligan) was never a director of the company at all just an email address to keep me out of the public eye initially. It was never the intention for me to be the public face of the company because it would dent the credibility of the company off the back of Alpha One.
“There’s nothing illegal about using a pseudonym.
“I went along with it. I never saw it as an issue because Will Gilligan was never actually conducting any business for the company.”
Sometimes, things are beyond parody...