Groundhog - you really ought to give up on the whole Flybe are bully rubbish. The facts are they competed on a route, passengers jumped ship because the service was better so the other airline lost out. Simples....if passengers down your end of the country are patriotic and loyal they would have stuck with ASW would they not??
You are living in a dreamworld, there is no other way of putting it. ASW and Eastern I am sure have plenty of tricks up their sleeves, they have ideal sized aircraft for regional services so we shall just have to wait and see.