Fellas All this chat about flybe leaving and the orange mob not having a commitment. Theyre not registered charities, neither of them. The bottom line rules and the Exeter mob will fit the operation to suit the requirment. Theyll keep services to the rock but not neccessarily from this end. The business case for the early departures is a luxury with falling business traffic - just make your meeting for lunchtime. Even if the blues did go, theres 3 business flights into the city and the casual folks can use the afternoon easy. Still nothing to stop the blues running a morning and evening service on Gatwick. Time and the bottom line will tell, yessir.
You're absolutely right. It's easy to forget that paying customers are much further down the priority list than the shareholders.