Methinks Mr French is being bedazzled by the prospect of a short term cash injection, which Flybe badly needs, and ignoring what might happen after three years. The entire philosophy of Flybe was to avoid competing with the big boys by operating smaller gauge aircraft on thinner routes. Now they are proposing to add similar gauge aircraft (yet another type to integrate) and go head to head with not only Mr O'Leary but also Ms McCall, Mr Walsh and others. Flybe are unlikely to have the depth of management to run such diverse ops - ATRs in Finland, A320s in Ireland. What happened to "sticking to the knitting"!?