Yes, it's been a crappy week for all concerned.
We have been bent over the CitiExpress barrel and given a good dose of mishandling.
No special deals for us, unlike some previous bases to get closed.
They are not even guaranteeing courses that have already been assigned from the previous bid. It's all "Well, yes. In theory that should happen, probably..." and all that rubbish!
It's just a shame there's very little option in the wider industry.
Some people will have to retire, others be demoted with "pay protection" (get that carved on stone!) and all of us moved with the aircraft to Manchester.
And the pilots are relatively lucky. We still have jobs even if we can't find out way out of this horrible company. Worse for the groundstaff, caterers, engineers etc. etc. etc.
Everyone is sick of the neverending cutbacks, bad management, bad business plan and bad feeling with no real light at the end of the tunnel.
I'm told that most people on the jets have applications with everyone else too, and they're at the top of this teetering bonsai! Bristol got an unequivocal vote of confidence from David Evans in a local newpaper yesterday, so start looking for houses in Cheshire or Warwickshire, boys.
Poor old Brymon (and BRAL and Manx for that matter!)