I don't really know what's so hard to understand. It was a case of close bases and get rid of personnel or there would be no Flybe. We closed the bases that had so few aircraft that the cost base was astronomical. Kcockayne, it's far cheaper to night stop crew than to operate a crew base - fact. When Aberdeen was closed it had 2 or 3 aircraft based there of different types, it cost a fortune. Harsh decisions that nobody liked were made, if they weren't made we'd have all been on the end of the dole queue, including senior managers. Now we're putting 4 aircraft in there of the same type, the business has a significantly lower cost base as wingo said, so even if BOH doesn't work out I don't see how it spells the death nail into Flybe's coffin when it'll only equate to about 4% of the company's overall route network.
There's alot of knowledgeable people on this site, but it also contains the same number of armchair experts. Lets have opinions backed up with facts if you want to discuss the end of people's livelihoods.