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if you look at Tripadvisor. As always, not down to the crews, but the people who implemented policies or in charge over the years but....
Out of 8146 passengers giving feedback, 44% said flybe was average, poor or terrible.
25% said terrible.
It is a snapshot but a general snapshot that gives the proof that customer service management at Exeter was something they were completely incompetent at.
Out of 8146 passengers giving feedback, 44% said flybe was average, poor or terrible.
25% said terrible.
It is a snapshot but a general snapshot that gives the proof that customer service management at Exeter was something they were completely incompetent at.
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You could also say they needed a CEO with a media personality.
At the time Molly and Stellio were the life and soul of the party
Unfortunately Flybe had the two drinks and staring at the floor wondering what was going wrong leader
Then replaced by someone who baked a cake with a soggy bottom and covered it in icing.
Media played a big part in its downfall.
At the time Molly and Stellio were the life and soul of the party
Unfortunately Flybe had the two drinks and staring at the floor wondering what was going wrong leader
Then replaced by someone who baked a cake with a soggy bottom and covered it in icing.
Media played a big part in its downfall.
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Flybe had been in trouble for about 10 years. In the very best years, they made a profit of 1% of turnover. In plenty of years, they made a loss of significantly more than 1% of turnover. BA by contrast in good years make a profit of 10% of turnover
There's only so much in losses that suppliers, lenders and investors will tolerate before goodwill eventually runs out
There's only so much in losses that suppliers, lenders and investors will tolerate before goodwill eventually runs out
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Yeah but Flybe is a different business model to British Airways, Flybe is/was a regional airline, if you take a look across the world, most regional airlines have thin margins, low wages and high turnover of staff. On the whole the whole operating 3 different types of aircraft, one of which is more expensive to lease than a larger a320 really just shows why flybe's margins took a hit. The sad thing is that only 10 days before Flybe folded, they had finally got down to their aspired two type fleet of Dash 8-400s and E175s, maybe if things had been managed better, they had a bit more cash flow and a little longer then they might have weathered this storm.
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I agree. Most believe it was just a matter of when. Coronavirus or HMG was not the problem causing of the downfall of flybe.
EY were marketing the administration as a going concern. They already have taken the next step down from that and iMHO it will be soon when they announce a further step down to say that it is a liquidation exercise.
I can only assume the offers EY had for the company were chancers at unacceptably low or asset strippers trying to the advantage of the situation. Personally, i believe realistic offers would be for asset stripping but of course could be totally wrong.
EY were marketing the administration as a going concern. They already have taken the next step down from that and iMHO it will be soon when they announce a further step down to say that it is a liquidation exercise.
I can only assume the offers EY had for the company were chancers at unacceptably low or asset strippers trying to the advantage of the situation. Personally, i believe realistic offers would be for asset stripping but of course could be totally wrong.
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Out of these two airports, Flybe mainly flew from NCL to SOU and EXT year round, they only flew to JER seasonally from MME. The rest of the MME operation was T3 / Eastern.
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FR24 states it landed at Skien, more likely Sandjeford. Wideroe have a maintenance hangar there.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/a...-ecoi#2486f267
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/a...-ecoi#2486f267
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Have the simulators already gone back to FSI FAB now the academy is sold.
Be interesting to know how much the building was bought for as the article says It sold for ‘a fraction’ of the £12m it cost to build.
Be interesting to know how much the building was bought for as the article says It sold for ‘a fraction’ of the £12m it cost to build.
Flybe Academy goes into public ownership
Link above probably has as close to the answer as you might get publicly.
Link above probably has as close to the answer as you might get publicly.
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The Embraer Sim, was dismantled and packed away and sent away within about 4 days of the company going out of business. The Dash Sim lasted until about the end of March I believe, before it was dismantled and sent back to FSI at Farnborough. I believe the Embraer Sim is going to FSI at Paris.
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I suppose it’s difficult to get positioning pilots positioning about.
i would guess a skeleton amount of employees are in EXT but once the boarders open EY will sell all and shut up shop.
Hopefully when it’s all over there will be some investigation into what I read in one article called the years of ‘mismanagement and misadventure’. In my opinion it’s important so the people responsible don’t get the chance to destroy another company and in by doing so put thousands out of work.
The ex staff are entitled to know the chain of events.
i would guess a skeleton amount of employees are in EXT but once the boarders open EY will sell all and shut up shop.
Hopefully when it’s all over there will be some investigation into what I read in one article called the years of ‘mismanagement and misadventure’. In my opinion it’s important so the people responsible don’t get the chance to destroy another company and in by doing so put thousands out of work.
The ex staff are entitled to know the chain of events.
