I take it you're talking about the Scottish Executive's Route Development Fund? The total value of the RDF is £6.8M, that's not what Duo got from them. Additionally I understand it is paid to the airport operator, not the airline, retrospectively to offset fees (and to go toward marketing?).
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That'll be the EDI-BHX route which couldn't be booked! It only existed for BHX-EDI-OSL and EDI-BHX-GVA flights?

The end of the road for a great airline. Back in the Maersk Air Ltd days, working for them often felt like being a member of a flying club. Great people, good laughs, good routes, numerous nightstops in BFS, LBA, MXP, STG, CPH, etc. Of course we all preferred the 737-500s, but the CRJ were fine too.

Putting an end to the BA franchise and going it alone, while ballsy, was always going to be risky. I found it strange at the time that no one seemed to consider becoming an AF franchise carrier right in BA 's backyard... surely Cranebank would have taken notice, and with similar a/c types to Brit Air and AF, there would even have been savings done in terms of sims, engineering, spares, etc. A lost opportunity?

While the crews were always great, DUO was too small to survive on its own, and the CRJ (particularly the -200) was only viable as a feeder aircraft, not as a standalone fleet.


All the best to staff - I'm proud to have been part of the team :ok:

To all those at Duo,

Just wanted to say as one of the many that lost their jobs at European Air Charter just over six weeks ago that I know its a bitch and hope you all find other jobs soon. My first experience of the flight deck was a jump seat ride on a Maersk 737-500 in around 2000 and it seemed like a good team....

March was my first experience of being made redundant and needless to say it wasn't pleasant, but if makes you feel better, nearly all of us had another job within six weeks..... airlines are recruiting and it shouldn't be long before you find another position

All the best and Good Luck!!:ok:

Have to agree with riddle, was also at european and theres loads of jobs out there, even had to turn some down one of which was duo meant to start on mon but had better offers luckily. check out aviationjobsearch plenty on there.

Chin up guys youll be back flying in no time at all !!! Good luck!!!

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As one of the unfortunate duo's. Before I head for the dole office, would any of you ex EAC's care to share where the jobs are at the mo. I've got 4000TT. 3000jets

Thanks for the help

ALL the low cost guys are recruiting like crazy - the irish and orange ones need around 160 pilots per year and i know alot of people that got into those....

Cityexpress is currently recruiting for both their turboprop and jet fleets

Jet2 have interviewed though i think they will do more serious recruiting in the summer

Thomson fly at coventry also have recruited a fair few

Good Luck!

I'm one of the first officers made redundant with EAC and was snapped up pretty quickly by one of the LCC's.

Easyjet, thomsonfly and possibly bmibaby still recruiting. The vast majority of pilots made redundant have now signed up with another airline.

Times seem to be good, I don't think you duo guys will be hanging around too long.

According to the newspapers DUO was the third LCC to fail this week does anyone know who the others were?

Any of you guys going to the Britannia / T-fly open day?

does anybody know anything about this payout ??? do we have to do anything to get hold off this couple of quid ???

cheers
GB

ps hows everybody doing on the job front ???

Nearly everyone is doing very nicely on the job front. bmibaby have snapped up all of us that could speak english and hadn't pissed off the senior training captain in a previous life (at Duo).

Furthermore, by asking nicely, we have managed to keep ourselves BHX based, leaving it the most overmanned base in the history of LCCs

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That'll be the soon to be renamed 'babymaersk' will it? :p