RE: 20’s20 Oct 2017 12:20
The fact is that Sam's 27p matters not. This airline is slowly getting into good shape and that is undisputed because costs are reducing, as is capacity. And guess what, if you want to travel within certain parts of the Uk, Flybe has to be used.....period. Thank goodness the train network in this country is sh$t and rediculously expensive, and that won't change for a long time. A big problem is that this company has been systematically raped by Jim French (who should be serving a custodial sentence for fraud and embezzlement in my opinion) and the narsacistic bully that was Saad Hamaad. A fortune was spent on rebranding for no reason. Over a 20 year period, I have captained nearly every aircraft in Flybe's historic fleet and have to say that there is no better aircraft than the Q400. It is quick, cheap to run and extremely versatile. To move away from this aircraft, would be suicide for the company and I can't see it happening any time soon. In the cold light of day, these aircraft are relatively young (RYR were operating B737-200's from the 1970's up until 2004!!). If you give people reliability and value for money, they will travel, wether on "rubber band aircraft " or not..FACT!!! COW is well received and unfortunately, the collapse of Monarch will play into Flybe's hands, as pilots will not be able to move on from its ranks for some time. This will do well, but it will be turbulent, for that there is no doubt.