Almost £200,000 has now been awarded to former pilots and captains of collapsed airline Blue Islands, after the carrier went into liquidation at the end of last year.

A series of judgments handed down by the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal this month ordered the company to repay outstanding type rating bonds to 13 members of flight crew whose employment ended when the airline ceased trading on 17 November 2025.

A type rating bond is a contractual agreement between an airline and a pilot, requiring the pilot to repay training costs if they leave before a specified period.

At Blue Islands, pilots paid for their own specialist aircraft training – typically around £20,000 – by way of a personal loan, which was repaid by the airline in monthly instalments over three years.

However, when Blue Islands entered liquidation, repayments stopped, leaving substantial balances outstanding.

Among those to bring claims was Patrick Patterson, a pilot who had paid a £20,000 bond as a condition of his employment. The tribunal ordered that he be paid £17,033.28 in damages after the airline failed to respond to his claim.

Harrison Tapley, also a pilot, was awarded £9,109.96 relating to a £25,000 bond, while Charlton Tapley received £15,838.94.

Captain Denis Barrow was awarded £15,647.03, and pilot Daniel Nagadowski was granted £15,613.92.

First officers Oliver van Klaveren and Matthew Shuttleworth were awarded £15,492.18 and £17,033.28 respectively.

Further awards were made to Maxwel De Oliveira (£14,856.48) , Andrew Rondel (£14,083.96) and Line Captain Pellervo Backman (£12,210).

Pilot Imran Rana was awarded £19,301.53 after paying a £20,000 training bond which remained largely outstanding at the point of liquidation.

Fellow pilots Alexandra Tidmas and Anish Patel were awarded £15,804.36 and £16,666.70 respectively.

In each case, the tribunal noted that Blue Islands had not filed a response to the claims, so each judgment was handed down in default.

The combined total awarded across the 13 cases amounts to £198,691.62.

The former Blue Islands employees now join the list of creditors seeking to recover sums owed following the collapse of the regional carrier.