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THE DÓMHNAL Slattery-backed executive jet airline JetBird has placed all of its staff on protective notice as it battles to secure new funding to allow the business to take off.

JetBird employs 38 staff, including 14 pilots, but has been unable to generate any revenues while it awaits the funding required to release new Phenom aircraft from Brazilian manufacture Embraer.