With no warning or notice at all, Carolyn fires Douglas, leaving MJN staffed only by people not drawing a salary, and only books flights requiring a single pilot, Martin.
Everyone is shock, and after some recrimination it turns out that due to a major bank error (one that might have Gordon written all over it if one were paranoid) Carolyn is within a hair's breadth of complete bankruptcy.
She doesn't want to let Douglas go, but she feels like it's the only thing left that she can do to cut costs. The bank error is in the process of being cleared, but it will take a few months. She can't shut the business down because the meager income the plane generates is the only thing covering the expenses that happen whether the plane flies or not.
In the end, Douglas (with a healthy assist from both Martin and Arthur in a heart-warming display of badass teamwork) solves everything, somehow.
TLDR: Carolyn suddenly fires Douglas because she's about to go bankrupt due to some Gordon-smelling shenanigans. Douglas (and Team MJN) solve everything, somehow.
cutting costs
Everyone is shock, and after some recrimination it turns out that due to a major bank error (one that might have Gordon written all over it if one were paranoid) Carolyn is within a hair's breadth of complete bankruptcy.
She doesn't want to let Douglas go, but she feels like it's the only thing left that she can do to cut costs. The bank error is in the process of being cleared, but it will take a few months. She can't shut the business down because the meager income the plane generates is the only thing covering the expenses that happen whether the plane flies or not.
In the end, Douglas (with a healthy assist from both Martin and Arthur in a heart-warming display of badass teamwork) solves everything, somehow.
TLDR: Carolyn suddenly fires Douglas because she's about to go bankrupt due to some Gordon-smelling shenanigans. Douglas (and Team MJN) solve everything, somehow.