Sorry Antonov, wrong guy. I moved out of that glass house a while back.
So why cant the guy bobbling around in his Trilander or doing air taxi get a job with Flybe?
You met one bloke. I've flown with people at Flybe from a myriad of backgrounds. We had ex RAF, multi and noisy pointy things, ex biz jet types, ex Orange types, ex long haul types, abo's, ex instructors, and ex air taxi types. None of whom had to pay one hundred and twenty thousand pounds for the privilege.
I've seen worse rosters (five days on' four sectors a day and 3.30am starts really doesn't do it for me) and the brand new Dash FO takes home more than £250 a month from the beginning, regardless of how many hours he does a month. Did you see the figures posted on page 1?
Edit to add that those chaps with enough experience, like the heavy and fast jet guys and the long haul lot, got a direct entry command.