It certainly will be a bit of a pain for the long term servants. Flybe is not a career airline anymore (if indeed it ever was). All my ex colleagues who remain there have a long term plan that doesn't involve Flybe Birmingham or Flybe Southampton (ie an exit plan). Having the Embraer time makes anyone wanting to move on more "marketable" so clogging up the P2 Embraer list with CTC graduates inevitably delays the escape of anyone on the Dash.
I have the feeling that this suits management as, in a time where they are horrendously under crewed, the CTC lot are stuck with a bond and it makes it more difficult for the longer servants to move on (although absolutely not impossible I concede - Emirates have opened up to turboprop guys, although not many people actually want to go there anymore, which is why they've done it!).
Last edited by RexBanner; 10th Mar 2016 at 12:43.