BMI

[judy the rudder]

Things seem a bit quite on this front I have done a search. Can someone tell me what or when if these folks are recruiting again for the EMB145/135 many thanks

JTR:ok:

[Deano777]

So by EMB145/135 you mean BMI Regional? I'd change the title of your post to save the confusion :ok:

[MedusaThrills]

Dont take BMI seriously. Ill try and keep this nice and simple.

BMI takes your overall weight and your overall height and calculates this towards the AVERAGE person. However, you may have a larger muscular mass than the average joe.
For example my BMI is 28.9 which is nearly obese.
I am 5ft 8 and 185lb yet i have 8% bodyfat (this is far far less than the average joe)

[CAT3C AUTOLAND]

MT, it might have something to do with the 14 pints of beer you drink a night. And you are breaking the law by doing that judging by your age!

:}

[horsebox]

Friend of mine has had a call and invite to interview next week for the embraer I believe. So either the hold pool is emptying, or they are trying to fill up a course.

[fly616]

Anyone been for bmi Regional sim check recently?
What is involved?
Any tips?

Regards

[preduk]

MedusaThrills,

Haha you just made my day lol :D

[THE WELSH WIZARD]

Mt Thats Funny Man Real Funny..

[Wilton Shagpile]

Looks like they are filling up the pool again in preparation for some possible FO recruitment for the spring / summer next year....

[Adios]

Medusa is not joking. British Midland do have a Body Mass Index limit for pilots. It's around 28-29ish. I do wonder why a 16 YO would know this though. :hmm:

[Tootles the Taxi]

Is this a new thing Adios?

We had some real fatty's in the LHS on the Fokker in my day! :}

[SinBin]

Still do on the Airbus matey!!!

[Halfwayback]

Just to clear up a bit of confusion that seems to exist in this thread -

There are three distinct divisions within the bmi (NB it is in the lowercase).

bmi mainline (HQ Donington Hall, EMA. Main base LHR)
The UK's member of the Star Alliance and 2nd largest user of Heathrow

bmi regional (HQ and Main Base Aberdeen)
UK and European scheduled flights using EMB

bmibaby (HQ and Main base EMA)
LCC to UK and European destination using B737

Each division has it's own AOC and operates as an independent airline in the eyes of the CAA. Obviously there is an overarching corporate structure to take advantage of economy of scale.

Recruitment is also carried out independently but there is a migration from bmir and bmibaby to mainline for pilots wishing to make the move. Mainline recruitment is done to a pool and thence normally onto the shorthaul routes.

Finally within bmi mainline there are three further sections
Longhaul - A330 - USA, Carribean, Saudi Arabia
Mid-haul - A321/ A320 / Damp Leased 757 - Near and Middle East, Africa, Russia
Short Haul - A321/320/319 - UK and Europe.

This is not a definitive list but only intended to give an outline.

Hope it helps

HWB :)

[THE WELSH WIZARD]

ADIOS,

COME TO THINK ABOUT IT, YEA I WOUNDER WHY A 16YO KNOWS ABOUT THAT INFO???

WW:confused:

CAPS LOCK STUCK?

[THE WELSH WIZARD]

I LIKE CAPS.

EVER THOUGHT OF THAT 777

WW :rolleyes: LOL

[THE WELSH WIZARD]

WHY ARE YOU STILL STUCK AS A PROBIE ANY WAY??

WW :hmm:

[Halfwayback]

WW.

CAPS is shouting - which is rude!

Had you thought that with over 500 posts Deano777 might have bought the Probationary title? Some people prefer to keep a lower profile!

HWB

[THE WELSH WIZARD]

MY APPOLS DEANO.

I WILL BEARIT IN MIND (MAY BE) LOL

ha ha ha........ :ok:

WW

[THE WELSH WIZARD]

cheers hwb.

I now know.

WW:)

[Halfwayback]

I spoke with the Mainline recruiter today and the answer is that they are NOT recruiting. Sorry!

He suggested that you keep an eye on the website - but, personally speaking as a current bmi employee, I wouldn't hold your breath!

HWB

[stop, stop, stop]

BMI Regional on the other hand ARE currently recruiting!

My educated guess is you will need minimum of 500-1000hrs with some Public Transport time and or Instructing time.

Best of Luck

SSS

[Hotel Uniform Yankee]

Are they recruiting to just top up the holding pool or is it for courses?

[stop, stop, stop]

I am affraid I don't know. I just know that a few friends have been called for interview over the past few days. Time will tell.

We are being told two stories by management at the moment.

1) Airframes are becoming more easy to find and the potential for a 'cheap deal' to increase the fleet size is increasing.

2) The winter period is set to be a little slow again, little chance of command upgrades for elligable F/o's.

Maybe it seems that things could get moving in a big way come next spring. But then if a 'Never to be repeated' cheap airframe comes on the market in the next few months.......

Hope this helps.

SSS

[stue]

Just for info, thread here about bmi's hold pool

http://http://www.pprune.org/forums/terms-endearment/278722-bmi-holding-pool.html