Originally Posted by
Atlantic Explorer
Don't think the hotline was open for long. The last thing Loganair need now is more crew!
Sadly, I think you’re right. The public announcements by the Loganair CEO about flyBe recruitment were done quite early doors, when bookings were only around 10% down, and the excitement of all the new flyBe routes was still buzzing in the air. Like most of us, we never expected the effect of the virus to get exponentially worse.
Now bookings are probably 90% down, with half of their fleet still active (doing lifeline Highland and Island stuff, probably with single figure loads), and half of the workforce on furlough. Not to mention the CEO publicly saying that they’ll need government aid to survive.
What their plans are come June when things should be on the mend are anyone’s guess. But I can only assume Loganair will have a big excess of crew for quite a while to come.