Luton are maxed out duty and flight time, but that was always the plan, then bring in the crew from the bases that dont fly as much even with the nightstopped it still cost less than having crew sitting around. You do the maths it works, but (and its a big but) what happens when all the crews max out?
So you have flown with the cadets? Ok it,s true standard have gone down but in 2 to 3 years these guys will be up to standard in the mean time we have to keep on our toe, could be worst we could get guys from former eastern europe (but they all failed the sim). It is getting harder to find pilot and we have got to the bottom of the barrel. Look at Ryanair they are now offering eJ pilots £30,000 to jump ship! I,ll have to take a look at that myself...
"Surely somebody is asking the questions about why we have all these costs but similar costs do not appear in Ryans books."
Simple better management , but Ryanair have problems too and the staff hate working for mol