smith:
If they employ oxford grads they know they will move on as an oxford grad ideally wants to spend £60k and fly a jet, not a turbo-prop.
Either way I don't know why Loganair use Oxford grads as I, after spending £60+k would obviously want a jet job, however would use Logan as a stepping stone to my objective if nothing came up straight away.
A bit naive if you don't mind me saying so... I went to Oxford and I didn't feel that I deserved nor necessarily wanted to jet job to start. Now that I am on jets, I am grateful for starting my career on turboprops! Loganair is a very good start so if I were you I would consider them seriously as a first move! I have never worked for Logan by the way!
Where you start your career is irrelevant but where you end up at the end is the most important thing to consider. Loganair is a good start with good terms and conditions for a turboprop operator where you have a chance to still do some proper flying and enjoy yourself before you get onto a Jet where the flying will get boring in comparison! Flying a jet is easy compared to a prop and especially in comparison to the island flying that Loganair does. It provides a good grounding for you to start your career.
The OAT graduate is attractive to Loganair for a few reasons:
o Full training history is easily obtained from Oxford so hopefully easier to weed out any weak operators. Especially those whose visual flying skills might not be up to scratch since the flying with Loganair can be demanding.
o They are 'guaranteed' F/Os for at least a couple of years since they won't be command hungry for a while. That is providing they stay for their bond but unless you have a surplus supply of cash then leaving is probably not on the top of your list until the bond has expired!