Flyingsand
No, but they do have a base in Manchester which isn't a million miles away from the Midlands
We're in the airline business not intergallactic space travel - nowhere on earth is a million miles away

The guy wants to be based in EMA and would, it appears consider coventry. Manch is a far stretch from the 8 mins he could be in work if he got EMA (which in my humble opinion he would get).
Yes, though, you would like to think guys already in the company would be considered for priority. That pre-supposes that all are however equal........ But they're not are they?