Pay is pants, £26000 Dash F/O £44 ish skipper, £32000 146 F/O £55 ish i think for a skipper. £525 annual increment for F/O`s £650 for those on the left. My personal view is we work as hard as other LoCo`s so therefore we should be paid as they are.
Yep £1.77 per hr duty pay whilst at work, if your away from base you get it every hour until you get back to base. About 42 quid a day.
Loss of licence yes we get that, can`t recall what the amount is.
Medical insurance yep we get that.
Pension yep, first year company pays 6% second 8% third year onwards they give 12%. But 12% of bugger all isnt a great deal. We are still waiting for our pay rise this year. I have a feeling management are in for a wake up over the next few weeks. lots of us leaving for better conditions. Even the Hosties have started to revolt
en-masses they are joining a union.
Medicals are also paid for.
Max age well im not sure we have many skippers over 60.
The Dash is a good ship to cut your teeth on (when it works)full efis fms and buckets of performance, flying, you will get lots of it. I would say if your new to the industry or just about to retire then flybe isnt a bad option.
Im not supprised there has been none of the said info comming out of Exeter even for a recruitment day, @rse and elbow never have communicated with each other. The management`s idea of communication is sending out a glossy leaflet every 10 minutes telling us what a great company flybe is with a profile of some obscure individual who no one has ever heard of let alone what they do. The only time in recent years we have seen anyone senior at a base is this last couple of weeks since the Hosties have started to rebel.
The folks on the line at flybe are a great bunch who work very hard for little or no thanks. However, those in Exeter well, im not sure what their interested in but its not the work force. I susspect its`s the looming floatation where some will do very nicely and the workers won`t. Its a shame they have this attitude as flybe could be really good.
Hope some of this info helps and i do appologise for the rant
