"In several words is it my imagination or is flybe's pay so significantly worse than the other UK loco carriers to be somewhat of a joke?"
YES! and it is wearing very thin right now
JEA, they were the days.
The whole place is sadly a shambles now.
WHY? MW and JC's legacy I'm afraid with a lot of scullduggery from BA.
Unfortunately the New Management, who should have told him where to get off long ago and stop trying to Max out the crews FTL's, are still under his spell.
The doggey dealings regarding stealing our DOIL's last year and now the same Fiasco presented with different wrapping paper with the cabin crew, leave a lot to be desired.
If it's loco you want then Easy and Ryan or Jet 2 are far more realistic options to think about, even if you do have to go the TRSS route.