No offence intended to Flybe's pilots. Any old trout at the bottom of the river at which the barbed fly might have been directed was management.
The airline industry is at a pleasant time for flyers right now. Flybe, in common with companies such as Eastern, is only ever, for the foreseeable future, going to be a short term stepping stone airline. The threat of a bond commitment should fade into oblivion when compared with the salaries on offer from the likes of Easyjet or Ryan. A £20k bond can easily be paid off within a very short time from the post income tax differential between the salary at Flybe and those at nearby loco jet companies. Perhaps with this in mind, some bright spark at Exeter, might decide to formulate a pilot profile for recruitment more in keeping with the company's long term prospects. It would seem from this thread that Flybe's advertisement has attracted no interest whatsoever. It will be interesting to see how many are at Birmingham today when Flybe's personnel marketing leaves so much to be desired when it comes to advancing its own company's attributes.
