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We have been told very little of the fine detail of how this is going to happen. Flybe does use seniority for promotion and base transfers etc. We do not bid for routes or work though.
Although we got a letter in the mail + some posters and video in the crew rooms yesterday telling us about the purchase we have been given little more information than is available on the flybe or BA Website’s.
As others have said we are currently chronically short of Q400 crews especially captains, the E195 is however another story with our own 146 fleet in the process of being retired, and a similar number of 195’s on order, there are already a lot of people in the line for both RHS and LHS.
Could be good for both outfits, could be a total mess, only time will tell but so far the reaction i found in the crewroom yesterday seemed positive. The BAcon dash bods should feel right at home anyway as both the Flybe turboprop fleet manager and our new training manager are both ex BAcon.