Redwings
Chesty old boy I am sorry to burst your bubble, but after discussing the issues of the “giveaway” of BACON with one of our very helpful union reps your in for a disappointment over seniority!
No skin off my nose old boy, I'm sitting here fat dumb and happy with my EMB course already sorted. I'm merely passing on the general feeling of the majority of flight deck. 130 f/o's did not leave last year. A lot did, yes. And a lot also got promoted. That is the reason we are short of ANYBODY to promote and why a lot of the BACon guys are going to get Q400 commands.
Pidge, good for you and the missus! At least you waited for your command on a turboprop, seemingly, and that is the problem currently facing Flybe management, and also what the latest pay offer is aimed at. I wasn't having a dig at jets in general, just Airbus 'cos, personally, I don't like them. I do have several thousand hours on heavy jets and I enjoyed every minute. However, I like my current job more.
Biddeout
As for the "over my dead body get to the bottom of the list brigade", for goodness sake grow up. You can shout all you like on here, but I can assure you, you are in the minority
Not from where I'm standing. From what I can glean from crew room gossip the majority feeling is you go to the bottom.
Can anyone tell me what kind of payrise BACon f/o's will be getting when they get a command on the Q400?