Flybe to aquire BA Connect. Crew thread. (No Spotters)-(Part 2)

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Much of the bad feeling expressed on this site came about through the initial approaches from Flybe and the Cheesy- Wotsit roadshow and their “we are taking you over, you have to be thankful you have jobs, and you are not going to fly our shiny jets” sh1t stirring approach . Two months have passed and having met some of the more senior Flybe managers now, I am reasonably convinced that they are starting to realise that there have to be changes in the way they do things and they have to take the work-force with them. Whether it was approaches made through Willie Walsh, or the general realisation that they have to get on with it now if they have half a chance of making it work I don’t know, but it would appear that there has been a sudden change in attitude. They do seem to be listening now even if it has taken a while. Hopefully, the two ex Bacon chumps have been put back in their boxes.

One thing that Flybe does seem to have going for it is a very aggressive marketing strategy and a unlike BA, a good understanding of the regional business. Remember, David Evans used to put Fybe’s advertising down claiming that it was not the sort of thing that BA did and Bacon customers preferred the more up-market BA style trendy advertisements.

Flybe appear to realise just how many fantastic opportunities were squandered by BA/ Bacon and can see a huge number of potential routes and base opportunities. They will move the 195’s to where they are needed and contrary to some of the original posts on here, they will not be keeping them down south for the exclusive use of the Exeter senior flying club. A number of other contractual issues appear to have been resolved and quite rightly, there has been a significant move away from the “get to the bottom, you are new and are on year zero” approach which prevailed earlier. Either they have started listening to the staff, or have been told to, but it certainly seems that they now have the chance to hit the ground running if they can just keep up this charm offensive and back it with action rather than the lies and waffle that we have been fed by the so called “Bacon “Leadership” Team for the last 5 years.


The next few months will be telling, but having met their senior people (above le fromage) I am certainly more inclined to give it a go.


The scheduling agreement will be the deciding factor. Address the disuption / lyfestyle issues and we could be on to a winner.