Air Contractors - current situation

[hardcase]

hi
i know people who have joined with 300hrs TT and a type rating from skyblue. Like any airline the more experience you have the better, but if they need people they will take whats out there to fill the vacancies. There are 4 new FO's who have just about to start their line training. But i have heard that we might be losing more FO's due to people moving onto Jets. Also we have had movers from the ATR onto the Herc and A300.
If you live in the midlands they would most likely base you out of EMA. You would be flown from there to wherever you are rostered to be based for 2 weeks. ie fly out to Prague on the Sunday night from EMA and operate from there until the following Friday when they will fly you back to EMA. On the middle weekend most fly back home. We only operate Mon-Thurs nights for Fedex so it is a 12 day duty. Then its 1 week off and 1 week contactable. You get a hire car to go to work and get home or petrol expenses. All travel expenses are paid by the company. Also the 2 weeks might be in STN, GLA or EDI, so you don't always fly to europe for your duty.
They salary is on par with other TP operators but the per diems are great due to being away for up 17days a month, so this makes a big difference. The aircraft are nice, usual ATR problems but generally not many CFD's. There is a mix of Irish, British and European pilots who generally get on well together. The roster is 3 months in advance, which is great for planning ahead. Although might be a few changes along the way but nothing major.
The routes we do are good and the hotels are of a good standard. The company has a small company feel to it, everyone seems to know everyone else which is good.