hey blondechick
bmi like any other airline has good and bad points. Depends on what you are looking for. It is a privately owned airline and is still considered a small airline. It is made up of bmi, bmibaby and bmi regional. It suits some people and not others.
bmi mainline flies mainly from LHR. It does domestic, European and Saudi Arabian flights from there. There is also a base in MAN that does domestic, European, US and Carribean flights. Main aircraft flown are the 320 family and 330.
When joining bmi, you will be doing mainline work which is domestic, charter and European flights. Usually the roster works out at 5 days on and 2 days off or 6 days on and 3 days off. Summer is busy and there is a considerable amount of charter work.
Night stopping varies from 2-8 nights per 4 week roster depending on lots of things. In summer, there are usually more night stops due to the charter work.
No definitive as yet as how the BMED routes will fit into the operations for bmi but it is expected that those mid haul routes will be absorbed into the bmi network by the Autumn.
Pay is relatively good as you get London Weighting if you work out of LHR but you will be expected to work hard for it. Go and have a look at
www.flybmi.com for the company history and also recruitment information.
Good Luck