Whilst I am not a Pilot, I do have several friends piloting for Flybe and they seem to be very comfortable with their employer. Their roster appears to suit them and they fly from their local airport which is only about 25 minutes down the road for them!
The pay side of it is ok but for a first outfit, Flybe are very good and if you want to fly the Dash 8 they probably are best. The only other carrier would be WOW with a -300 but as they only have a few a/c I cannot see them having such a large recruitment drive.
I know that there were a lot of new crew at HQ the other day (some really nice looking ones to
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I am sure other crew will give you a better idea but I hope that this helps anyway.