Kestrel and Dani,
Thank you for the fine information for Privatair. Very good info. I would imagine the Airbus pilots are not too keen on getting into smaller BBJ cockpits for long haul flights in the future. The BBJ2 makes sense too given cost of oil and you need to spread costs across more passengers.
Any idea when the Airbus expected to be replaced? This year? Where have successful newhires come from recently? The LCCs or regional feeders - any examples?
And lastly for newhires, what is the attraction of Privatair? I am trying to understand that. Is it the promise of longhaul flying? Why would you leave a stable job (i.e Air Berlin, Easy or Ryan) to fly 737/A319s on just a select number of routes? Is Privatair that attractive that someone would leave a reasonably stable LCC? Any other benefits? No flame just curious.