I'm affriad this sounds like someone who thinks they're still working for Jersey European! All recruitment is handled through HQ at Exeter and unfortunately personal contacts are of very limited use.
I can assure you there's a good few hundred people in the hold pool who would happily work out of the IOM if it got them in the right hand seat of the Dash!
On the bright side, Flybe do indeed run some sponsorship schemes through FTE, OAA, Cabair and PTC which you may well like to investigate... Good luck!