due to their recent orders (30 777's and 50 A380's) Emirates need 500 FO's a year for the next 2-3 years. There will be a mass exodus from Ryanair, Easyjet, bmi, bmibaby and Jet2. Qatar and Etihad will follow suit to compete. The amount of pilots leaving to measure their penis by the size of aircraft they drive, and of course the delightful 46 degree celcius climate, will be phenonamal. the "seat blockers" will be scampering off to the sandpit. Ryanair will suffer, but easy, bmi and bmibay and maybe jet2 not as much cos they are good airlines to work for. but my point is lots of jet jobs. you guys leave and then flybe recruit from the schools and probably make money doing it. and then we have a boom. then in ten years it all goes tits up. then a fiscal stimulus or 2 later then recovery and wham....you can stop moaning about pesky jet flying too early and too late for 70 grand and move onto widebodies and start moaning about 100 grand. and then you retire and truly understand gardening. this industry is up and down and back up again then down..........
anyway...you guys get crew food at flybe....you lucky %£^"&*£*'s