Back to recruitment....
Managed a little update over the last week from the guys in that area. As is well publicised at the moment, the MPL guys are edging closer to line flying.
Another batch of new entrants to the company have started, 5 or so, they have come from one of the many hold pools of newly qualified... I do not know how many are still swimming.
Unfortunatly, some very recent command upgrades have been put on hold. Probably a combination of some uncertainty over the winter program, or just generic rethinking. A shame for those guys, but I'm sure they'll be rescheduled in the very near future.
Gaps on the 195 have opened up as FO's realised commands on the Dash this summer, these are being back filled by Q4 FO's, and thus the gaps at the very bottom.
Flybe are very pragmatic, and do realise we will loose a lot of crews as the bigger boys continue recruiting, recent loses have been to the sandpit etc... Expect to see reasonable movement from the various hold pools in the new year.