another thing that bmi has an advantage is the amount of holiday you get, I've never had so much!!! I worked out I ended up with eight weeks last year!
I've been with bmi for seven years now and i'm still happy. I was at LHR for 5yrs (hard work) but been doing longhaul since it started out of Man. O.K. we might only have on ly the two routes, but the crew are great, lots of time off and the monies great. I take home £1,600 on average a month for doing 4 trips!! think that might be better than B.A.
If you apply to bmi though don't expect to go straight onto Longhaul. theres a big queue!! evan flight supervisors taking demotion to be on it.
LHR is hard work its either 6 on 3 off or 5on 2 off. But you can request days off together at the end and begining of your roster so that you can finish on an early have 4 days off then start on a late, so you can use those consessions (which are fantastic).
The best thing about bmi are the people you work with. Its not like it used to be, but you get to know people easily, its very relaxed and easy going and I had a great laugh at LHR. I'm sure that longhauls gona come to LHR soon, in which case the money will be great as there will be london weighting to be added on to that (approx £220 p.m.).
if you got any more questions, just ask.