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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 13
Not long after the GCI-LHR announcement, the Jersey Evening Post ran an article in which Flybe said they would be opening bookings for JER-GCI-LHR as a through booking about 10 days after the GCI-LHR went on sale so it was on the cards but maybe Guernsey States managed to close that down.
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Doncaster
Age: 37
Posts: 337
Poor start to the summer Schedule from DSA. 3 days in and more than half the flights cancelled.
No 2nd aircraft has been brought in, hence the cancellations. Expecting to see a cull of routes soon.
No 2nd aircraft has been brought in, hence the cancellations. Expecting to see a cull of routes soon.
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: East Midlands
Posts: 446
Originally Posted by TimmyW
Poor start to the summer Schedule from DSA. 3 days in and more than half the flights cancelled.
No 2nd aircraft has been brought in, hence the cancellations. Expecting to see a cull of routes soon.
No 2nd aircraft has been brought in, hence the cancellations. Expecting to see a cull of routes soon.
What is infact happening is an operation-wide crew shortage. Both flight crew and cabin crew. I would probably go to say they will soon be in crisis mode if not already. Flybe however only have themselves to blame. No solid reassurance for their employees jobs before and now after the consortium take-over. This coupled with an extremely late winter schedule release - which would have reassured employees of future plans, then i can fully understand why so many have left or jumped ship to other airlines. I'm also not aware of any recruitment campaigns to make up for these losses, so i can't see the crewing issues ending any time soon.
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Doncaster
Age: 37
Posts: 337
Originally Posted by Cazza_fly
Wrong again TimmyW. Where do you get your information from? A second aircraft HAS actually been "brought in" to DSA and operated a full timetabled schedule yesterday.
What is infact happening is an operation-wide crew shortage. Both flight crew and cabin crew. I would probably go to say they will soon be in crisis mode if not already. Flybe however only have themselves to blame. No solid reassurance for their employees jobs before and now after the consortium take-over. This coupled with an extremely late winter schedule release - which would have reassured employees of future plans, then i can fully understand why so many have left or jumped ship to other airlines. I'm also not aware of any recruitment campaigns to make up for these losses, so i can't see the crewing issues ending any time soon.
What is infact happening is an operation-wide crew shortage. Both flight crew and cabin crew. I would probably go to say they will soon be in crisis mode if not already. Flybe however only have themselves to blame. No solid reassurance for their employees jobs before and now after the consortium take-over. This coupled with an extremely late winter schedule release - which would have reassured employees of future plans, then i can fully understand why so many have left or jumped ship to other airlines. I'm also not aware of any recruitment campaigns to make up for these losses, so i can't see the crewing issues ending any time soon.
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: East Midlands
Posts: 446
Originally Posted by TimmyW
The second aircraft went back out to Birmingham yesterday.
Todays BHD has been cancelled. Yet again due to a network wide crewing crisis.
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Doncaster
Age: 37
Posts: 337
Originally Posted by Cazza_fly
I can assure you it did not. Oh dear TimmyW. I think you will find the plane will actually still be parked up at DSA after arriving back from AMS yesterday evening.
Todays BHD has been cancelled. Yet again due to a network wide crewing crisis.
Todays BHD has been cancelled. Yet again due to a network wide crewing crisis.
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 22
Originally Posted by TimmyW
So you've driven there just to check?
Not sure why someone would spend time on a forum lying - very sad
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Suffolk, Diss, UK
Age: 46
Posts: 627
Originally Posted by Alwayslistening
100% guarantee there are two based E175s at DSA. I work there so i should know
Not sure why someone would spend time on a forum lying - very sad
Not sure why someone would spend time on a forum lying - very sad
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Age: 62
Posts: 208
not very good start
Originally Posted by TimmyW
Poor start to the summer Schedule from DSA. 3 days in and more than half the flights cancelled.
No 2nd aircraft has been brought in, hence the cancellations.
No 2nd aircraft has been brought in, hence the cancellations.
I would have preferred they put me on the GWR sleeper
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: derbyshire
Posts: 180
My daughter flew to EMA from JER on Friday for a visit. Her return Monday flight was cancelled, so she booked today. Three hours before departure that was cancelled for "technical reasons". Having read the above posts I suppose it is crew shortages causing the cancellations.
Flymaybe are the worst airline I've ever flown on and they continue to plumb the depths of customer service. What a shambles they are cancelling flights on consecutive days so my daughter can't get to work. She says she will use easyJet to Liverpool next time. Oh how I wish easyJet had remained at EMA, they are so much better than Flybe.
Flymaybe are the worst airline I've ever flown on and they continue to plumb the depths of customer service. What a shambles they are cancelling flights on consecutive days so my daughter can't get to work. She says she will use easyJet to Liverpool next time. Oh how I wish easyJet had remained at EMA, they are so much better than Flybe.
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Doncaster
Age: 45
Posts: 144
TimmyW is DSA's naysayer. He is ignored on the EGCN thread hence turning up here with his usual inaccurate information.
Still these cancellations are vexing. I need to book for Dublin next week, and was planning to return to Manchester with a different airline. A cancellation would murder that plan. Choices are to use a different airport, or double the risk and book both ways with Flybe and an overnight stop....
Still these cancellations are vexing. I need to book for Dublin next week, and was planning to return to Manchester with a different airline. A cancellation would murder that plan. Choices are to use a different airport, or double the risk and book both ways with Flybe and an overnight stop....
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Solihull
Age: 55
Posts: 3,111
Cancellations
Originally Posted by inOban
There are two cancellations out of EDI tomorrow as well. Early SOU flight and the 10.30 BHX.
Add BHX-BHD again, BHX-BOD BHX-ABZ plus the EDI mentioned above, then today BHX - BHD and BHX- GLA,, BHX -NQY yesterday and so it goes on, a sorry state of affairs.
Just for balance add Newcastle - Southampton, Belfast City to East Mids. Leeds, Glasgow and Aberdeen and Glasgow - East Mids - well into double figures..
Mind you al from an airline that operates a 175 on short sectors such as MAN-NQY and MAN - SOU but a Dash on BHX-STR or TXL says it all really and I do know why this is the case but I thought the new owners might have other ideas.
Pete
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: gatwick
Posts: 103
Originally Posted by OltonPete
Add BHX-BHD again, BHX-BOD BHX-ABZ plus the EDI mentioned above, then today BHX - BHD and BHX- GLA,, BHX -NQY yesterday and so it goes on, a sorry state of affairs.
Just for balance add Newcastle - Southampton, Belfast City to East Mids. Leeds, Glasgow and Aberdeen and Glasgow - East Mids - well into double figures..
Mind you al from an airline that operates a 175 on short sectors such as MAN-NQY and MAN - SOU but a Dash on BHX-STR or TXL says it all really and I do know why this is the case but I thought the new owners might have other ideas.
Pete
Just for balance add Newcastle - Southampton, Belfast City to East Mids. Leeds, Glasgow and Aberdeen and Glasgow - East Mids - well into double figures..
Mind you al from an airline that operates a 175 on short sectors such as MAN-NQY and MAN - SOU but a Dash on BHX-STR or TXL says it all really and I do know why this is the case but I thought the new owners might have other ideas.
Pete
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: East Midlands
Posts: 446
Flybe Winter 2019/20
The Flybe winter schedule is expected to be released tomorrow (3rd April). I'm expecting to see big changes and not the good kind either...
Last edited by Cazza_fly; 3rd Apr 2019 at 00:13.
