|
Surely she had better things to do ? As a reasonably regular Customer, with mostly good experiences, it saddens me to see them described as a "last resort carrier" as the hard-working/professional Customer-facing staff (ie, crews) don't deserve that. |
Originally Posted by jmccrew
(Post 10444074)
guess you didn’t read the Which report |
Originally Posted by ATNotts
(Post 10444089)
How much weight do you attach to a Which? report these days? I'm not sure they are the organisation they used to be.
|
E95 flight training taking place over last couple days at NQY So at least they are trying to do something about the pilot shortage. cs |
Received an e mail from Flybe today, informing me that my account has been moved to the new platform. Reading on about the changes, it states that customers will initially have reduced functionality, future bookings will not be visible and no payment cards can yet be stored...but hey, apart from that, i’m sure it all works beautifully! Also tells me there’s a new app available, let’s hope it’s an improvement compared to the previous and that all of the above functionality’s are in working order within the app... On a separate note, any news on whether they will keep their french regional routes to/from Manchester? I fly regularly to Toulouse for business and also commute to Bordeaux from there. Only downside it, even with only hand luggage, you always have to check in at the airport desk on these routes at the French end... |
Would it be feasible to book a flight with Flybe? Or would their flights be cancelled? |
Originally Posted by owenc
(Post 10444580)
Would it be feasible to book a flight with Flybe? Or would their flights be cancelled? |
No need to be rude. Flybe cancelled several flights, uk wide last week. |
Originally Posted by owenc
(Post 10445038)
No need to be rude. Flybe cancelled several flights, uk wide last week. Why not contact Flybe direct, otherwise it's crystal ball time. |
Well would you book a flight with them? |
Yes, I would book a flight with them Even on the worst day (that made the news) last week, only about 5% of flights across the network were cancelled. |
Originally Posted by Planespeaking
(Post 10445051)
Grapefruit wasn't being rude, |
If you have a choice i wouldn’t book with them ,who knows what could happen ,flights could be canned at any time as they losing staff hand over fist Apparently they are l losing engineers at such a rate broken aircraft are lying around for days due no staff to work them |
So how many flights are getting cancelled, and where are the aircraft lying around?
|
Flybe using Nordic Airlines for some flights from BHD to GLA and EMA so must be some Belfast aircraft out of action
|
I think people reading a bit too much into all of this, initially myself included. They had some restructure and some adjustment and have taken steps to ensure no more major issues hopefully. Most airlines have been through very similar. The airline was in trouble a lot of staff rightly so started looking elsewhere and virgin group have taken them over injecting a decent amount of cash to sort things out and potential rebranding in next couple months. However recruitment hasn't caught up on short fall. They are short of staff at Aberdeen isle of man Newquay and Belfast at present hence the issues. To say I'll never book flybe again is very short sighted, all businesses face issues from time to time and they seem to have put measures in place to stop a repeat. I do not currently work for flybe but I am applying for a position with them as an FO and don't anticipate any issues what so ever, if I am successful at interview I look forward to a long career with them.
|
Thursda
Originally Posted by SWBKCB
(Post 10445328)
So how many flights are getting cancelled, and where are the aircraft lying around?
A much happier day I would say - I am not saying that there weren't any cancellations but I couldn't find any just a few delays but I use FR24 and as most of the fleet are MLAT it is not totally reliable. Out of 54 Dash 8's 10 were not operating at any one time, plus 1 E175 and 1 E195 but they did have one ATR flying for them as mentioned in an earlier post. What was noticeable was out of the 44 Dash 8's flying 35 operated 7 or more sectors and some 10, which is definitely a ramp up in utilisation from when I last checked. The Cardiff 175's all did 8 sectors but one of the two Doncaster ones only 4 sectors. There were 9 Dash 8's that did not operate at all and one that operated in the morning only and another in the afternoon only (EDI) and the 9 were at: OA - EDI since 5th April OH - MAN since 10th April OJ - BHX since 9th April CM - SOU since 10 April CN - SOU since 2nd March and positioned to NQY today? CX - EXT since 27 March CY - EXT since 10 April PE- - EXT since 9th April PF - EXT since 2nd April 175 JJ - BHX since 1 April but listed tomorrow BHX-AMS 3 based CWL, 2 DSA, 3 MAN, 2 BHX (plus one possibly on the ground) 195 EJ - EXT since 27 Feb 2 based MAN, 1 BHX, 1 SOU & 1 EXT (1 I presume maintenance EXT) As I say I can't vouch that this is 100% accurate but should be close. Pete |
You obviously have too much spare time Pete lol!
|
Flybe
Originally Posted by chaps1954
(Post 10445575)
You obviously have too much spare time Pete lol!
On a serious note, really can't complain about the aircraft utilisation although clearly any cancellations won't be down to lack of aircraft!!! I assume the 195 is on heavy maintenance and not hand-back? Pete |
I went to book my first Flybe tickets since the new website was introduced a few weeks ago. I find that I now have to complete the selection of the outbound flight before I can continue to the inbound flight options. Why is this? Surely it's more usual for both outbound and inbound options to appear when you start a search on airline booking websites as you may wish to juggle your outbound flight dates to take advantage of a cheaper return date.
|
| All times are GMT. The time now is 10:27. |
Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.