Flybe

[corp.f/a]

Can anyone tell me if FLYBE have a base for cabin crew at SOU please and also the name and contact no. etc for their cabin crew manager.
Many thanx
CFA:)

[dv8]

From www.flybe.com

Job Title: Cabin Crew
Location: Southampton
Details: Flybe is the fastest growing domestic airline in the UK and as such are expanding our routes to include Geneva and Milan. Would you like to join our team based at Southampton? To become one of our Cabin Crew you will need to be well presented, flexible and enthusiastic. You must also have exceptional customer service skills coupled with the ability to keep smiling under pressure. You must be aged 18 or over, hold at least three GCSEs Grade C or above and have a minimum of two years ’experience of dealing with the public. We offer a competitive salary which includes allowances and commission on sales. Also after six months you will be eligible for reduced rate air travel to destinations worldwide.
Applications from both experienced Cabin Crew as well as new recruits will be welcome.

Interested? Then please send your CV and covering letter, together with one full length photograph to Susan Turner, flybe, Exeter International Airport, Exeter, Devon EX5 2BD. email: [email protected]
Closing Date: 20/01/03

[corp.f/a]

Fab!!!
Many thanx dv8,
just what I wanted.
Is there anyone out there currently working for FLYBE that can give me an idea of rosters, salary or any idea of what flybe is like to work for.
I would be grateful for any info.
Many thanx,
CFA:)

[starship]

Corp.f/a

The flybe SOU base is a great discussion point at the minute within the company and it appears set to be a big success. If you are serious about joining the airline then I would advise you to do it straight away and try to get on one of the first courses for SOU. When the NCL base opened, there was insufficient No.1's relocating so direct entry was offered to those with the experience, and they attended the first basics course.

Rosters in flybe vary, however are typical of most scheduled airlines in the uk. You will work a mixture of 2,4,5 and 6 sector days depending on fleet and route. For example you may fly a Milan and back, or could just as easily be operating 4 or 6 sectors on the dash around the Channel Islands. Do not mistake it, you will work hard in flybe with some four sector days being divided with extended ground time downroute, and airport standby after an early. The summer brings with it a very busy roster, and you will have to become flexible to change.

The salary; You would expect to take home in the region of £900 -£1000 per month as a lower rank. The No.2 rank has disappeared and all non No.1's are now No.3's. As a No.1 you could expect £1000 - £1200 per month, depending on whether you nightstop or not. No.3's are more likely to nightstop and operate out of another base; The shortage in the airline sometimes occurs in No.1's.

The majority of the training is in BHX with only the 'practical' aspects of ditching, fire/smoke and slides normally done in EXT. You will most likely stay at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole during training which is great, although expensive.

Promotion rate varies on your base, and for SOU no projection can be made; It is offered on course starting date, therefore staff number. Hence, if you have ten years flying experience and start on a course after someone with one year, then you will end up flying under them until you are yourself promoted. Then it would just depend on who was rostered as the No.1. As stated above, if you can get in when the base opens, then you may stand the chance of gaining a direct entry pursers position.

The thing about flybe is the people. In every sector of this industry, people think the grass is greener and that their best job was their last and the next. In a charter airline, you will work less sectors and earn more as cabin crew. In a bigger scheduled airline you may work the same amount and still earn more, but be just a number. In flybe, the people are the company. You will quickly get to know alot of people, even though there are now numerous crew bases; Crewing will remember things about you and your manager is still only a phone call away.

If you want to fly more than three days per week, don't demand excellent renumeration and are sociable, then flybe is probably the company for you. They did well by me, and I have had some great times with them. You could do alot worse.

If you have any more questions, please ask.

Good Luck,

cheers

starship

[corp.f/a]

Hi Starship,
many thanks for all the time and trouble you went to to reply to my questions it has given me alot to think about.
Much appreciated.
CFA:)

[Tabitha]

Is there anybody out there who can give me an update on how things have panned out at Sou. Is it a good base to work from. haven't had much luck reading anything posted recently regarding flybe. Are all the cabin crew too knackered to surf PPrune on their days off!!!

[Trislander]

Hiya,

I'm a senior cabin crew member based at SOU. Been there for about 2 yrs now and love it. A great company to work for. Some long days, some short but always fun. SOU base is going great and is arguably one of the main things that helped turn the company around into the profitable business it is today.

All I can say is if you want a laugh with the nicest people around in and out of work & reasonable pay and are willing to work hard for it, then go for it!

Cheers :ok:

[Michael Ochsbigg]

I heard from a friend that some of their cc training courses are pretty dire. Apparently on one particular course last year, out of the 20 or so that started, nearly half of them were sacked for no just reason and some resigned before they got their wings! Since then even more have handed in their notice; not all a bed of roses at BHX by the looks of it...

[Michael Ochsbigg]

Don't think it was the work so much as the poor organisation and the odd "megalomaniac trainer!!" ;)

[Rooster_mk1]

Hi guys,

Good too see that Flybe seem to be doing well.

Is anybody in the know aware of their plans for Aberdeen? They are due to start a service to BHD, so i was wondering wether they have plans for anything else (other destinations, recruitment etc) up this neck of the woods?

Any info would be great.

Cheers
Rooster:ok:

[Tabitha]

thanks for the up to date info on flybe. Maybe I'll give it a go!!

lets hope the training course isn't too tough, and I can survive a month in a hotel in birmingham.

If anyone does have info about the training course, hotel and any top tips for survival, I'd appreciate hearing them.

Thanks a lot xx

[Trislander]

Tabitha,

Not sure exactly what Michael Occsbig on about but no problems as far as our course was concerned. All the trainers are a great laugh and do their very best to make the whole course enjoyable.

Some people I have heard were turned away because they either failed the training course or decided (albeit rather late) that the job wasn't for them - you have to at least give the job a couple of months to see if you like it before you make your mind up though, I'd say.

The course isn't that hard as long as you do the studying.

Survival Tip:
The Hilton Metropole at BHX is a fab hotel although a bit expensive. The company pays for brekkie and £5 and £10 towards lunch and dinner every day respectively. We used to get any cheap supplies from the Spar at the airport rather than the hotel shop - £££!

Good luck.
:ok:

[beauport potato man]

Good base SOU..........

Not sure how the company gossip & scandal machine would have survived without it actually.

BPM

[Trislander]

BPM,

agree with you there mate!

:ok:

[the flying chef]

hi everyone! i'm due to start with flybe on 7th of april.i'm really looking forward to it has anyone got any tips on surviving the training???????

[Trislander]

Congratulations!
Which base are you joining??

Tri :ok:

[the flying chef]

southampton!!!!!!!

[Trislander]

Cool, that's where I'm based.
Going to be at Hammond House training centre in BHX in april too so may well see you there!

[the flying chef]

so, are they a good company to work for? they all seemed very nice at the interview! can you suggest anything that will make my life easier on the course? and is there anything you could suggest i buy before i start ....ie, shoes ect?

how many night stops can i expect!?!?!?!!

i'm very excited:D

didnt realise you are flying the plane!!!!:O

[Trislander]

Yeah, they're a fun company to work for, with some of the best people you'll ever meet. Nightstops as a no. 3 are good, unfort. the French, Italian and Ibiza nitestops are no more but you can expect GCI, JER, EXT, BHD, EDI and GLA, probably in order of most often. It's hard to say how often you'll be nitestopping but probably once or twice a month on average? Could be more or less - I'm a no. 1 so nitestops aren't so often for us!

They supply you with co. uniform shoes once you get your uniform, so no worries with that. All I can say is hope you have a cool time - enjoy the training. Although it's hard work in places, it pays off at the end!

[the flying chef]

thanks! so i wont need prozac to keep me smiling then!

[KTPops]

BPM, you've certainly contributed to "the gossip and scandal machine" yourself ! LOL

Yes SOU is a fabulous base and the guys and girls are a lovely bunch. You'll make some great friends on the training course and the co is small enough to mean that you'll fly with them again!

Good Luck! xx

[Trislander]

Hey, KTPops!

How's it going? We must meet up for a beverage sometime soon!

Tri:ok:

[the flying chef]

look forward to meeting you all !:D