Blink update
 

How are Blink fairing these days? Rumour has it they might be hiring FOs this year. Things must be looking up then?

Out of interest, how many hours does a FO at Blink or Ambeo etc fly per month?

Thanks

Blink had on their website that they were accepting resumes for a short period but now it says to NOT send them any more pilot CVs. Maybe they received too many....:confused:

There is a link here from 2 days ago :- pilotjobs329 - Latest Pilot Jobs provides the latest aviation vacancies around the world.

It says to follow the instructions and apply through Blink website, but on the Blink website it says they are not looking for any pilots at the moment and not to contact them :confused:

Surely they can't have had that many applications in 2 days....

:sad:

I think that website is just posting stuff as and when they come across info on the web. I don't think someone from Blink posted it.

Blink must have just updated their website, which I find to be a somewhat more reliable source. I checked Blink's website a couple of days ago as part of the review process on my own website (which for T&C reasons I cannot mention, but take a guess...), and it said Blink was accepting resumes then.

From the horse's mouth - Open Positions | Blink

Glad I sent mine in then.

It was saying for both seats as they would be increasing the size of the fleet. Not sure by how many.

I got the info from the website as i saw it on (hot beverage) that loves milk.

259.

Yah. I think the smaller operators are harder to keep track of as the "window of opportunity" can sometimes be very narrow and the hiring process isn't as structured as with the larger airlines. I don't know if any of it is related to attrition or if it's all due to fleet expansion. I would imagine that from time to time some of Blink's pilots dream of flying something bigger after awhile. This time around it seemed they were just harvesting candidates for possible hiring later in the spring. I don't know any more than what Blink's website said so if anyone care to comment that would be great.

Flying is a bit like musical chairs; it's fun when the music is playing but it sucks if you don't have a seat when the music stops.

Blink recently added a New Mustang G-FBLD - operated in Lotus Cars colours.

Photograph of Aircraft G-FBKD

But is that the colours for Lotus Cars, Lotus Group, Lotus Racing, Team Lotus, Renault etc etc :E

It has a Malaysian flag on the other side, if that helps.....
:E:E:E

that is a really ugly aircraft

It's ugly at the moment, but it'll probably look alright when they've finnished it.

I assume they are going to paint the white bits?

Proof that they're not flying much; they couldn't afford enough paint to finish the job :E

What's the betting that that is vinyl, not paint..?



Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

Up to a point.



Sadly, that point is well short of the scheme on the aircraft in question!

Blink or Bust?
 

Heard on good authority that Blink are shelving three aircraft and have let go of almost half their staff. Apparently the investors were very close to pulling the plug, but backed off trying to merge with Globes in Germany or Austria. Apparently the merger is off now so watch this space. Glad I never applied now.:ouch:

How odd. Have heard the same. One thing baffles me though, the recruitment page opened in late January inviting applications. Was this accidental?

Blink
 

I saw that too and was going to apply but it vanished as quick as it appeared. Lucky escape. That would tie in with the investors talking about pulling the plug. Apparently they made redundancies this time last year too. At this rate there will be nobody left next year.:sad: Anything like this is bad for the industry but most reckon their main Ops guy doesn't know what he's doing and has a lot to do with the sinking ship.:ugh:

OPS
 

Thats strange, I heard from a friend of mine who flies for Blink that the Ops dudes were extremely good in support especially when the proverbial hit the fan. Mind you I supopose this is where the rumours start

Is that an aircraft or a spillage of samples
 

It all goes to prove that money does ensure good taste,

Gld

Twitchy
 

Hi Midgeon, I'm sure most of the dudes are dudes and nobody wants to see a company on its knees like this and hope your friend keeps their job, but the point is: if the backers are twitchy then it follows that so are the clients, employees, handlers, creditors etc. It's a slippery slope it's natural.:=

wrong Ops boss
 

I spoke to my friend of a friend and it seems Midgeon was right. No complaints about the Ops guys. The top bloke is infact a top bloke. I got a chinese whisper and got the wrong Mustang company on that bit. Hope they sort out the rest of it and it all works out for them. ;)