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Flying Ger,
"I had just applied today for BA cc based at Edinburgh and today i received an email saying due to large volume of interest and after careful consideration i am unsuccessful....I thought BA / FLYBE are keen to get more crew onboard?"
I dont see what Flybe has to do with your BA Cityflyer application, when you have only applied for BA Cityflyer, and not Flybe?
"I had just applied today for BA cc based at Edinburgh and today i received an email saying due to large volume of interest and after careful consideration i am unsuccessful....I thought BA / FLYBE are keen to get more crew onboard?"
I dont see what Flybe has to do with your BA Cityflyer application, when you have only applied for BA Cityflyer, and not Flybe?
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Just wondering if any Flybe staff, that haven't moved from Bacon, are having the same problems as staded by what seems to be former Bacon crews.
Reason why i wonder this is, are Flybe treating the Bacon crews bad and the 'Flybe' crews better? All because most of the Bacon crews are leaving at the end of June and then get a 3 grand payout and so 'Flybe' dont care how they treat them?
Reason why i wonder this is, are Flybe treating the Bacon crews bad and the 'Flybe' crews better? All because most of the Bacon crews are leaving at the end of June and then get a 3 grand payout and so 'Flybe' dont care how they treat them?
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As far as i know only the flightdeck were getting the 3 grand loyalty payment not cabin crew, and i also heard that Flybe had told the guys that they were not gonna honour it!!!!!
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Hi Guys,
Not been on for some time,
And hello again to oldflyboy, its been awhile.
Anyways, blimey just having a catch up, and there is certainly unease, unhappiness, ect ect ect.
Really does seem like flybe and how it works and treats staff has not changed since I left over 2 yrs ago.
I have been chin wagging to ground handlers in Scotland, and they have all said most of the ex BACON crew now flybe are unhappy and fed up with flybe ways.
Sounds like it is going to be one very tough summer guys. With so many pilots leaving and cabin crew, it will be a tough summer programme.
The same sort of thing happened to me when I was there, loads of pilots and crew left just as new routes had started and the summer was a mess, crew touring all over the place.
Not been on for some time,
And hello again to oldflyboy, its been awhile.
Anyways, blimey just having a catch up, and there is certainly unease, unhappiness, ect ect ect.
Really does seem like flybe and how it works and treats staff has not changed since I left over 2 yrs ago.
I have been chin wagging to ground handlers in Scotland, and they have all said most of the ex BACON crew now flybe are unhappy and fed up with flybe ways.
Sounds like it is going to be one very tough summer guys. With so many pilots leaving and cabin crew, it will be a tough summer programme.
The same sort of thing happened to me when I was there, loads of pilots and crew left just as new routes had started and the summer was a mess, crew touring all over the place.
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Adam,
Flybe's treatment of crew has got infinately better with the new Scheduling Agreement. It is fair to say that ex BACon crews may be less protected however the majority of Flybe crews, as I understand it, are much more protected than ever before with much reduced disruption.
It is true that the 145 fleet suffers at present however this is in part due to the movement of crews and the number of aircraft operated from bases where there is currently no crew. This will reduce over the coming few months and should result in a much calmer situation.
Flybe's treatment of crew has got infinately better with the new Scheduling Agreement. It is fair to say that ex BACon crews may be less protected however the majority of Flybe crews, as I understand it, are much more protected than ever before with much reduced disruption.
It is true that the 145 fleet suffers at present however this is in part due to the movement of crews and the number of aircraft operated from bases where there is currently no crew. This will reduce over the coming few months and should result in a much calmer situation.
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Jobsagoodun,
Sounds like you have been a flybe awhile, possiby while I was there, It is interesting to hear how crew now find flybe compared to the years when I was there.
Sounds like you have been a flybe awhile, possiby while I was there, It is interesting to hear how crew now find flybe compared to the years when I was there.
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How Far To Go
Hey guys,
Just found this in another crew Forum, I am slightly shoked, well actually not suprised at all, Flybe was always pulling stunts and this is a good one with a bullsh*t excuse.
Flybe has introduced a ban on passengers eating their own food aboard flights. The regional low-cost airline has told passengers that only items bought on board may be consumed there. The decision has been branded as 'mean' by the official passenger watchdog, who accused the airline of a moneymaking ploy too far.
Flybe, which took over BAs' short haul routes this year, claims to be Europe's largest regional airline. It has added a 'no own food' warning to in-flight catering menu cards, but claimed that the restriction is designed to protect passengers with allergies to specific items such as peanuts.
The Air Transport Users' Council, the passenger watchdog, condemned the Flybe restriction. A spokesman said: 'It would be mean for an airline to do that. It appears to be a way of forcing passengers to pay extra to buy food. We do not like passengers being forced into a corner like this. We would urge airlines to calm down and stop taking things to extremes.'
However, a spokesman for the airline said the ban was aimed at foods such as peanuts, following complaints from passengers with allergies about other people eating them. She said: 'As a result of allergens and potential allergies, Flybe seeks to control and discourage passengers from bringing their own food on board.' She said that she was not aware of staff stopping anyone from eating products which they had brought on board an aircraft.
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Just found this in another crew Forum, I am slightly shoked, well actually not suprised at all, Flybe was always pulling stunts and this is a good one with a bullsh*t excuse.
Flybe has introduced a ban on passengers eating their own food aboard flights. The regional low-cost airline has told passengers that only items bought on board may be consumed there. The decision has been branded as 'mean' by the official passenger watchdog, who accused the airline of a moneymaking ploy too far.
Flybe, which took over BAs' short haul routes this year, claims to be Europe's largest regional airline. It has added a 'no own food' warning to in-flight catering menu cards, but claimed that the restriction is designed to protect passengers with allergies to specific items such as peanuts.
The Air Transport Users' Council, the passenger watchdog, condemned the Flybe restriction. A spokesman said: 'It would be mean for an airline to do that. It appears to be a way of forcing passengers to pay extra to buy food. We do not like passengers being forced into a corner like this. We would urge airlines to calm down and stop taking things to extremes.'
However, a spokesman for the airline said the ban was aimed at foods such as peanuts, following complaints from passengers with allergies about other people eating them. She said: 'As a result of allergens and potential allergies, Flybe seeks to control and discourage passengers from bringing their own food on board.' She said that she was not aware of staff stopping anyone from eating products which they had brought on board an aircraft.
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Im shocked
Not as Flybe's latest policy or even at the hypocrisy considering the fact that they actually sell peanuts on board!
I am really shocked that anyone actually managed to make contact with a 'flybe spokesman' considering the fact that no-one ever seems to answer the phone!
And yes, the food/drink prices have gone up
Not as Flybe's latest policy or even at the hypocrisy considering the fact that they actually sell peanuts on board!
I am really shocked that anyone actually managed to make contact with a 'flybe spokesman' considering the fact that no-one ever seems to answer the phone!
And yes, the food/drink prices have gone up
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I am really shocked that anyone actually managed to make contact with a 'flybe spokesman' considering the fact that no-one ever seems to answer the phone!
Suppose they have to pay for the new order of 30 more q400's somehow
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Peanuts? Must be talking about the pay.......
Yes, but are they peanuts grown in England to cut out the carbon footprint created by shipping them in? After all, as the weekend's newspaper advertisments proudly boast, flybe are so concerned about global warming we fly slower aircraft which burn less fuel to encourage folk to fly with us, so these nuts must be carbon neutral??
And as for telling a customer he can't eat his own sarnies? Not going to happen on my flight Jim!
Anyroad up, the place is VERY weird without anyone wearing BA uniforms now all the ground staff have left. I'm off on yet another tour, but at least I'm earning, chatting to ex BACON junior the other day, she had only flown 6 days in the month last month! Just standby and no other work!! and us Pursers are working till we drop!
How about promoting a few then?? After all, you will need to do something in the winter when your Purser workforce is decimated as we all go to BA?? It's called forward planning chaps!
Oh Sorry George, forgot Flybe don't have a plan!
Safe Flying All............................
And as for telling a customer he can't eat his own sarnies? Not going to happen on my flight Jim!
Anyroad up, the place is VERY weird without anyone wearing BA uniforms now all the ground staff have left. I'm off on yet another tour, but at least I'm earning, chatting to ex BACON junior the other day, she had only flown 6 days in the month last month! Just standby and no other work!! and us Pursers are working till we drop!
How about promoting a few then?? After all, you will need to do something in the winter when your Purser workforce is decimated as we all go to BA?? It's called forward planning chaps!
Oh Sorry George, forgot Flybe don't have a plan!
Safe Flying All............................
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The new scheduling agreement is helping a lot, and pushing up earnings, although it is obvious the first season was always going to be difficult.
BALPA will be sitting down to improve the SA this autumn, so next year should be better, so long as there are still some pilots left!
BALPA will be sitting down to improve the SA this autumn, so next year should be better, so long as there are still some pilots left!
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Do most lowcost airlines not have this policy? Im sure RYR does.
At easy we do sell peanuts onboard, however if a pax makes us aware of their allergy to nuts, we do a PA before service explaining no peanuts will be sold onboard due to a pax onboard having a nut allergy, we also politely ask people who may have brought their own peanuts to refrain from eating them.
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Just some information for ex-BACON crew
Apparently we cant use Flybe staff travel until we have been with the company for 6 months.
And apparently if we use BA Staff Travel, we can only use BA Mainline,and not Interline agreements.
Someone is taking the pi55.
Apparently we cant use Flybe staff travel until we have been with the company for 6 months.
And apparently if we use BA Staff Travel, we can only use BA Mainline,and not Interline agreements.
Someone is taking the pi55.
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With the greatest repect tiggerific, you are no different to any other new employee to Flybe and so a 6mth period is applicable until eligible.
Given some of your comments on here, it suprises me that you would consider to fly on them anyway??
Adamski - Yes on both counts. Guess you are still here on the 'big' island with the rest of us?
Given some of your comments on here, it suprises me that you would consider to fly on them anyway??
Adamski - Yes on both counts. Guess you are still here on the 'big' island with the rest of us?