Flybe type rating problems
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Good afternoon all.
I've got a question, a bit off topic.... January this year we've passed the selection round at Flybe. Since then, we were only told that we passed, and that there where problems with the timetable of the Bae146 sim. Does anyone know if that problem is still relevant or if Flybe already found another way to finish the gradings? And how about the Dash8 TQ? Is there still a lack of training capabilities?
Cheers
I've got a question, a bit off topic.... January this year we've passed the selection round at Flybe. Since then, we were only told that we passed, and that there where problems with the timetable of the Bae146 sim. Does anyone know if that problem is still relevant or if Flybe already found another way to finish the gradings? And how about the Dash8 TQ? Is there still a lack of training capabilities?
Cheers
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80ktsboth - Recruiting process was a shambles, 2 admin staff and 2 pilots were despatched to carry out interviews, with the pilots doing one batch and the admin'ers the other - durrrr! No sim ride second stage to filter the wheat from the chaff, and some of the successful candidates simply failed to meet the required standard during training.
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There was definitely a sim ride second stage, but not everybody who was interviewed had to sit the check. They are however in the minority as most candidates have sat the sim, or are still waiting for dates. I'm presuming that is what you meant. 
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liketofly - about 10 people were taken straight onto the 146. This is a TEMPORARY measure and they will go onto the Dash when more senior crews can be released.
Sim slots for the Dash are few and far between - which is where some of the problems have been with this course that needed extra sim time. Apparently due to extreme lack of communication (why doesn't that surprise anyone in this company?!), they were stuck with no trainers and what sime slots they did have (where they were supposed to do LST) went unused.
As a little side-track, I'm sure most will find this interesting - spoke to one of the 'special 10' who went straight onto the jet. He's under the impression he won't ever go onto the Dash - and I quote "I've been in this company 2 months and already don't believe a word they say. I won't go onto the Dash ever".....
Sim slots for the Dash are few and far between - which is where some of the problems have been with this course that needed extra sim time. Apparently due to extreme lack of communication (why doesn't that surprise anyone in this company?!), they were stuck with no trainers and what sime slots they did have (where they were supposed to do LST) went unused.
As a little side-track, I'm sure most will find this interesting - spoke to one of the 'special 10' who went straight onto the jet. He's under the impression he won't ever go onto the Dash - and I quote "I've been in this company 2 months and already don't believe a word they say. I won't go onto the Dash ever".....
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er 82,
Thanks for your reaction... When I'm reading your reaction I understand that things are not that well organized within Flybe. Do you also know something about an unofficial holding pool? We were told that at this moment they didn't have free positions. But if we made the selection and grading, we should be placed in a kind of pool. Do you know if there even is a pool, and if so, how many pilots are in there and how long are they waiting already?
Cheers
Thanks for your reaction... When I'm reading your reaction I understand that things are not that well organized within Flybe. Do you also know something about an unofficial holding pool? We were told that at this moment they didn't have free positions. But if we made the selection and grading, we should be placed in a kind of pool. Do you know if there even is a pool, and if so, how many pilots are in there and how long are they waiting already?
Cheers
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Does any one of you know if the TQ training for Dash8 is still continuiing during the summer season? Or is it, like as many airlines, that the only thing they're thinking about is flying instead of getting the cockpit seats filled?
Still nothing heard of any progress since I passed the interview...
Is flybe always this lazy to his employees?
With friendly regards
Still nothing heard of any progress since I passed the interview...
Is flybe always this lazy to his employees?
With friendly regards
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er82....
Your quote of one of the "ten" you spoke to, I hope you welcomed him to the world of aviation. Do you both really think that flybe is the only airline that never tells its staff until it has happened. When these new guys disappear off to other employers and get the whole "romance" of the job out the system, they will realise that aviation is the same on every level.
Your quote of one of the "ten" you spoke to, I hope you welcomed him to the world of aviation. Do you both really think that flybe is the only airline that never tells its staff until it has happened. When these new guys disappear off to other employers and get the whole "romance" of the job out the system, they will realise that aviation is the same on every level.
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Hi there,
A week or 2 ago I heard 2 people from a Dutch flight school started the TQ on the Dash8. Is it true that the unofficial holding pool is already empty? I am still waiting to start my TQ, but these 2 guys where having their application the same day as I did. Is there someone who knows how the holding pool situation is actually, and if the sim-slot issue is already come to and end?
Regards
A week or 2 ago I heard 2 people from a Dutch flight school started the TQ on the Dash8. Is it true that the unofficial holding pool is already empty? I am still waiting to start my TQ, but these 2 guys where having their application the same day as I did. Is there someone who knows how the holding pool situation is actually, and if the sim-slot issue is already come to and end?
Regards
