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Forum: Terms and Endearment
23rd Nov 2018, 16:19
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Virgin’s proven track record at losing money...

Virgin’s proven track record at losing money alongside Flybe’s? (The two airlines historically have sketchy records of profitability and historically bankrolled by sugar daddies, both of which no...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
23rd Nov 2018, 08:39
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Blind leading the blind was my immediate reaction.

Blind leading the blind was my immediate reaction.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Jun 2018, 23:04
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Aiminghigh123 just enlighten me if you will,...

Aiminghigh123 just enlighten me if you will, what’s that incident got to do with Terms & Endearment? Particularly as there’s already a thread running in Rumours & News on the subject.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
29th May 2018, 18:04
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Just remember FIBER and LOSER and you can’t go...

Just remember FIBER and LOSER and you can’t go far wrong ;-)
Forum: Terms and Endearment
24th Mar 2018, 19:41
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

So basically morph into BA Connect (which they...

So basically morph into BA Connect (which they acquired in 2007) and which wasn’t profitable either hence why BA got rid of it in the first place. Interesting strategy.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Mar 2018, 08:03
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Why can’t Flybe make a profit? BA Connect. The...

Why can’t Flybe make a profit? BA Connect. The takeover in 2007 left Flybe far too big with razor thin margins. Simple as that. Throw extremely scattergun approach to route planning and poor...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Dec 2016, 13:50
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Full time isn't sustainable anywhere anymore....

Full time isn't sustainable anywhere anymore. Unless you're in corporate.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
5th Dec 2016, 19:49
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

I think people tend to over exaggerate the...

I think people tend to over exaggerate the difficulty of the Dash. Yeah it can be tricky to land at times and there's some peculiarities to it (particularly Vmo below FL80 - but you just need to be...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
22nd Jul 2016, 11:59
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Under four years ago Flybe were less than 24...

Under four years ago Flybe were less than 24 hours away from the shutters coming down and the locks put on the doors. Historically they've been loss making and relied on subsidies from the late Jack...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Apr 2016, 16:25
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Jack Walker was laundering money was he?

Jack Walker was laundering money was he?
Forum: Terms and Endearment
27th Mar 2016, 09:44
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Wireless you're right, for the people with family...

Wireless you're right, for the people with family it was and is different (and very many of those had perfectly valid reasons to be unwilling) but my comments are more for the younger audience on...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
27th Mar 2016, 07:41
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

When I left in 2013 there was certainly not the...

When I left in 2013 there was certainly not the plethora of opportunities there are now. There were opportunities to go and get jet time but they involved a sacrifice, in my case going to the arse...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Mar 2016, 08:07
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Former Flybe Dash 8 driver here. First jet job at...

Former Flybe Dash 8 driver here. First jet job at 33, now flying for the UK's flag carrier. Take the above with a pinch of salt.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
12th Mar 2016, 10:18
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Look at it this way, if you were in charge of...

Look at it this way, if you were in charge of recruitment at an airline and already snowed under with work, would you then want your name and position advertised on pprune so every Tom, Dick and...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
12th Mar 2016, 09:58
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

You're not allowed to refer to management figures...

You're not allowed to refer to management figures by name nor anybody else who does not authorise it. It's got nothing to do with whether they are on pprune or not.

(I'm not trying to police...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
12th Mar 2016, 09:10
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

I thought we weren't allowed to name people here...

I thought we weren't allowed to name people here on pprune? Several posts blowing that out of the water in the last couple of days! ;-)
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Mar 2016, 13:14
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

Vrb03kt you're probably correct. Of the guys who...

Vrb03kt you're probably correct. Of the guys who joined with me a few years back, a couple (including me) have left, two have their dash command, one is P2 on the Embraer and I've lost touch with the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Mar 2016, 12:13
Replies: 399
Views: 402,435
Posted By RexBanner

It certainly will be a bit of a pain for the long...

It certainly will be a bit of a pain for the long term servants. Flybe is not a career airline anymore (if indeed it ever was). All my ex colleagues who remain there have a long term plan that...
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