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From: At the end of the Met line
Onthebreak
Not had a regular 5/2 roster yet.
For me April is 2off/5on/1off/3on/2off/5on/1off/4on/4off(leave)/4on
Flybe rosters are more of a wish list than a statement of fact - expect lots of airport standby, home standbys before a duty, and when it's quiet there will be bucket loads of home standby. Your roster will have plenty of changes!
Not had a regular 5/2 roster yet.
For me April is 2off/5on/1off/3on/2off/5on/1off/4on/4off(leave)/4on
Flybe rosters are more of a wish list than a statement of fact - expect lots of airport standby, home standbys before a duty, and when it's quiet there will be bucket loads of home standby. Your roster will have plenty of changes!
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From: UK
Your lifestyle depends entirely on base and fleet. At some locations (usually the far-flung banjo-playing corners of the empire 
), crews barely get out of bed more than 3 times a week, and even then it is for a very short working day, whereas others are working like the proverbial one-armed paper hangar.
Choose carefully.
), crews barely get out of bed more than 3 times a week, and even then it is for a very short working day, whereas others are working like the proverbial one-armed paper hangar.Choose carefully.
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Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Denmark
For sure the Dash is the most common aircraft on the Flybe network but which bases are actually the largest regarding destinations and number of aircrafts?
Im just curiuos about where you will have the most variation in your everyday flying regarding destinations and schedule.
Im just curiuos about where you will have the most variation in your everyday flying regarding destinations and schedule.
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From: under a bridge
The larger Flybe bases are SOU, BHX and MAN. For more choice of routes, SOU and EXT. MAN is full of 145s at the moment with a 195 and 2 dash's night stopping. at the other end of the spectrum, theres IOM, 3 dash's, spending your time too and from LPL MAN and LGW, and your never more than an hour from work
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From: Scotland
1992
Historically you will not be able to choose your base unless you are joining as a DEP, even then it will be down to what's available.
If you are a low houred wannabe then you have to be prepared to move anywhere on the network, at the interview (or after on the phone) they will most likely say "welcome to flybe, your base is xxx", you may be told at interview what bases they are recruiting for, and if you show some discontent that this you will probably not get the job.
Once you have accepted the job you can then bid for the base of your choice every 6 months, I know of 2-3 f/os who started before me who bid for a base closer to home and had it within 8 months, but this is dependent on base requirements & movements etc.
Again historically flybe recruit for the northern bases, i.e. EDI GLA BHD & IOM, we are desperate for f/o's in JER apparently.
Historically you will not be able to choose your base unless you are joining as a DEP, even then it will be down to what's available.
If you are a low houred wannabe then you have to be prepared to move anywhere on the network, at the interview (or after on the phone) they will most likely say "welcome to flybe, your base is xxx", you may be told at interview what bases they are recruiting for, and if you show some discontent that this you will probably not get the job.
Once you have accepted the job you can then bid for the base of your choice every 6 months, I know of 2-3 f/os who started before me who bid for a base closer to home and had it within 8 months, but this is dependent on base requirements & movements etc.
Again historically flybe recruit for the northern bases, i.e. EDI GLA BHD & IOM, we are desperate for f/o's in JER apparently.
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Ask crewing
These replies are a bit dated. Nowadays, the company will try and offer you a base before you start. If you don't want to be based there...wait until your preferred base is available. If you're not under pressure to start (i.e. a newbie desperate for a 1st job) then you aren't in the same boat of accepting anything. A few of my friends have started with flybe from other companies and got the base they wanted because they weren't desperate to start regardless of base.
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From: UK
Ive got a bit of a gap between my CPL and IR, is that a problem? During the gap I still maintained currency.
I was traininig in a new job and so had to halt the training for a while. Do they look heavily in to this sort of thing?
I was traininig in a new job and so had to halt the training for a while. Do they look heavily in to this sort of thing?
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: UK
RHS 195 I suspect will take longer that RHS used to take with the 146. I haven't met anyone yet who is currently unhappy occupying that seat, and I think at long last the company may have hit upon a desirable office in which to reside. Ts + Cs not changed, but bit of a step back in time to jump to another a/c type now, which it never used to be, and the prosepct of a Dash command even more unpalatable to some than it was before. I would guess now that RHS vacancies pretty rare beasts much before 2-3 years, even in the less 'popular' bases.
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From: UK
Currently 10 in service with 4 more firm orders to be delivered. As far as I know, the others (12?) still remain as options.
195 bases currently EXT, SOU, BHX, BHD, MAN, JER, ABZ and INV. Don't believe current fleet plans will include a/c being based at any other location, as the propsed a/c for GCI has been located elsewhere due to GCI currently being unsuitable for 195 ops.
195 bases currently EXT, SOU, BHX, BHD, MAN, JER, ABZ and INV. Don't believe current fleet plans will include a/c being based at any other location, as the propsed a/c for GCI has been located elsewhere due to GCI currently being unsuitable for 195 ops.