Interesting email allright mate!

looks like we are all swimming for a bit longer!:sad:

Hey kempy looks like i've dropped off bb mailing list again.

Could you forward it to me?

on its way lad!

Bmi regional
 

Anyone got any idea when we are likely to be out of the Bmi Regional Holding Pool?
Are the extra Erj145 on their way yet?

Kempus
Word is that BMI is the next Flybe target - you may not need to buy out your bond!

FlyBe Eh???

Ive heard there are also offers on the table from Northern Rock and Ronald Macdonald!!! :E

Looking at previous threads 'BMI is to be taken over' for at least 12 years! Thats either a hell of a lot of paperwork or Sir MB is doing something right to be the constant center of so much speculation....

Flybe?

Would you care to explain where you heard this hideous rumour, its enough to make me cry the thought of it! Cany see it myself. bmi is not BA Connect and Flybe would have to be dreaming. I can say however that bmi is overcrewed at the moment.

What a load of old tosh!! As if a small outfit like Flybe could manage the routes we have now!! There are a lot bigger fish with their eyes on bmi!!

Overcrewed by about 20 pilots apparently but only until the new A330 arrives later next year!!

Next thing you will hear is that Martians have landed on 27R!!:rolleyes:

I wouldn't exactly call flybe a small outfit. However they are two different business models. I wouldn't yet rule out an Aer Lingus/BMI merger. I was reading yesterday that Aer Lingus are adding more 320's to their short hall fleet next year. Coupled to their long hall airbus 350 and 330 orders it would suit both companies to combine their efforts together to take on the long hall market from LHR. On their own both companies will struggle to make any significant impact on this market with Open Skies. It has been rumoured before. I suspect if anything is to happen it will be in the next 12 months?

The flybe rumoured buy out is for bmi regional, but i dont know how close the smoke is to the fire as the CEO was wetting himself over the fuel burn figures of a Q400 and its his front runner for short routes with regional along with
E170/195 for the longer trips.
So it would/could fit!,
But after SMB sells mainline which train set will he keep!



regards

Keepitlit

Flybe + bmi regional + merger = mass pilot exodus

Just to let you know if this scenario did happen, the above would be the inevitable outcome. Flybe would left with yet another huge mess to sort out and no pilots so beware! Demotions on to turbo props are not usually at the top of peoples career development agenda.

I wouldnt get too wound up as it is only rumour so it will take a few years to happen, just remember bmi is an expanding airline! NOT

regards

Keepitlit

I really doubt that a fleet of A330s & A320s would fit into flybe's business model too well particularly as the low cost carriers have always avoided LHR like the plague.

Regional is a possibility though but it does dovetail with mainline quite well so I would imagine that baby would be a more likely option - low cost airline + regional bases.

Mainline is trying to reinvent itself as a business carrier again with medium haul routes. Baby's ageing fleet needs investment.

Draw your own conclusions!

The buyout of bmi mainline by flybe is about as likely as President Amedenajad proposing Tehran being twinned with Washington DC...

BMI merging with Flybe would be about a popular as a Wasp in a Condom!:eek:

BR.

Well you are damn right any further Flybe mergers would not be popular. But I think we should look from a Flybe point of view. Seniority stinks... Merging would cause a riot. Flybe should NOT target BMIR or for that matter CITY FLYER.

I do feel though if Big Jim goes fishing he will pull out a few offers.

Roller

BREAKING NEWS -

The 'BMI holding pool' thread is back on page 1 of the 'Terms and Endearment' forum.

Phew!

Evening all. Wondering if there have been any updates from BB lately? Second question, have fellow swimmers started getting out and moving to other health clubs/spas. Happy holding. JD

Nothing till March, Ive heard courses might be happening then but dont quote me, it came from the inner rumour network, heard we are marking time, why I dont know but hope it will change soon.
regards
Keepitlit

A March start date is a good rumour - tell enough people and eventually it will happen. On a plus note it gives us enough time to part take in a bit of skiing! JD