deep and fast - did we buy the flying simulator or extend the lease? (GCCYH) I may be incorrect then?? - but i thought i read somewhere that we bought the heap??

regards


FO bmi

Hi D and F,

Thanks for your reply.

Dont worry ;) I have a great flying job and its secure, even in the present climate so I am pretty happy where I am. Im certainly not a jet snob but I do realise I cant do this for ever.

Bmi would be perfect for me and I have had high hopes for over a year now.

I had thought it was a case of holding out and working the crews a little harder. Its just very frustrating for me and other friends in the pool who passed the selection a long time ago to be left behind. If the company could only plan ahead, three months in fact :} that would give us guys who have been working hard and have relevant flying experience a chance to get in.

I appreciate they owe us nothing and airlines cant always plan ahead three months, the one I work for cant plan next week!

Those left in the pool, who joined it a long time ago will just have to keep going and I for one will keep my fingers crossed for a call or at least an update from the company to let us know if theres any point having hopes for a course later this year.

Good luck to all the new guys though, what a great start they have made.

Regards,

Ted

bmir
 

Hi super Ted.

I know of one of the lucky 6... was a last minute call :ok:

bmi regional have 3 leased A/C:

G-RJXR (G-CCYH), signed a new 3 year deal at the beginning of the year, and the other 2 are G-RJXO and G-RJXN. The company will be looking at replacing XO and XN as they are on very expensive lease agreements, if they ever get some of the Flybe 145s.

Dude15 you are right. The ex LOT a/c are the ones that will be swapped in the near future to be replaced by a/c on cheaper lease deals. Not only will the leases be cheaper, but XN and XO are rather heavy, being fitted with reversers and therefore exhibit higher fuel burn - not something that goes down well in the current environment!

Thred creep, but:-

LKMflyboy. XO and XN might be heavier with their thrust reversers, but that is only by 300kg or so. I flew XO this morning, and it burnt no more fuel than any other aircraft we operate. On the short sectors we fly, more fuel is wasted due to the poor ATC route structure into the Scottish TMA forcing us down early from cruise altitude - eg FL260 by Margo or NEW and FL70 by Tartn.

O and N are both "MP" versions, and do have the advantage of a higher MZFW and a higher MLW.

Ape

FlyingApe - totally agree with what your saying, the comments about fuel saving were meant to be rather tongue in cheek - the best way to reduce fuel burn is to reduce track miles - I was merely relaying the comments of the engineers!

No more recruitment expected for the foreseeable future, so we're told, but who knows what will happen!

Don't think any of the new joiners have been given bases yet, but I would expect them to be ABZ or possibly MME - it depends how many current base bids can be met, and how many existing FO's want to go to MME!

I believe the interview is still tech exam and chat, but maybe someone who's been through the process recently will be able to give you a definite answer.

Not sure where the sim will be as the only EMB145 sim left in Europe is located in Paris... maybe it will be on another type?

You may find the job is on another type also. Props to skatsta!

D and F:8

deep and fast

props to skasta??? are they taking on the flightline contract? heard that rumour ages ago and nothing came of it. you got any new info then!? feel free to private message me.

the sim in manc is no more now - apparently replaced by an A320 sim. our LPCs are in Paris, but i understand there is a sim in zurich too. So i guess you guys will be going there for assessments unless they find another sim type to assess you on?

good luck anyway and welcome to aberdeen....you may want a warm sweater for the winter walk rounds at 6am in the dark!

bmi FO

Just a quick question, Where are BMI Regional Bases at?
One would assume EDI LBA MAN and ABZ.

Any do any of the other pilot bases operate each others flighs from example LBA one day operate the EDI-BRU run?

I thought the bases were (north to south): ABZ, EDI, GLA, LBA, MAN and EMA. Are all these pilot bases?

Not totally sure where MME fits in and whether the LHR routes are operated by Regional or Baby/mainline.

Anyone care to shed any light?

Many thanks,

VHW

Bases
 

MME is to be a new pilot base I believe. LHR is a psudo-base. Due to unionagreements no Regional staff to be based at LHR, so all on secondment. Don't know how long it will last though!

At the moment you will ALWAYS end up covering other bases. We have people running all over the place- no one knows if their comimg or going!. Last weekend I was driving to ABZ, this weekend in LHR, Also covening MAN next week.

Off to bed now, totally knackered. Close to minimun rest again!

FA

Cheers FA,

Sounds manic. Hope you slept well by the time you read this :)

HW

http://www.pilotjobsnetwork.com/fact...fqykmbgvahzk2f

Any truth to the update above ?

ABO944,

It would appear so, first aircraft due end of Oct '08. This is an ex BACON/Flybe unit and programmed to be the maintenance spare, but I guess it will be fully utilised in the near future.

Command upgrades are currently in training and the company is defo under crewed at the mo, even taking into account the reduced flying programme for winter.

Was the rumour of another 6 new F/Os starting this monday the August intake starting line training. Or a fresh intake. :ok:

woofly31,

I am led to believe that they were a new intake but I could be wrong:hmm:

Hi gang

Anyone know the latest on recruitment ? When's the next interviews planned?

Cheers big ears!