Woofly,

Where did you hear this rumour? Good source?

:D I understand that an official anouncement has yet to be made, but that bmir are now the "preferred bidder".

Hi

The rumour is on the Eastern thread on the Airlines and Routes forum. :ok:

bmi regional
 

So it appears the bmir, Chester rumour is taking pace. If this does go ahead how do they look crew wise for the extra aircraft if they do arrive. A july start date is not far off if people need to be trained.:ok:

Nice for a rare bit of good news. Hoping the pool gets a look in soon... ;)

Got an email from BMI saying that they are starting recruitment for FO's, attached was the link to fill out all the forms. The link didnt work!! Says the site is no longer in use.
Anyone else get this?
Does anyone have another link for the forms they want to give me...pretty please?! :)
Emailed back to BMI but waiting for a reply.

Does anybody know if they are looking for captains?
Looking for a job back in Uk and have 5000hrs + on 145

No DE captains for sure. They took too many last time and the high hour FO'S would be far from happy! Soz

D and F :8

With a rumour of Recruitment and interviews a possibility. Anyone else had a reply idicating this? Hope its good news for those swimming in the pool.:ok:

Any idea if the intention is to empty the pool first, or would they be interested in rated current FOs too? Have an application in, but not in the pool.

Ta, and good luck to all

oap

Just remember any new recruits you may end up north of the border for some time :ooh:

D and F

I'll take the highroad...

With 5000 hrs on the machine I would give it a try.

I'd echo Deep & Fasts comments, unlikely to be any DECs for some time, Mgment keen to promote from within. Reasonable number of high houred f/o's waiting to fill the left seat, esp with crews doing in excess of 700 hours a year.

Good luck though

Jenson

700 hrs a year?? Not sure which BMI Regional you're working for! I haven't passed 550 for the past few years!

Defo no external Captain recruitment....

You could be 90% sure of getting ABZ as a base....

I'm not sure what loyalty any companies have to people in a hold pool, especially when there are type rated guys out of work.....

Best of luck to all of you :ok:

"700 hrs a year"

Have a chat to the Manc lads....there are a few others too who have done those hours.

Jenson:cool:

Bring on Europe I say, stuff Massa and the Ferraris.

If the Chester thing goes ahead, any ideas of how it would operate. Would it be a base in its own right or dual based with Manchester? Any further rumours about these extra aircraft for the airbus work? All sounds pretty positive.:ok:

I'd hope that the bmi baby pilots who were made redundant would be considered ahead of any pilots in the hold pool or rated ones!

I think Lba and East mids have more relaxed annual totals, everywhere else can see you working hard. 80 hours this month for me.

D And F

Aerofoil: pretty unlikely!