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Bar the jet bases I think new FO’s have been given bases everywhere apart from SOU. Obviously the majority are in Scotland and Belfast but still the chance of more southern bases.

Flybe is recruiting via a few established routes (as in recommendations via known flight training organizations). About 10 people start each month until at least July or September (as well as recruitment for the holdpool). This is the only route for now, this might change later??

Bases vary and will be looked at when they make you an offer after passing the selection process. You could be lucky, but expect the Northerly bases like GLA, ABZ, BHD, EDI. You can bid every 6 months and at the moment it doesn't take that long to get where you want to be, however this can change and they can never make any promises. I would still accept any base they give you, especially if you just come straight out of flight school! You can never be too picky for your first job.

What's Exeter like as a base for a FO on the Q400? Busy? Night stops etc

Thanks

Jamie

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Originally Posted by Jamie2009 (Post 10134205)

What's Exeter like as a base for a FO on the Q400? Busy? Night stops etc

Thanks

Jamie

Nightstops come and go. Mostly to fill a gap in another base for 1-3 days. Most nightstops are by yourself and not with a full crew so slightly boring. Often close to the airport and not in the city.

If you want to join an airline for the Fancy nightstops then Flybe isn’t your airline. Some bases have the occasional crew nightstop. I don’t believe there are crew nightstops from EXT on the Dash.

All bases are fairly equally busy, pilots are capped to 750 hrs a year. I assume pilots in the least popular bases are a bit busier since there will always be a bit more of a shortage than southerly bases, however plans change quick and then all of a sudden there is a shortage somewhere for a few month.

Ext is a small base with a small number of crew, not that many routes (check the website, the sun routes are ejet) so you will be doing a lot of the same routes I think (especially if you are London city trained). However don’t expect to get EXT upon joining and possible also not with your first bid...

Currently no night stops from Exeter unless on a block standby and have to cover another base. Pretty busy at the moment, more so if you are London City qualified, my roster this month is showing 80 block hours plus a couple of days in the academy.

Good evening. I have Portuguese ATPL(A) frozen with MCC in a non-jet aircraft (don´t have JOC). Do you know if they allow to apply without JOC, and do it if I got hired? thanks :)

Apply and you will see!

Flybe fleet review & business outlook

Recent media reports about Flybe point to that they stick to the Q400s and the E175s. Moreover Reuters there are statements by the CEO that increasing oil prices will be a challenge to the industry (not only specially for Flybe). I am afraid, I cannot post links because I an new here.

My view is: On the first point: At least there are consistencies in decisions made by the current and former management. So, it seems that they have a plan and recent improvements in traffic figures (PAX and load factors up) also point into this direction.

The second one is clearly not an official communication but I see it actually a bit more positive: Years ago when the fuel price dropped, it had an imminent impact on domestic routes which are in competition with car and train + plus those routes that are operated in competition with jets. The management then said, that low fuel prices put Flybe in an disadvantageous position compared to the other forms of transport. Although, the direct effect of high fuel prices should be bad for the business, the indirect effects can be positive (if other forms of transport become disproportionate more expensive). So, eventually, higher fuel prices lead to an improved competitive situation, possibly exceeding the negative direct effect. If we can ignore Brexit (can we? I still hope that it does not happen not only for the Brits but also for the rest of Europe), I am expecting a surprisingly positive development for Flybe over the next months.

Any views on this?

Will fleet consolidation lead to reduced crew through natural wastage or forced redundancies?

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Originally Posted by diple (Post 10150697)

Will fleet consolidation lead to reduced crew through natural wastage or forced redundancies?

It feels so undercrewed at the moment we could probably lose at least 5 dash 8’s before we even start to have what could look like excessive standby cover! It’s a different story depending on fleet and seat, but essentially right seat jet population leaving in droves, right and left seat turboprop a steady and increasing exodus. Left seat Embraer nobody ever leaves and they have enough now anyway, with jet deliveries offsetting 195 handbacks, but in any case any new joiners can effectively forget ever getting a jet command here within 10y as the seniority maths is compelling. In other words barring company failure or global economic apocalypse I wouldn’t worry about fleet consolidation squeezing jobs right now.

Hi there, anyone done a flybe assessment recently? Whats the profile for a cadet entry, thanks very much!

Hello All,

I start my TR on the Q400 in July and will be based at BHX if anyone has a tips to help me along the way.
Really looking forward to it!

Cheers Dan

Just remember FIBER and LOSER and you can’t go far wrong ;-)

And in the Dash - ALT SEL!

FIBERP - don't forget the PTU.

Oh Oh. Ryanair targetting Southend Airport with some FlyBE overlap e.g. Dublin and Milan with perhaps more to come.

Not the end of the world but they are going to be eating some of FlyBE's dinner.

Flybe's dinner or Stobart's?

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.

Anyone heard anything regarding the recent recruitment drive for high hour FO's?