Richard Yeomans

It has been a great month and we have a lot to celebrate and look forward to. We have some really good jobs coming onto the site and more users getting involved in the community which is great – thank you all for your support.

We were inspired earlier today by one of our facebook fans Gregory Bonsignore

who put our logo as his …profile picture for a while…….we will be sending Gregory a limited edition FCF Crew Tag and we would like to extend the same opportunity to you.

If you would like a limited edition FCF Crew Tag then simply send us your address by filling out this form.

The first 200 entries received who are ALSO fans of our facebook page AND have our logo as their profile picture when we check will receive a crew tag in the post.

Entries are accepted up until midnight GMT on Wed 3rd March. 

We are celebrating today because it’s been a 1 month since our launch. We have been delighted with the response so far, we have been able to list over 40 jobs and help flight crew find work. Employers from around the world have registered with us and they have been searching the Flight Crew database and finding personnel for their operations.

The Forum has proved very popular and has become a very valuable source of information and discussion. Please visit the Forum ask a question or maybe answer a few. The Forum is a great place for people to ask us questions or pass on suggestions.

Our user points system has been actively tracking those of you who have contributed with forum posts, articles, comments etc and this months top contributor is ‘jshepstone’ and he will receive a ‘thank you’ gift in the post in the next few days. We will be giving away Flight Crew Finder gifts every month to our members who make the greatest contribution to our new community; get involved and win a prize!

We need to say a huge ‘thank you’ to Jon Williams and to Flintstone who have been instrumental in keeping the content up to date and relevant when Karen and I have been busy working in different areas. We think that our News section has to be one of the best places to keep up to date for all aviation news, a must for anyone heading for an interview.

We have launched the website in the most challenging job hunting environment for 30 years . We will do everything we possibly can to find every job out there and get it listed for our members. We have only just started……

 I have had a very busy few days on the phone and I am delighted with the response we are getting from aircraft operators and airlines. I think we all know that things have been desperate over the last few months but, the general mood is positive. We are in contact with our growing network of employers and we will bring you the jobs that are out there. It is, as it always has been; there are jobs if you are prepared to travel and have some time on type. We have listings offering great opportunities for B737, Fokker 50, CJ3, CL604, C560XL, A320 pilots and we are still looking for Cabin Crew too!

This week one CEO told me that he is so confident of the levels of bookings he getting already that he is trying to find some freelance pilots. He has listed the jobs and if you or someone you know has a C560XL or CL604 rating, log in and send in an application.

This week is one of the busiest weeks of the year in European General Aviation and some operators have been at full capacity. There has been congestion and delays at many mountainous airports due to the weight of traffic. It is good to hear that people are still happy to spend the money on aviation.

I read today that the Russian Economy is booming again. Moscow has been a very rich source of work for many GA pilots and I hope that the Russian owners will be flying a little more and some of their friends will be buying aircraft.

The airlines are still in a very interesting position. It seems that there will be some bad news before we get much more good. The regional carriers and low cost operators seem to be holding up well and some are planning limited expansion. We are talking to them and trying to get to their jobs on Flight Crew Finder so our subscribers can get head start.

If you have some news to share please submit an article or make a posting on the forums. We are heading towards the end of our first month since going live and if you have any suggestions or comments please let us know by posting on the forum or sending us an email. We love your feedback and it does make a difference.

Have a good week!