Students visit Flybe HQ

October 22, 2019  - Flybe, now defunct, but once Europe’s largest regional airline, welcomed a group of seven high school students to its Exeter HQ as part of National Airlines Day to experience a glimpse into the world of aviation.

The invited students were from St. Peter’s C of E School in Exeter, Sidmouth College and Maiden Beech Academy in Crewkerne, all of whom won the opportunity to attend the special event as part of a careers’ day for schools which highlighted opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths careers.

During the National Airlines Day visit, they had a guided tour of the airline's maintenance hangar where they met second-year apprentices studying for Flybe’s aircraft maintenance programme who are getting real experience in the hangar as part of their journey to becoming fully qualified aircraft technicians.

The students also met some first-year apprentices at the Flybe Training Academy workshops before enjoying a session in Flybe’s new aircraft simulator where they tried their hands at flying a virtual 737, with all seven achieving flawless take-offs and landings!