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Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
23rd Oct 2011, 16:46
Replies: 4,866
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Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Transcendental: Outstanding post. Thank...

Transcendental:


Outstanding post. Thank you very much.


WWW. :D:ok:
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
30th May 2010, 22:54
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Bottom line is there isn't a CTC scheme which is...

Bottom line is there isn't a CTC scheme which is likely to cost you less than £100,000 on your way to a first career job.

That's a big entrance fee to a £40k gross income job. Promotion to...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
27th Jan 2010, 17:25
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Very funny. ;) Now stop it. Ta, ...

Very funny. ;)

Now stop it.

Ta,


WWW
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
27th Jan 2010, 07:43
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Queues around the block outside every high street...

Queues around the block outside every high street branch of Northern Rock?

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44118000/jpg/_44118226_kingston203.jpk.jpg

BBC NEWS | Business | Rush on...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
15th Jan 2010, 09:30
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

There's not much more I can add to the above. ...

There's not much more I can add to the above.

All I would say is that all Wannabes, on all schemes, following all paths continue to have my deepest sympathy and my best wishes.

What has come...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
12th Jan 2010, 12:23
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Personally I had >1,500hrs on light aircraft...

Personally I had >1,500hrs on light aircraft before I sat in an airliner and, yes, I think it did give me something more than a 200hr cadet had. If nothing else I was better on the radios..
...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
27th Dec 2009, 15:46
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

£8 an hour roughly comes from taking the CTC...

£8 an hour roughly comes from taking the CTC easyJet Block Hour rate, taking off the deduction for the type rating then applying whats left after tax to the Duty Hours and then stretching it over a...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
27th Dec 2009, 08:10
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

It is a Nightmare. Total Nightmare. ...

It is a Nightmare.

Total Nightmare.


Wake up sweating Nightmare.



Doesn't matter if you are thinking of training, are training have finished training or like me have >10,000hrs of...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
26th Dec 2009, 21:26
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

It won't pick up. The new low is the new...

It won't pick up.

The new low is the new low.

Its the entry standard to which all Wannabes must now aspire.


CPL/IR Frzn ATPL MCC Overpriced Type Rating AND Temp Contract is now the first...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
14th Dec 2009, 10:37
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

BitMoreRightRudder - thanks for summing up how...

BitMoreRightRudder - thanks for summing up how things have changed so much in such a clear and authoritative manner.

Pop it onto the Private Forum as well if you feel inclined. Many in the...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
14th Dec 2009, 04:27
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

http://www.pprune.org/terms-endearment/398854-easy...

http://www.pprune.org/terms-endearment/398854-easyjet-ctc-cadet-pilot-slavery-contract.html


Despite my two years of issuing dire warnings to wannabes not to put themselves in such a situation I...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
30th Nov 2009, 12:12
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

I agree that all that is necessary is to put the...

I agree that all that is necessary is to put the plain facts, the true situation, in front of Wannabes. Its bleak enough and needs no embellishment.

The difficulty is that its often hard to...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
30th Nov 2009, 08:29
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

his3dmw - thanks for clarifying the figures. I...

his3dmw - thanks for clarifying the figures. I was told that there was no sector pay so I'm grateful to find out the truth is significantly better than my fag packet calculations. It seems likely...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
29th Nov 2009, 20:06
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

VeeTwo - thanks for lending your weight to the...

VeeTwo - thanks for lending your weight to the fight.


Unfortunately, the Wannabe Zombie Army will pay no notice. Courses are full, roadshows are attended, enquiries are strong.

The law of...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
29th Nov 2009, 15:08
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

If you are *lucky* and get offered some flying...

If you are *lucky* and get offered some flying under flexi wings terms then what you will typically earn in a month is 12 days of pay paid at a flat day rate which gives you about £1,600 per month...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
26th Nov 2009, 20:41
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Short - tick Hairy - tick Speaks in...

Short - tick

Hairy - tick

Speaks in funny accent... OMG! The Master I am! Hmmm.


WWW :}
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
26th Nov 2009, 17:26
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

You know I really should make the effort to go...

You know I really should make the effort to go and meet this Lee Woodward fellow.

In my minds eye it would be a re-run of when Luke confronts Darth and I end up cutting off his arm.. Although its...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
19th Nov 2009, 11:02
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

The *rumour* is that easyJet and Brookfield have...

The *rumour* is that easyJet and Brookfield have done a deal of some sort for something.

I'm not privy to any information. I don't know anything. I merely pass on a rumour which is now running...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
16th Nov 2009, 17:32
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Summer flexicrew could easily be supplemented to...

Summer flexicrew could easily be supplemented to winter flexicrew and then a permanent position might only start at 500hrs, 1,000hrs, unfrozen ATPL...

I don' know what's going to happen. I do...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
15th Nov 2009, 08:16
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

35 full time jobs and 35 summer work experience. ...

35 full time jobs and 35 summer work experience.

WWW
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
11th Nov 2009, 21:41
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Seasonal hiring for Christmas always flatters the...

Seasonal hiring for Christmas always flatters the Oct/Nov employment figures.


We're 15 months behind the US. People over there, then, were saying unemployment was peaking. It wasn't. It...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
10th Nov 2009, 17:29
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

I *think* easyJets net increase in fleet size...

I *think* easyJets net increase in fleet size for next year is 7. Assuming a ratio of 5 crews per aircraft this means 35 new Commands for current FO's and therefore 35 new jobs for FO's to join. ...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
10th Nov 2009, 17:25
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Correction to my last post about historic...

Correction to my last post about historic unemployment in the US. Having double checked my off the cuff remarks I found that the previous postwar high was 10.8 percent in December 1982.

If the...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
10th Nov 2009, 13:17
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Oh, yes, I think he probably did. ...

Oh, yes, I think he probably did.

<embarrassed cough>


WWW
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
10th Nov 2009, 13:14
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

If things pick up in the next 12 months and all...

If things pick up in the next 12 months and all the airlines start hiring again then - I agree - there will not much of a problem.

However.

The opposite of this is going to happen.

...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
9th Nov 2009, 14:59
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

147 in 2007? What about 2008 and now 2009? ...

147 in 2007?

What about 2008 and now 2009? Hamilton has been expanded since 2007 so they've got more capacity to generate a return on.

How many's in the hold pool today and how many new...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
6th Nov 2009, 15:52
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

I know that many people are unaware that until...

I know that many people are unaware that until the credit crunch HSBC was doling out £80,000 loans to CTC cadets secured against nothing. Add in student loans and a bit on a credit card or car loan...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
6th Nov 2009, 14:02
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

This is a 90 page thread which followed on from...

This is a 90 page thread which followed on from one that ran over 100 pages long. I think we can afford a little thread creep.

WWW
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
6th Nov 2009, 12:45
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Record airline losses and record numbers of...

Record airline losses and record numbers of people going bankrupt are key issues for anyone swimming in the CTC hold pool or thinking of diving in I'd say.


WWW
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
6th Nov 2009, 11:48
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

BA slumps to record loss as strikes loom -...

BA slumps to record loss as strikes loom - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/6512163/BA-slumps-to-record-loss-as-strikes-loom.html)

Largest number of...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
30th Oct 2009, 11:35
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Thanks for sharing that. I think you did the...

Thanks for sharing that. I think you did the right thing in not getting involved. These are life defining decisions that can go either way. CTC have a profit motive and will have to answer to...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
17th Sep 2009, 17:53
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

You see Gertie my best guess, and I've made a...

You see Gertie my best guess, and I've made a few, is that 2 years from now will be the nadir for pilot employment. It is this winter and next that I expect to see major failures and contractions...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
6th Aug 2009, 18:44
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

I've been feeling this way for some considerable...

I've been feeling this way for some considerable time now.

As an economist I admire how the free market keeps discovering how cheaply it can buy airline pilots. As a pilot I hate the exact same...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
30th Jul 2009, 11:46
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

Sept 11th being an excellent example. Think...

Sept 11th being an excellent example.

Think of pilot training as a game of Russian Roulette. The usual game has a gun with only has 1 bullet and 5 empty chambers.

Starting an Integrated...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
30th Jul 2009, 08:58
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,933,960
Posted By Wee Weasley Welshman

As discussed elsewhere there are a *lot* of...

As discussed elsewhere there are a *lot* of available pilots on the market and nobody says easyJet needs more British cadets who don't speak Spanish or Italian (countries where easyJet is likely to...
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