The people I know in TUI/Thomson all say that it’s a great crowd to work with, and arguably it has been up there with BA/VS as a career until recently.
I have been tempted in the past, but as a TR applicant I just object to paying £7k for an OCC. Have never had a problem with bonds etc for TR’s, but I refuse in principle to pay that for the minimal training required. Also, being married with kids I don’t want to risk the possibility of spending winters in the Nordic countries away from the family.
It seems obvious that management are determined to drive the airline side towards low-cost Ts&Cs. I really hope that the union guys can hold that off, but think that for new joiners there’s a real risk that you’ll wait 10yrs+ for a command in an airline that is by then a LoCo along the lines of EZ/J2.
Just my rambling thoughts.
Last edited by zero/zero; 26th Mar 2018 at 11:54.