Hey guys I recently went to a Jet2 interview for an FO position.
I asked about bases and they said that Belfast is tough to get into (dead mans shoes is how he put it) because it's not expanding and the pilots who are based there want to stay there permanently. East Midlands is also apparently hard to get whereas Stansted and Leeds are seeing growth.
I was also told by the HR guy that rosters are published 8 weeks in advanced, that the days off are fixed and that typically we would fly 650 - 750 hours a year (weighted in the summer).
I'm not sure how accurate this is or if it's recruitment spin, perhaps someone who works there can enlighten me?
Are the off days actually fixed or is that just an ideal that the crew planning tries (but fails) to achieve? What kind of roster instability are we talking about?
Edit: Forgot to mention that there were two captains there applying for DEC, one type rated the other NTR.