Originally Posted by
EDDT
I'm wondering, Why can't they fill up their positions with Air Berlin staff!? The money is okay and the base of Air Berlin was huge. And is it correct, that no seniority list exists at EZY?
I believe that they do not have any problems hiring enough FOs from AB, however, those will be in the command process after six months (well, over 95% of them) and probably leave the base for their command at some time. Therefore replacements are needed. For captains the story is different. Not everyone wanted to work for a british company, some didn't pass the assessment, and a lot do not want to move for the job, which would be required. And the original TXL base was not that huge, but pilots from closed bases had to move there within AB, so they might chose other options closer to home or completely abroad, quite a few went to china. And surprisingly, RYR got around 100 to 120 pilots as well, for different reasons, some wanted to go back on the boeing, others had other reasons of course.