Originally Posted by
under the radar 55
Colonel_Klink;
Thank you Colonel_Klink for theses numbers (this is very positive) hopefully HR will start calling people from the hold file soon. Can you tell me please are these positions open to internal bidding before they are open to external applications?
All positions are open for Group employees to bid on to first, subject to type freezes and the caps in place on certain operations.
Very recently about 6 x SOs transferred to TT 737. So entry positions into the Company are most likely ATR FO, 777 SO and NZ 737 FO. As a previous poster stated - get in and get your position on the list ASAP and then worry about next step once you’re in the Company. I know of people who knocked back 77 SO positions back in the day thinking they were too good for the role, and then they subsequently joined the company 2 years later....except they now have all of VARA (West Coast and ATR) above them on the list - that’s about another 200 spots less senior.
Whilst VA has their issues - they really ought to be commended for allowing all pilots to be able to access all positions within the Group (as the knock on affect of subsequential positions and the training requirements this puts on the Company are huge) . A pilot joining now could have quite the varied career at VA...