Originally Posted by
Matra 4EB
uh... "we recruit future captains" is what ANY airline will say to new joining FOs. Okay, sure, nobody is looking for FOs who have obviously no chance of passing an assessment for command. It doesn't mean you are guaranteed to actually BE a captain, whether in 3 years, or five years, or ever. You will be given a chance to become a First Officer if you pass the interview - that's all for now. Everything else is years into the future, and therefore TOTALLY unpredictable, especially in the Middle East, in a Low Cost Startup.
Any intelligent person... okay, having no intelligence then but 12 years of living in AUH and 30+ years in aviation - ask anybody who invested into real estate in the UAE, or even just bought themselves a car prior to 2019 about their "great opportunities". That said, it's not your money in WizzAir, so what do you care. You are looking for some hours and a fast command. Okay. Might happen. What, do you think, will happen after you got your command and 500 hours in the left seat? You are talking five years from now, minimum. Do you think that ANYBODY recruits captains with 500 hrs? Maybe another company like the one you are already in now, but go check out the minimum entry requirements for direct entries elsewhere: to have a realistic chance in any respectable major carrier, come back with 3000.
"Emirates, Qatar or any other legacy operator in the Europe or the Middle East..." oh, please! I'm not even gonna comment on Europe, but do you honestly believe that the ME-carriers are waiting for someone, coming out of WizzAirAD, to "come where the money is" and jump onto the left seat of a 380 or even "just" a triple seven? Really?
Honestly, people who write such BS have either not the dimmest clue of what they are writing about, or they are paid headhunters.
I see you are sharing your point view as seems you are way more experienced than most of us and I really do appreciate it but it’s still an opinion. You may share your opinion but in the same time lets stick to the subject which we should share more realistic information and experience about the recruitment process and what next is instead of sharing only negative feedback from pilots never had real experience with Wizz Air (am not saying that disrespecting trust me I do respect all and each one of you) but I find this topic is NOT useful as everyone is trying to put his opinion only without sharing any info about the process.
i have spoken to some friends (FO) in Flydubai and Qatar, yes they are happy with the money but NOT happy at all with the command upgrade process.
I am SFO NTR and did my assessment in Abu Dhabi in June 2022 and accepted my offer in Nov 2022 to start in March this year.
I have a few candidates that were with me on the day of the assessment and never made it then they came here and Latest Pot Job website and wrote all negative things they know about the company.
i have spoken to 3 Wizz Air pilots and they do not complain about it in fact they feel that they are valued and on the way to get their command quicker compared to other airlines that keep you in a position for min 6-10 years and heard in Qatar a guy got promoted to a Captain position after 14 years. Trust me Far East companies take Captains with 3500 hours (500 hrs command) and pay USD25,000 a month.
With all respect please lets stick to the topic.