Thank you everyone for the replies, which are valued and appreciated.
Originally Posted by
Lordflasheart
Effect1 - I'm intrigued by your situation -
Age 35 - Still a Second Officer after 3 ½ years in EZY ?
May I please ask - How many stripes do you wear ? What sort of licence and Ops Certificate do you hold ?
Do you get to do take-offs and landings as part of a two-pilot regular line crew ?
Have I missed something ?
LFH
As others have pointed out, the SO rank at EZY is a salary rank designed to save money and pay new cadets lower than average for two years. The uprank requirements to FO are 1,250 hours and 2 years, whichever comes last. I have 1,150 hours and have been here 3.5 years due to the pandemic taking two years worth of flying out of the time I have been with the company.
Functionally, SO, FO and SFO are the same rank at easyJet. The only difference between the roles is how much you get paid. 321 is available to SOs also. I think the soft limit internally is around 500 hours before you're eligible for the internal training (EZY likes you to do an internal bit of differences training before rostering you for 321 duties, given the lower pitch limits, etc).