Originally Posted by
go-around flap 15
I’ve recently made the move and some things that have stood out to me.
You are not (or not made to feel) as just an employee number on all interactions with the company, be it with crewing / HR / Base Managers etc.
It sounds ridiculously trivial to mention but even to the level when calling sick recently I was advised to rest up with a lemon & honey tea and given wishes to get well soon… it’s an indication of the type of people the company employs through all levels of the business.
Pilot base managers on your side and will genuinely work hard to help you out when life gets tricky. Recent non-direct family bereavement and was offered as much time as I needed to support rest of family.
Downroute with a tech issue and the company employed dispatcher will bend over backwards to help you out, and as a consequence the crew offer the same back to them. The idea that in my previous company the cabin crew would offer the dispatcher a coffee would’ve been laughable…
I’ve never seen a crewroom full of so many smiling faces, even at 5am. Time will tell but on early impressions it is absolutely a happy place to come to work.
Mirrors my experience perfectly.
Would also add that I'd heard the training/checking could be on the tough side.....
Granted I'm new, but my type rating and line training was first class.
I didn't come from BA, but rather the sandpit. The difference in how I'm treated in J2 is unsurprisingly night and day.
Obviously I'm still in the honeymoon period, but I'm very happy to have made the move back home after over a decade in the sandpit, even after the tax deductions 🫣