Originally Posted by
apin
Just to clarify, I'm current in the military - and haven't done 20 years service so am not eligible for the Managed Pathway scheme. I'll have to apply directly for non type rated first officer.
I'm eligible to hand my notice in from July 2024, which would make me available to work from July 2025. However I can delay the notice to any point, but it will still be a year.
Hopefully Jet2 will let me apply with a long notice period, but if not, it would be really useful to know when during the year Jet 2 do their new pilot course dates- this will allow me to plan handing in my notice. In an ideal world I'd want to start a course September 2026, but I'm not sure if they only start intakes at certain times of the year.
Currently I am pretty sure they are running an Airbus course every month for rated pilots, not sure of the numbers on the courses. By September 2026 this could still be the case as by then the NEOs should be arriving at a rate of two per month. As a guess assuming you join in September 2026 there should still be 60+ airframes to be delivered, more if the options are taken up. No airline I have ever worked for has 'set' dates for intakes, courses are programmed to meet a commercial requirement.