Originally Posted by
Raph737
I declined the offer in the end because I went on a trip with my partner, and got the chance to speak to the flight crew about rosters, work life balance, salaries etc so I ran a mile. I compared everything and felt it wasn’t worth the pay cut.
Plus, I witnessed some improper conduct during the recruitment process that I felt it was unfair and unprofessional. I asked the chief of pilot recruitment about it so we could have a chat and she never replied. So I told them to stick it and looked elsewhere. The process is biased, that’s all I can say here.
It is not what people think, if you want to tell people down the pub you fly for BA, then great. But they own you, say goodbye to social Life. I had a look at both shorthaul and longhaul Airbus and Boeing rosters. They work harder for less money, into LHR which is stressful too.
Roster pattern is more stable on LH from what I’ve seen. 2-3 days off after every trip quite consistently which results in approx. 12 days off a month with 5.5 trips.
Not sure if it is more work? Is it more work than 2-4 sectors a day x 5 days a week?