Originally Posted by
737driver1
So had my interview at EasyJet last week, I have got to say quite impressed seemed a nice bunch of people very honest and there were many of us asking very direct questions. They are now aiming to scale back 4 sector days and to improve pilot lifestyle to compete with their competitors.
Looking forward to my interview at Jet2 to see how they are but on paper they are some way behind.
EasyJet £144,579 vs Jet2 £140,607
Sector Pay EasyJet Win
Trainer Uplift EasyJet Win
Staff Travel EasyJet Win
Money off holiday EasyJet Win
Death in service pay 4X Salary Jet2 3X
LOL Jet2 Win with £500pm more
Fixed/Flexible working EasyJet Win Jet2 make staff take a pay cut
Union at EasyJet vs Pilot Reps at Jet2 can anyone comment how effective this is ?
Holiday Easy provide wrap around days either side of you leave Jet2 don't.
EasyJet don't reduce your legal days off if your book leave I'm led to believe Jet2 do can anyone clarify ?
Rostering at EasyJet, we were shown sample rosters didn't look to bad pilot at the interview said they are doing 600hrs a year friends of theirs in Manchester doing close to 800hrs per year but base dependent between 500-800hrs per year can anyone clarify ?
Seen Jet2 latest captain advert stating 550/600hrs per year average 40hrs pm summer 30hrs pm winter for £180K per year ? can anyone clarify ? because 600hrs per year is 50hr per month for 12 mths? am I missing something ?
thanks in advance to all your comments just trying to get a better picture of both.
Union at EasyJet vs Pilot Reps at Jet2 can anyone comment how effective this is ? Think Chocolate and teapot and you'll be most of the way there
Holiday Easy provide wrap around days either side of you leave Jet2 don't. And in months with leave they reduce your days off. However overall you will likely work a little less
EasyJet don't reduce your legal days off if your book leave I'm led to believe Jet2 do can anyone clarify ? See above. I haven't got the figures to hand
Rostering at EasyJet, we were shown sample rosters didn't look to bad pilot at the interview said they are doing 600hrs a year friends of theirs in Manchester doing close to 800hrs per year but base dependent between 500-800hrs per year can anyone clarify ? The latter 800 hours was my experience. A fairer comparison possibly is 75% Part time at easy to 100% Jet2. A good chunk of poeple at easyjet do some form of part time to claw back some lifestyle. That said Jet2 have some crappy rostering practices and you can go months without a weekend unless you're on it with your bookable days off.
Seen Jet2 latest captain advert stating 550/600hrs per year average 40hrs pm summer 30hrs pm winter for £180K per year ? can anyone clarify ? because 600hrs per year is 50hr per month for 12 mths? am I missing something ? That figure includes pension contributions and a few people are confused as to how they got to it. Ask in the interview and enlighten us all!
I'd encourage you to ask difficult questions at the interview. There are a lot of people waking up to the fact that Jet2 are in danger of slipping behind in terms of pay especially, but also lifestyle. The more they are told this the better.