Originally Posted by SeamusCVT
TFly are to move the 733s from DSA to CVT for Summer 2006
Where is this coming from Seamus? The 735s are going to be around for a wee bit longer. Additionally there are rumors about the CVT future that are not so optimistic.
A few points for all:
1) DO NOT include flexible working in any calculations you do on your income. This is very risky. Consider FWS as a bonus, not as a standard part of the salary. Do not buy a car (for example) thinking that selling two days off a month will cover the payments. I hear people that are doing 30-40-60 days rer annum. I have done 40 ever since the scheme started back in 2001-02! Mind you that I am not one of those that say no every time they call me for extra work, unless I am on a beach in Spain or I have just finished a long series of duties and I NEED some time off. Additionaly, Carmen will make sure that we work so b...dy hard that there will be fewer and fewer opportunities.
2) 737 basing is different than 756. If you fly the 756 and you want to move to ie. GLA, you will not get the transfer if they have enough 756 pilots in your rank there. On the 737 you can go...anywhere pretty much. We have 737 pilots that are based on non 737 bases!
3) The days away from home are bound to become more and more common. I dont believe (for the next 5 years at least) that the preferencial part of Carmen is going to work. The blank days I read about in this and other threads will become a thing of the past (heck, they already are! I havent seen a blank day since April)
4) I really dont know whats the fuss about flying a bigger jet (756 instead of 737). Obliously it comes from people that have not done a night Larnaca followed by a night Iraklion followed by a night Girona. The 756 is a dying fleet, not only for Britannia
sorry ...Thomsonfly, but for the whole world (with the exception of the americas and the far east). True, you log more hours on the 756 fleet BUT you log more quality hrs on the 737. You gain more experience if you do one Jersey followed by one Amsterdam than doing a Palma (which is equal amount of hrs). Its not about size....its about distance!
Also you have the most desirable rating in Europe.
5) Anything we say about roster and lifestyle in Britannia
sorry ...Thomsonfly is completely irrelevant. We have not seen Carmen ...dancing yet. I you do seriously consider a job in Britannia
sorry ...Thomsonfly, ask us again in 6 months time (if you can afford to wait). If you can' t ....just close your eyes and jump in the pool with us. It is STILL a great company. Not as it used to be but still better than the rest
