Originally Posted by
Easy226
If i am offered a job with Monarch im a bit stuck in between which base to go for. Luton will enable me commute to and from work which will cost quite a bit in fuel wheras i could commute considerably less if i was based at Gatwick and rent a property. The 3rd November course is not that far around the corner and i obviously need to find somewhere to stay for the duration of the course if i do commit to a Gatwick base- do a lot of people rent down there or a lot of the crew from the London area anyway?
Also how much flying a month will you do with Monarch at Gatwick compared to Luton - is it roughly the same? The allocation of a long haul trip is also a bonus to being based at Gatwick, but dont think this is really worth the move if you only do say one trip in the 6 month contract or is it usually more than that? What salary would you expect to receive at Luton and Gatwick respectively?
Finally, im under the impression that the contract will be for six months which will end early June if you are on the November course? Is the contract more than six months to cover for the summer season?
Look Forward to your replies.
Many Thanks
I can easily answer those questions for you Easy. Whilst on your training a lot of the new ones stay at B&B's untill they passed there trainng so they are not commited to a rent contract if they dont pass the exams. Whilst I was training at monarch I was commuting from Worthing by train which took just under an hour so I used that time to study for my exams which came in very handy.
Alot of crew live near or around gatwick, but, there are some silly ones that live in Wales and other places as far as that. A lot of crew live in and around london that are gatwick based any way. Depending on your fleet the longhaul can be one or two trips a month, even the airbus fleet get one trip a month so you will definatley do more that one trip in your first 6 months. In my first 6 months I went to Tobago 8 times, Goa 5 times, Maldives 3 times and calgary 3 times and bahrain once. Winter season is where the longhaul takes over from the short haul.
You will most likely work more often in lgw, with the long haul and short and the expanding scheduled, you wont really have a quiet roster. The contract may run upto 8-9 months it all depends on how busy monarch are. As Gatwick07 mentioned earlier, if you keep your nose clean and work hard you will get a permanent contract.
Hope this helps you Easy.
kind regards
CRIB08
