Hi everyone , can anybody help me to find out the working conditions as FO flying the ATR 72 for Aurigny Air ? costs of living in Guernsey ,working hours ,etc.
thank you indeed in advance
Hello Sir,
First of all, the full name of the company is Aurigny Air Services. Aurigny means Alderney in French, and it is where our OPS are located.
We have 3 ATR72s which are based at Guernsey.
1 ATR42 which is based at London Southend at the moment.
One important thing to mention, Aurigny Air Services is THE Guernsey States' flag carrier...
Basically, in summer time we use all the ATR72s for our regular routes from Guernsey to Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester, Bristol.
In winter we usually operate 2 ATR72s for those regular routes and one spare ATR72 is used for charters in PAX configuration or in cargo configuration, to destinations all over Europe.
The ATR 42 is for charters under the Aurigny AOC but more or less managed by its owner ( which is the owner of the ex Air Wales !).
Guernsey is a very pleasant place to live, with lots of friendly local people. The roads are very narrow and the limited speed is 35 MPH. It is a very quiet island, with wonderful places to go for a long walk.
Life is as expensive as in the UK. Housing is normally expensive although you can find reasonable prices.
It is a fiscal heaven so whatever your salary, you only pay 20% for your income tax
As for working with Aurigny. I would say it is a good place to work. if you are on earlies you will report at 6 AM and finish your duties at 1 PM, and if you are on lates, you will start your duties at 1 PM and finish at 9 PM.
No nightstops, you will be able to sleep in your own bed every day, unless you do a charter wich is not often.
We normally fly 4 sectors per duty, so it means 2 as PF, and 2 as PNF.
The roster is not fixe, but you always have your 2 consecutive days OFF per week.
I am a captain, but my FOs seem to be flying very few (15 hours per months) at the moment, this is because the company keeps recruiting more FOs than we normally need. (don't ask me why, nobody knows
).
The quality of training is of good standard...apart from the CRM !! Some of my FOs and cabin crew still don't understand that the chief on board is the captain only. That's why as a captain we get paid more money than anybody else, simply because we are the only one reliable on board. But some people are silly and they will never understand it. That is the only negative point I would say about Aurigny.
Anyway, hope this helps.
Cheerio.