Received yesterday
"Thank you for your interest in our company and your patience during our recruitment process until now.
As you might have noticed our homepage is temporarily closed for new applications.
We have vacancies for about 200 to 230 Pilots until 2011. Since the 28th of January, when we started our webpage, we received an incredible number of applications. More than 1800 applicants from all over the world got themselves listed in our database.
In March and April we have been able to complete our first screening week with great success. More than half of the applicants passed our three-step- program (psychological and cognitive tests, simulator assessment & interview).
The next screening event will take place during the first week of May.
Right now we are looking for experienced wide-body crews with worldwide flight experience, who will operate our first two aircraft in 2009.
Since training for non type-rated crews is much more intense than training for pilots with B777 rating, the first two screenings had a focus on the demanding time frame to get non-type-rated people ready to go. There will be two more screening events in 2008, where the majority of applicants will be type rated on B777. This group of pilots will have to complete a relatively short difference course prior line release and will be available for employment in early 2009. We also do plan for several more screening events in 2009, this time with focus on first officers.
Being a start up company some things develop quickly others require a lot of attention to detail. In the meantime we are finally able to release the contract terms and conditions for our flight crews."
Since you are one of our applicants you get this information (see below) today, definitely well in advance of the official placement on our homepage.
Next week you will also receive another email with a list of FAQ's (holiday regulation, OFF days etc.), which might be a useful source of information for you too.
Due to the large number of qualified applicants there is no chance to invite all of you for a screening. Even the limited number of screenings will take at least 18 – 24 months of time.