Air 2000 have just completed this round of DEP selection. The current hours requirements are 2000 hours TT with some turbo prop experience. If you are ex-military this will definitely help you get a job, whether its ex fighter or helicopter seems to be largely irrelevant. The hours requirements do vary from recruiting season to recruiting season.
Some minor corrections to Desk Drivers posting.
First Choice is a large group, and as well as the airline it also owns travel agents. The brand list is long and includes Unijet, Hayes and Jarvis, Sovereign, Twenties, and Sunsail.
There are a number of main bases but throughout the year other bases are used, including Exeter, Norwich and Blackpool.
Scheduled flights were introduced this year, and are basically exactly the same flights that were previously flown under a charter flight number.
Regular scheduled flights include Tenerife, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Paphos and Palma.
Gatwick is the biggest base, and Air 2000 is the biggest charter operator at Gatwick.
Air 2000 headquarters are in Manchester with additional parts (from Fleet Offices to Payroll) based at Gatwick, which is also where First Choice HQ is.
During the winter, a number of B757s are reconfigured in all-VIP layout and go off on 3-5 week round the world trips.
Air 2000 also does a large number of daystops in the winter for Transun, such as the Lapland flights and day trips to European destinations like Venice and Berlin.
Other leases in winter are always wet leases.