Still on the RTC so can only give a look at the 24months in period.
Money is good-ish, if I was an 21 year old with zero debts and parents had paid my way through all my training I would be thinking this is awesome, work maybe 10days a month max, pay my £500 a month type rating loan and take home £2500ish after tax to blow on the 18-22year old trolly dollys getting them into bed and buying a new 318i
as early 30's man with house and training debts for next 3years as well as type rating the money left is same as a crap job in a call centre, but lifestlye is miles better as is the job, so I guess thats a plus as prospects after 3years are much much better than dixons call centre!
you are a number and an expendable number, dont do your job right and I dont see a slap on the wrist, I see out the door and no thanks for your hard work and effort.
getting the right base makes life at home nice, get the wrong base and your not really living your life how you want, jumpseating home every week, spending half your time on standby not earning in the place you dont want to be,,, some months are good, only 1 standby in 5 days, some are 3 in 5 days, this time of year seems to be the latter, not sure if thats seasonal or because they continue to bring in new cadets? again I suspect the latter!.
going in the sim on a brookfield means paying for hotels out your own pocket, get stuck down route due tech or duty time or what ever means minimal rest in the nearest or cheapest hotel they can find and if theres no restaurant open,, tough!, get a taxi at your own cost because your now off duty! and its not there responcability, its like been off duty back at base! yea apart from your car is in the carpark and your house/accomidation is already lined up to cater for been there.
aircraft are new and safe, if something goes wrong then the SOP's are very good and follow the numbers should see you back safe on the ground again to tell the tail, not sure you would be paid though as your paid sector block hours and if you come back you did not compleate the sector! lol,, i may be wrong but again I recon not.
Its a very organised company and things do run smooth, rosta is stable 5/4 and pretty much set in stone, shame the 5 on are not 5 on though! but at 85Euros an hour the 45euro line trainer is cheaper than me.
ticket to getting the good money would seem to be make command, then LTC then train on nearly every flight and work the 900hours a year, sit in the right seat after a few hours and your never going to buy that new 911!
its not my first flying job, but its my first in a Jet carrier, and I am mixed about it all, I would probably leave for elsewhere given the choice, but no where is hireing really, those that are have probably 100+ applicants for 1 job, and are they going to still be there in 12months? thankfully I do work outside of Ryanair that earns me good money and losing my flying job would not harm me finantialy, but I do want to continue flying and get a command and dont see it worth rocking the boat in the current climate.
hope that answers a few questions.
Last edited by zerotohero; 8th March 2009 at 16:44.