Hi Folks,
Right, Firstly I'll appologise in advance, it's not my intention to badger anyone about the on-going BA recruitment situation-I know there is always a lot of threads about it, but is there anyone out there in the BA CEP hold pool who has heard any rumours, stories, etc. etc.?
If so I'd love to know when you think this recruitment freeze is likely to "thaw out". There are a fair pile of us who have been kept in limbo since the dreaded event. (Not moaning by the way-know we are luckier than those that just missed the boat).
I realise that up until say April 02, they didn't really know where they were going themselves, but now that things have settled down a bit and the "future size and shape" thing is in motion things should slowly be on the up. Right??
I am certainly not here to rock the boat, I still desperately want to fly for BA and am not complaining, but I cannot understand why we are not better informed as to when things are likely to change. I know that they may not have decided to tell us when they have decided (if ever) to restart the CEP scheme, but I cannot believe for one moment that no-one in BA (either in flight ops or senior management) doesn't know when they will need to recruit new staff.
When we were recruited, we were informed that there was an ongoing expansion, obviously now there is a substantial downsizing of some 50 aircraft and thousands of workers who have been made redundant. There was also however, a seemingly constant stream of pilot retirements some 100 p.a.? (due I think, to a freeze in recruitment back in the 80's?) to recruit replacements for. Does anyone know what has happened to these old timer's positions?
If anyone can shed even a feeble glint of light on the situation then I'd be mighty grateful and obviously so would everyone else in the hold pool.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
VORDME
