I agree with Foreever again; hence why I started this thread in the first place. I ve sat in the pool since July 2008, with a proposed start date later that year to be based in MXP. I am 737 rated, and was recommended by many TRI/TRE's Captains, Base Captain etc, and when I first applied to Easyjet in 2003, I was told that I needed TP or Jet time to be considered for the TRSS. So I went to an Airline and built up that Jet time, and reapplied, only to pass the selection and then be cast aside, because it now suits EasyJet.
I agree with NSF on many points. I have jumped through every hoop that Easyjet have asked me to jump through, yet I find myself, out of the pool come July, because I now don't have an Airbus rating! I feel that I'm just chasing my tail with this lot.
I've spoken to the recruitment dept, just to be told 'Sorry'! It's not there fault, but I feel very let down through no fault of my own. What's the point in going on about it though? My friends at Easyjet feel just as frustrated as me, but it's my wife and young children I feel really sorry for. I live minutes from STN, and I end having to commute hundreds of miles a week, to keep my job, where we don't know what the future holds from one minute to the next.
I do appreciate that my position is a lot better than those poor buggers, who have been made redundant and have not found work since. I don't forget that! However, I feel really fed up with the way it's all going, and I have started looking for non aviation work, so I can return to normaility, and get to spend time with my family, instead of waking up every morning, wondering if I am going to have a job today.
If, it's not the recession, it's terrorism or Volcanos or rising oil prices etc that's going cause another airline to go under or our T & C's to fall even further. The nature of our industry is highly volitile and vulnerable; that's just the nature of the beast I hear you say! You are right! I think what most of us are looking for is a bit of security for our families, a salary that matches our responsibilities, and some respect from the management. Too much to ask?
It's starting to look that way...
SiJet