"They hired new guys with low experience and not german speaking!"
Only in one case and he is a former Airbus engineer with specific experience on the A300-600.
"The roster are exhausted, commuting is almost impossible, expect to fly 7 night in a row and have 3 days off."
That is not a fair representation. 7 nights can and does happen but the minimum days off are 11 per month and you often gain a number of rest periods if the last flight lands after midnight. My last roster was 7 on, 5 off, 4 on, 4 off, 4 on, 4 off (admittedly with a few leave days).
"Forget if you want to go back to Belgium as the jumpseats are for the Belgian contract first."
That is definitely true. Same goes for most UK destinations too.
"Excpect to fly 250/300 hrs / year! But with duty of 1000 hrs!"
Also true, making it a bad choice for low houred, career minded FOs. If you want lots of hours and a quick command stay away, you won't be happy here. Almost all FOs at EAT have many thousands of hours and up to 11 years experience.
"Only night flight, no bidding system and if you do a request, be sure that you will never get it!"
Again, not entirely true. About 85% is night flying (at least on the A300). There are quite a few weekend charters and the odd day flight in the week too. The day flights are likely to increase if and when we start flying longhaul.
Can only speak for myself, but have so far got every request I asked for (but then I don't ask for that many).
"Low base salary with sector pay."
Depends what you call low. PPJN figures are fairly accurate. Also, you get sector pay AND the same per FDP so most of the 1000 hrs per year are also paid on top of the basic. The company provide beds in Leipzig so you can rest between flights. This is also FDP so you are paid to sleep!
"Otherwise, very good and nice people to fly with!"
Quite agree, although you need to watch your back at the moment. There are a lot of people looking to get a foot on the ladder in the company and don't mind who they tread on to get there. Of all the companies I've worked for this is biggest collection of 'individuals', but that will hopefully change as things settle down.
"Nice company to start or finish your career..."
