Airline easyJet is to create 330 new jobs for pilots this year across all of its 11 UK bases.
The new posts will be in Gatwick, Southend, Luton, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol and Belfast.
Captain Brian Tyrrell, easyJet's head of flight operations, said: "We offer a clear career path for pilots with the potential to move from first officer to captain more quickly than at other airlines."
Jim McAuslan, general secretary of the pilots' union Balpa, said: "EasyJet has been dragged kicking and screaming by Balpa into offering a permanent contract to some of its growing casual pilot workforce.
"Despite the spin in today's easyJet announcement, this "take-it-or-leave-it" contract is being denounced by pilots across easyJet."
Source:
EasyJet to create 330 pilot jobs - National News, Breaking News - Herald.ie
Luchtvaartnieuws.nl, a dutch website on aviation has some more detailled info here
Article - Luchtvaartnieuws
To me it looks like Easyjet is copying the Ryanair model in which pilots are hired from one or two companies.
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For budget airline EasyJet has this year for 330 new pilots in the United Kingdom. The need for new pilots is the result of a new career structure for the company, as did easyJet Friday. These are permanent positions for new cadet and first officer positions on the eleven British easyJet bases.
The influx of newcomers means that existing first officers can move to the position of captain in the British airline.
EasyJet prefers pilots coming from training partners CTC and Parc and who have experience as a pilot with easyJet. After two years and more than 1250 flight hours they can earn a permanent contract with easyJet. The starting salary for cadets is £ 40,000, while first officers earn at least £ 54,000. The income of captains is between 114,000 and 146,000 pounds.
EasyJet makes for hiring pilots for several years using the services of CTC and Parc, and it was some time ago that the society itself directly hired pilots. The company has about 2,300 pilots, of whom it yourself 1850 under contract and 450 are under contract with CTC and Parc. The airline only flies with Airbus A319s and A320s.
The new fixed first officer positions will be offered on all eleven of easyJet bases in the United Kingdom: the 'London' airports Gatwick, Southend, Luton and Stansted, Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool and Bristol in England, and Belfast in Northern Ireland.