Dwshimoda
You have completely missed the point of my post, for the record I was offered a position, but basing & 70% salary did not suit me, I declined, so no bitterness at all on my part, i think Jet2 are a good company to work for, but what is the point of any assessment if it does not meet the need of the airline, if HR are overworked then they are either a) under resourced b) failing to manage their own work load, if Monarch, Norwegian, BA City Flyer, Eithad, Skymark, China Air post, FlyDubai, Eastern Airways to name a few have all recruited ex bmibaby pilots, some of whom didn't make the grade(sic) with Jet2 it speaks volumes about process rather than pilot quality, the reason that Qatar, Eithad and a number of other renowned international airline sent recruitment teams half across the globe (thanks in a large part to the ex bmibaby Chief Pilot) it was because they recognised a well trained, disciplined pilot work force with amongst the highest safe standards in aviation.
Not one of the above companies is offering a bounty to its staff for recruiting pilots, so draw your own conclusions!, its not about pilot quality, or Jet2 T&C's which are excellent, but rather a recruitment system design by HR who clearly thought that there would be lots of babies looking for adoption, its called arrogance.