Lots of people will think it is a pretty good deal to pay around 20k for an A320 type rating with a 2 years contract behind (1500+ ontype), and with a possibility to get a permanent job afterward.
Agreed.
A secure permanent job at that.
Once again, if the deal was so good they would then advertise for very experienced pilots, with thousands of hours on Airbus family. Not very difficult to find at the moment.
I am sorry but 1500 hours total with 500 hours multi crew on a 5.7 T aircraft is not what we would call " an experienced profile"
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No but they are looking at a mixed bag of profiles from low hours to many.
Don't forget they have done 'very experienced' recruiting previous were a lot of the guys jumped into the LHS after six months. Maybe this profile is based on that experience and the need for more 'mouldable' characters.
For those wanting T&C information, here is a post earlier in the thread...
There are two different 'recruitment' drives going on - this external one and the getting flexi crews who are eligible to sign up to permanent contracts (which has been on going for European contracts for many years).
The external drive is to balance up the experience levels within the company and has also been talked about in conduction with the internal changes.
The permanent contract is not a 2 year contract, but a permanent permeant position.. however a flexi crew would would have to complete 2 years as flexi crew prior to be eligible for the perm position and complete 1250 easyjet factored hours.
The contract is subject to a 10% performance bonus, pension, shares, sick pay, leave, transfers, commuting + staff travel etc as all the other 'traditional' permanent positions are and which flexi crew do not get to enjoy previously.
The lower pay is mostly because it is a part time offering with three options:
75% contract (100 in summer, 50 in winter)
100% FRV roster contract and
90% pay, 100% work 5453 roster
The later two are bidable and the percentage is taken from the 'traditional' permanent first officer pay scales available on PPJN.
There are also many European contracts available in France, Germany, Lisbon and Italy which again are all a bit different.
For example a SFOs basic in France is around 80k and in Germany around 65k plus sectors / shift allowances etc.
As the company doesn't run on seniority, you will be able to go onto a waiting list for another base (or indeed the command once you've completed the minimum required sims) and get your place on the effectively first come, first serve system, which I imagine would be most interesting for you if you're coming from a command elsewhere.
Hope that gives an insight and may adjust your allusions slightly, and to show you that whilst this New Entrant Contract does have different pay scales, it is very very different from the Flexi crew deals.
(The NEC is what is presumed to be offered.. )