Jet2 Autumn 2014
As successful or not that jet2 are, if people don't want to work for you you're doing something very wrong. 15%+ attrition is not sustainable for any employee group, particularly one that has such long lead in times as pilots. As management well know people leaving now have wanted out for a very long time. Jet2 lost them last year or even earlier. No amount of tinkering will change the minds of anyone who has decided they want to out.
6 on 2 off and hitting every single limit of cap 371 as several of my friends who are still there (but are also waiting to hand in their notice) are doing will not help that situation.
People working in the cargo bases have always been slightly protected because the Royal Mail business was the holy sacred cash cow that could not be late or disrupted. Historically they have always been over crewed and generously rostered with a very light programme. With the reduction of the first class mail guarantee and a fully privatised business, how long do you think the mail will be willing to pay 10 times rail or road fare for a first class letter?
That's when the seasonality of the business and jet2's incapability of securing any significant winter business will really bite. Coupled with new expensive aircraft. Good luck chaps and chapesses.
Last edited by gorter; 7th Jul 2015 at 21:35.