1. Requirements- basically a licence, Airbus rating an advantage, but we've taken cadets recently.... basically you need to be a good bloke (or girl)
2.Assessmenr- HR and Technical interview followed by Sim assessment
3. No age limit... and you don't need to be a reserve, most people aren't and most of our flying is non military, it is an option but I think the quota is just about full at the moment.
4. You just need an Easa licence, no requirement to be UK national.
5. Ah Rostering..... no agreement, getting time off certainly isn't an issue, recency can be. From my experience, you get what your given, a lot of the time you want more and if you want rid of anything it generally isn't difficult to get rid of. Although this summer is set to be busier.
Overall, there are still teething problems and frustrations, but colleagues and crews are fantastic, trips are great, command time has gone as low as 12 months lately and I wouldn't be anywhere else in the world.