Thank you for your correction I appreciate it and what an absolutely ridiculous mistake on my part I can't believe I did that well it was posted at 05.23 after a night out lol

5 RINGS...
Thanks absolutely..
Another statistic I would welcome absolutely would be 1.5 billion Euro paid into my bin!

Whilst you are in a reflective mood, perhaps you could also acknowledge that I was not using IATA codes or comparing RA with BA!

Hey easy guys.

Is a SO/FO/SFO allowed to:
Taxi and park?
Order the Fuel as he think?
calculate Loadsheet?
calculate Performance and decide V1 & Flex n stuff
brief the Cabin
fly visuals
fly FD OFF takeoffs
fly raw data approaches without bird
talk to Network ops and maintenance ops?

thankyou !

I’m assuming you are ex AB?

Gnarlberg

Yes/no
Yes
On EFB
On EFB
Yes
Yes
No, no-one is
Yes
Yes, at least with me they can. Other opinions may exist.

hey thanks ! i am.

so like in our company. FD off takeoffs on Islands (not LHR CDG and FRA) are very good training for pitch power flying. but ok.

so a first officer is allowed to pushback start the engines and taxi all the way until entering the parking spot ?

cool thing. thanks guys !

Yes that is correct, If it's an FO sector then the FO does everything until parking. Only captains allowed to turn onto stand/park due to insurance and often due to guidance only for LHS! Feel free to PM me if you want any more info (FO at EZY)

To expand on some of the questions / answers:

Taxi and park? - As answered, yes if it is your sector but LHS will park.

Order the Fuel as he think? - an FO will usually get to suggest a fuel number but it isn't always the case depending on who you fly with. Cap has final say.

brief the Cabin - Normally done by the Captain.

fly visuals - sure, but we have some limitations. Min 1500 AAL / 500 AGL until on final approach for example. Should be briefed in advance.

fly FD OFF takeoffs - Never apart from in the sim / dictated by the MEL.

fly raw data approaches without bird - Yes and MT, when appropriate. It should be briefed in advance so PM knows how and what they are monitoring.

talk to Network ops and maintenance ops? - Usually the Captain. Depends on the colleague and how close they are to command / experience level.


Not sure how AB does it, but your crosswind limit in RHS will be 20kts regardless of SO / FO / SFO.

U2 is a very SOP based airline and they expect you to follow them.

I'm Berlin based, feel free to get in touch via PM.

New CEO Named
 

Johan Lundgren from TUI.

This appointment will be interesting. TUI have used EZY for allocations before. Wonder if we'll see more of this, while TUI uses its own planes for more lucrative routes?

Anybody know if TUI has block booked seats on EZY flights in recent times or if any other tour operators utilise EZY aircraft?

They use EZY from EDI to Dubrovnik.

So it looks like Easyjet are happy to let jet2 take No2 position at Stansted no sign of extra based aircraft or new and existing routes.

Guess it’s just same old Easyjet I’m not saying they don’t know what they are doing there may well be method behind their madness but it just seem at Stansted at least there is no ambition or route development what so ever over the last few years.

I personally thought that Easyjet might put up a bit of a fight but seem they are happy to roll over and let jet2 tickle its belly.

easyJet fly to only 25 destinations from STN, of which 20 are (or will be) in direct competition with at least one airline. That means they'll have to reduce prices, reducing profits, in order to compete. It does not make sense to wage war on Ryanair's turf, all for the sake of being the second largest airline at STN, because easyJet will lose that fight. If Jet2 want to expand their STN operations, easyJet will watch from the sidelines because they know that Ryanair will crush the competition at STN. What does make sense for easyJet, however, is expanding at airports where easyJet is already dominant, and where the airline can make the most money. The same goes for Ryanair at LTN and LGW - they aren't going to expand operations at these airports because they know that they'll lose the fight against easyJet. The fact the Ryanair are moving BFS-LGW to BFS-STN is evidence of this. STN is Ryanair territory, while LTN, LGW and SEN are easyJet territories.

TUI are also using seats on a number of routes from LTN as well - inc Alicante/Malaga/Tenerife

could someone of you explain the staff travel of EZY?
I guess its quite cheap to travel within the easy network, but what about transatlantic and asian flights? do you have any agreements? is easyjet working on this? norwegian maybe?

what about the bases, you are opening TXL, but besides that what about AMS? i could find something about AMS but seems it is closed? Are there plans of opening a Base in scandinavia? Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm or maybe Helsinki or is Norwegian to strong there?

What crew meals do you get during your duty? is there anything at all, can you buy, or do you get full meals and beverages?

are there rumors about start flying longhaul with the 321neo LR or will it just remain with norwegian?

do you use iPads/lido?

are there any round trips at all with layover or you usually stay at home every night?
is there a possibility of opening PMI and being temporary based there on company cost? (own discretion)

thanks guys again for your patience, I will attend the roadshow the upcoming week and easy looks like the best option for me even if I need to move to berlin... looking forward :)

Staff Travel - if you are travelling without kids and/or travelling off peak, the ST system can work quite well. Most ST tickets are confirmed seats, and some are standby (but convert to confirmed if the system thinks that the flight if sufficiently undersold). School holidays its a waste of time usually. You can add three other names to your Staff Travel account plus kids. You can change the names up to 20 times in year. We have no agreements with other airlines.

Bases - AMS has been a crew base for quite a while and is expanding I believe. Not sure how many aircraft they have, maybe 7? PMI opened as a seasonal crew base this year for the summer months. FO's tend to go back to LGW for the winter. I can't see a base in Scandinavia any time soon. We have lots of other bases all over Europe.

A321 - I think the 321's are coming to operate services from slot restricted airports like LGW/ORY?

Crew meals - Yes we are fed. Its depends on the sector length and time of day you start as to what you get. (i.e. LON-AMS-LON - a hot breakfast / LON - DLM - LON - two hot meals and sandwiches and chocolate/fruit). Also free tea/coffee and bottles water. We aren't Ryanair, we have a union(s).

LIDO -yes LIDO used on Toughpads. I think PMI base trialled iPAD's in the summer?

Layovers - There are very few layovers. LGW and MXP have a few I think? You will also night stop away if you work at another base. (my last one was about 4 months ago).

Good luck.....

A320.b744..
Rather too many assumptions in your last.
STN is valuable to EZY with it`s particular & established network.
RYR & EXS are to a large degree totally different models & quite obviously for the London area & market there is space for both.
Mentions of 17 based units for EXS by 2019 so hardly being "crushed".

The A321neo is a high density one and not the LR version (which I believe Airbus will not make until 2019 anyway) with 235 seats in the ezy version. It will have a slightly shorter range than the A320neos we get.

Interesting to find out the incoming CEO is being paid more than Carolyn Mccall. This is at the start, whereas CM's figure is her most recent (of the 7 years at EZY)

I might get they pay a premium for ex-rival talent (he'd been on gardening leave for a while), but what extra can Easyjet possibly get from TUI that they need to pay more for?

TUI passengers booked through EZY flights?

That already happens. TUI and Thomas Cook use Easyjet a lot for their package holidays.

I've really no idea whether Mr Lundgren's remuneration package is justified, but they should be aware that a lot of flak may be coming their way and that gender pay gap is a sensitive and topical issue.

I don't know what percentage of easyjet's employees are female, I can say that around 50% of their customers are. Hopefully they'll find something better to say than "His remuneration is broadly in line with the current CEO."

Used to do a fair bit with Jet2 as well, but since they grew the Jet2Holidays brand, they soon stopped. Then they used Monarch, so since went under, it's either U2 or FR. Ryanair probably could offer allocations cheaper if they wanted to, but they're happy to sell all of the seats themselves, leaving Easyjet.

I still suspect more of a TUI/Easyjet tie up of some kind coming up soon

A TUI/EasyJet tie up in Germany would be very interesting...

They could call it Air Berlin :oh:

In senior positions, remuneration is a matter of negotiation. Perhaps Mr Lundgren is a better negotiator than Ms McCall.

TUI passengers booked through EZY flights?!
Used to do a fair bit with Jet2, they then stopped. Then they used Monarch, now it's either U2 or FR. Ryanair are happy to sell all of the seats themselves, leaving Easyjet.
I still suspect more of a TUI/Easyjet tie up of some kind coming up soon

So where does Britannia/Thomson for into all this. Are TUI using the LCC's for some low demand/density routes? I suspect the pax who pay normally expecting a Thomson and then travel on an LoCo will not be happy campers. Even if they are notified in advance they might still expect Thomson service. How does this type of marketing work?

It's made clear on the website. From EDI they also use BACF for holidays in Malaga. Essentially they have a single 738 at EDI which is intensively used in the summer. If they were to serve every holiday destination they would need to base a second a/c.

Having flown both airlines (TUI and EZY) in the last 4 months I can confirm there is not much difference in the two. I doubt most pax would even remember who they flew on once the holiday was over. TUI have no TVs on short haul, no comp food or drink, no preorder food or drink - its all buy on board and the menus are similar.

TUI have no comp food or drink, no preorder food or drink - its all buy on board and the menus are similar.

Oh dear; how times have changed. Thank you for the info.

Without sounding defensive..... there is indeed very little difference, short haul, between EZY and TUI. Operationally, they are different in places but joe public doesn't recognise those.

Thomas Cook began taking allocation on EZY several years ago now. A few people were a bit suspicious ("i've seen Airline") but most were pleasantly surprised...EZY's onboard soft product is pretty decent. Furthermore, EZY flight times were generally better as they don't do that many true overnight flights and as such, there was anecdotal evidence that the holiday cost was actually a little more expensive than those flying with TCX.

Just because the new boss is ex TUI does not mean easyJet is going to suddenly jump into bed with them. All it indicates is that the man has a range of experience in running a reasonably sized airline/holiday operation. I think many people are adding 2 + 2 and getting an answer of 113.

If Lundgren has Holidays experience, maybe we could see a development on the 'Easy jet Holidays' brand. Rather than just put flight/transfer/hotel together into one package (Anyone can do that), could we see hotel ownership in the long term?

I think Stelios would have an issue with that, he already has easyhotels. It would be nice to see a more active easyjet holidays product though

In my role where you start on the pay scale depends on previous experience. It would be quite legitimate therefore to pay more to someone with a background in running airlines and holidays than someone from the media.

Also, for a true comparison you would also need to consider things like share packages. It might be that case that McCall did very well out of the overall increase in share price.

Seen that Easyjet have increased the baggage allowance. 15kg from £8.99 and 23kg from £13.99

bit of a conspiracy theory here....
New CEO may have focus on holiday sales (Coming from TUI), Holidays need more allowance to be more appealing.
Jet2 like to brag about 22kg allowance, so maybe this is a dig at them?

Or could be that Ryanair have 15/20kg options, so they want to do one better than them.

...or just because they can, but the extra cost of fuel would mean there is a reason behind it

Thoughts anyone?

The hold bag change has been planned for many months, long before the selection of CEO would have been taken.

Sept and Oct flights released on 22nd.