Virgin Blue A330 Jobs

[E.P.]

Management positions finialised and offers sent out today.

No surprise appointments

[Bellcrank 74]

Hearing that 330 'A' Checks to be done O'night in SYD by JHAS as required... not sure how true this is???

[Flugzeugmechaniker]

All A330 support to be provided by JHAS

[onthillside]

anyone know if the F/O spots are internal? if so did many people apply?

[The Bunglerat]

anyone know if the F/O spots are internal? if so did many people apply?

'Yes' to the first part, & 'no' to the second.

[hongkongfooey]

In that case Bungle will they be looking for 330 F/Os externally ?

[ad-astra]

Sorry I understand all positions are being filled by current Virgin group pilots.

[KRUSTY 34]

And so they should be!

[HappyBandit]

Krusty

Yeah I agree they should firstly be filled from internal pool....Moving on from that, is it reasonable to assume then that there will be a significant amount of recruitment for 73 and e-jets fairly soon then??? If so, any word internally on when?

[mates rates]

42 pilots to start between now and April.Rumoured to be another 60 this year.

[The Bunglerat]

In that case Bungle will they be looking for 330 F/Os externally ?

What can I say, other than the usual "only if there are insufficient expressions of interest from internal candidates."

[coaldemon]

EOI's are in the hundreds. Little to no chance of positions on the A330 or for that matter the B777 going external at this point.

[Superbad]

No external for A330, no f/o's anyway and from what i have head after april external hiring may only be onto the Ejet. Reason being ejet f/os being finally allowed to switch types, and taking up vacant 73 slots.

[slice]

EOIs in the hundreds!?!?! Then why did they have to ask for more FO EOIs just to crew the first 2 AC? Sounds like despite the whatever number of EOIs there are, at 737 + 5% not alot of real interest as you could lose alot more than that in allowances and O/T depending on roster structure.

[No Idea Either]

slice...

thats just politics. All airline management say that as a tactic to keep the troops under the thumb. Yes the conditions are only marginally better that the 73 but there are heaps of guys and gals itching for the position unfortunately, both internally and externally. With the run up to the EBA I hazard a guess that this will be the standard mantra, as always......if you guys dont do it then we have millions...no trillions..... of external applicants. Standard HR, dont be fooled by it again...........

[Whiskery]

Standard HR, dont be fooled by it again...........
Classic Who

[The Bunglerat]

...What Slice said.

[SilverSleuth]

Superbad says:

from what i have head after april external hiring may only be onto the Ejet.

That is correct! It has been announced to the pilot body that ALL new pilots in VB (including VA fo's if they move accross) will be Ejet Fo's. No more direct onto the 737. (and rightfully so) Ejet fos will be moved across first. Tis about time. !!

[3dimsims]

How about guys wishing to join virgin with 737ng and 777 experience? Whould the same apply?

[F111]

Don't know about V, but at Virgin Blue it doesn't matter if you have 737 time, come April all new pilots start on the Ejet.