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hard_landing 2nd May 2008 19:41

Has anyone received an email from Bjets? The reason I ask is that a friend of mine got an email telling him to expect a start date in June. He got this in Feb (or possibly the start of March).....just wondered if anyone else had received an email.

I know that there are issues with the DGCA (and he hasn't heard anything for a while) but I am trying to find out how many guys (and gals) have received confirmation of a job offer.

By the way he was offered a F/O position

smackid 2nd May 2008 22:17

Hard Landing.....if your friend was hired as an FO, and isn't from India, it looks like the offer no longer stands....I know it sucks, I'm in the same boat, as well as the poster two above this post!!

hard_landing 2nd May 2008 23:37

I was just wondering how many people actually got an email from India with a definite job offer. My mate stayed in touch with the people that attended the interview and sim assessment at the same time as him, and although they were told that they had all passed the interview and sim assessment, only my mate and one other actually got an email off someone from Bjets in India.

I guess it doesn't really matter if the offer doesn't stand...just thought I'd ask. I haven't spoke to him for a while but I know he will be hugely disappointed!!

anyway, good luck guys, I hope you all find something soon

HL

smackid 3rd May 2008 03:10

I was working with a recruitment company here in Canada, and I got my job offer from Bjets, through them....so not a direct e-mail per se, but a forwarded one....

Good luck to your friend too!! The waiting is painful!

Pilot Positive 3rd May 2008 12:07

Fully understand your sentiments flyingspark, what a great opportunity for low hour FOs. I was fired up and ready to go as well... :{

This DGCA ruling, however, may only be a temporary set back. It may be the Indian Govt making a token gesture in attempting to stamp their authority on a massively expanding sector without the input of operators/reality on the ground? And who knows how the political situation will really evolve?

3 months down the line this ruling could be relaxed or, better still, dismissed and we all suddenly get phone calls telling us to get on a CJ TR ASAP!! :}


Pilot Positive :)

Treetopflyer 3rd May 2008 23:48

March interview, got a job offer in April for a captain position (actual contract sent directly from BJets HR), supposedly starting in June...

Twin2040 4th May 2008 11:29

Good to hear Tree top - keep us posted ! Are you able to choose your own base - Hydrabad or Singapore ?.

smackid 4th May 2008 16:22

Yeah Tree Top Congrats!! Please let us know how it turns out so we can wollow more!! LOL If it's what they offered me, it's a rotation of India 35, home 31, Singapore 35??

Positive Pilot.....keep the positive thoughts coming please!!

Treetopflyer 4th May 2008 17:08

Yeah, I can only hope I'm luckier than some of you... Sorry to hear what happened there...

Apparently it's 35 on / 31 off for me too, and quite frankly I don't know where I'll be when I'm on (but then I don't really care either)... From how the contract reads, it sounds like NJE, you sleep wherever the aircraft is that night so there's no real base (?)

Will keep you guys posted of how things work, but right now I only have very little info about what and how things are going to happen... It's ok, I love surprises... :E

Crosswind Limits 6th May 2008 10:37

Did any expats actually begin flying online with Bjets? I passed an interview and basic sim check in late November but for various reasons decided not to accept the offer. It seems in hindsight I made the right choice! There were a couple of guys with me who were going to do their first type rating on a CJ2. I wonder if they managed to complete the course and start flying before the plug was pulled. I also have a former expat colleague who is currently in Dubai completing a Hawker 850XP course for Bjets. I have not heard from him so unsure what the current position is! He is an FO.

Sadly, I can't say I am surprised by the decision of the Indian DGCA! They are as backward and bureaucratic as can be!!:rolleyes:

doubleu-anker 6th May 2008 16:55

"They are as backward and bureaucratic as can be!! "

Bureaucracy taught by the British, perfected by the Indian's themselves.

Gandhi Was Bandy 7th May 2008 22:23

It's not entirely fair to lay all the blame at the feet of the DGCA.

A certain HR VP who thinks aircrew can be treated like the housemaids from a two star, low budget Accor hotel (his previous audience) is responsible for all the cock-ups involving non-payment of expenses.

Pilot lite 7th May 2008 22:33


It's not entirely fair to lay all the blame at the feet of the DGCA.

A certain HR VP who thinks aircrew can be treated like the housemaids from a two star, low budget Accor hotel (his previous audience) is responsible for all the cock-ups involving non-payment of expenses.
Let me guess, one thing in common with DGCA - both are Indian?:rolleyes:

Flintstone 8th May 2008 13:06

Gandhi.

Care to elaborate? PM is fine if you're twitchy.

weido_salt 8th May 2008 14:26

Gandhi Was Bandy (yes I believe so)

"A certain HR VP who thinks aircrew can be treated like the housemaids from a two star, low budget Accor hotel (his previous audience) is responsible for all the cock-ups involving non-payment of expenses."

Oh this is quiet prevalent in that part of the world. It is known as S. P. S. SPS? Yes, small p**** syndrome.

Best advice, apart from corrective surgery, is to advise this guy to find a girlfriend/boyfriend with extremely small hands.

Pilot lite 8th May 2008 14:57

I heard that the CEO also suffers from SPS. That explains why he employed such a person and gave him so much responsiblity.

As the old saying goes......."It's not the size that counts it's where you put it" :yuk: or somefink like that.:eek:

Gandhi Was Bandy 8th May 2008 15:26

Nail/head. The guy certainly suffers from some kind of complex. It is him and the penny pinching CEO/COO that have caused all these posts from people asking where their expenses have gone.

The (ex-pat) Director of Maintenance already left. It wouldn't take much to see the others off and then where will they be? A nice new shell of a company with no-one to run it, aircraft on order with nobody to fly them.................the future's loking pretty grim unless someone steps in sharpish and makes some decisions.

BizJetJockey 8th May 2008 16:58

Rant rant rant!
 
Stop turning this forum into another rant. It gets really tedious!

:ok::ok::ok:

chipieflyer 8th May 2008 19:17

BizJetJockey :D:D:D

To be fair, 7 pages before the knives come out has to be some kind of record

Gandhi Was Bandy 8th May 2008 20:12

Good idea!

Let's only write good things and happy thoughts. We should refrain from warning people about bad things. Let them blindly resign their jobs and travel halfway round the world in ignorance.

How stupid of me.


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