British Airways - Wannabes & Recruitment IV

[sunlight10]

training course

Hey all,

I got in to the hold pool in June 2008. My references were already checked but no course offered so far... has anyone heard anything at all about how long we might have to wait before we are offered a job? I am quite worried since my application will expire end of November... Any light in the tunnel?

[joshmist03]

BA

From what i have been reading on previous threads and hear say from friends, courses have not been planned yet.

They have larger issues to sort out before thay can start running courses for new entrants. If you look on the Project Columbus thread, you will see what I mean. Sit tight, you may hear news on course start dates around autumn 09.

[sunlight10]

BA

Thanks a bunch for the tips Joshmist03! It seems I will have to be patient!!

[kraze]

recruitment

Ba are purposing to reduce crewing levels on aircrafts so fuurther entrant courses seem unnecessary. They are trying to get rid of crew instead of adding more.

From what i gather, the Mixed fleet proposal is off the drawing board for now.

And you really have to watch the 900 hours. Once you hit that you are grounded and won't be taking home any extra dosh. When manpower is short of crew that's when your hours will fly sky high

[jollyjumbo]

Holdpool

Sad news that the flight deck hold pool has came to an end & closed, all in this list have been told they can re-apply,Whenever
Do hope they do not follow suit for cabin crew as it wouldnt be fair on all who have been waiting a year to then be informed that the cc pool has gone.
Fingers crossed for all swimming.

[bharti patel]

Zebra

Hi ,

I just joined in yesterday, I think it is very slow for this sort of jobs at present situation is not helping at all. I am looking for Passenger Service Agent at any London airport , if possible at Heathrow as I live nearer, LGW is bit far, Stn is far too, but not fussy. I have Finished my course on Passenger Service Agent online through Emirates and passed with good grades. Please let me know of any airlines looking to recruit for PSA.
If any Handling companies To suggest who deals with this type of recruitment , if anyone out there pls fwd some details.


Thanks

[SIMEFLY]

BA Cabin Crew-based Manchester

Hi,

Am ex KLM cabin crew been out of the industry for 9years.
I remeber at the time BA regional were based out of Manchester,i understand at present it is BA CONNECT.

I welcome any advice regards addresses, who to speak to etc!!Although with the ensuing strike, who knows???

I really miss the buzz of the job and am considering to return.


With thanks

[Muizenberg]

BA MAN base no longer

BA regional base no longer exists.

FlyBE took over operations.

BA Mainline has bases at LHR and LGW only.

BA Cityflyer at LCY and EDI only.

To be based in MAN, apply to FlyBE...

Good luck!

[yaletown]

LGW is not on the same contract as LHR and at the moment from what I have read, BA is trying to end the transfers that had been in the agreement. in 1992, EuroGatwick was formed as a subsidiary of BA, and crews would have to put in 5 years before they could transfer over to mainline, and at that time they could only go to Eurofleet. The single fleet now of LGW I believe was formed in 2002, when mainline LGW WW crews were forced over to LHR WW. The LGW crews make far less than their mainline counterparts at LHR.

[Glamgirl]

LGW is single fleet, so doing both long and short haul, but is still Mainline. Single fleet was started in 2006 (October). LGW has a different pay structure than LHR. LGW have basic/hourly pay/night stop payment. LHR have a variety of allowances, which is complicated to explain to outsiders.

At the moment, BA would like to stop transfers from LGW to LHR on current contracts. Watch this space, basically.

For those in the pool, keep swimming, you may well reach your destination later this year.

Gg

[1 FLEW OVER]

I Believe Ba Are Recruiting Wannabes

Ba Are Recruiting Cabin Crew To Replace The Hole Left By All The Striking Crew Who May Lose Their Jobs

[jimmy712]

Not sure If they are recruiting! I had an interview for them about a year ago and been in a holding pool since... with many other people!!

[1 FLEW OVER]

Ba Cabin Crew Pool

Well jimmy712 be prepared for a call very soon.

There are a lot of people in the BA 'pool', a mix of temp staff stood down from last summer and a lot of ex-cabin crew from the other airlines in the uk which have shed staff or have been made redundant.

BA have stated that they aim to pay market rate +10%, so how many do you think are waiting in the wings when BAAAAAASSA call for a strike!

[yaletown]

I would not take that opportunity if I were you. Going and working whilst the bulk of your potential future colleagues are on strike, would not be a prudent decision. When they do come back to work, and find out that you worked as a 'replacement' for them, they will probably have a cold if not hostile attitude toward you. In the end, it could result in some very cold and unpleasant trips for many years afterwards. To this day, the mechanics at Eastern Airlines who crossed the picket line back in the early 90's in the States, still face resentment where they work; for example, I worked with a pilot at a regional, back in 2004, who was one of those mechanics. When people would find out, they would not speak with him, even though he was no longer a mechanic, and these were people who were in grade school when Eastern went under! lol Do what you will, but taking a job because the demise of others is never a wise decision.

[Scouser1]

Last summers temps started to get the calls today-course dates from late feb..

[yaletown]

Glamgirl, I am confused about LGW. All my friends who were based at LGW WW were forced to move to LHR. If LGW were mainline, why would that have happenned? EuroGatwick was always a subsidiary, on a much lower paying contract than mainline; they were allowed to eventually transfer over to mainline, but after 5 years of service, they would go on a waiting list, and the kicker was that they could either go over to LGW WW or EuroFleet at LHR. They could only get to LHR WW after first doing either of the above then getting on yet another waiting list. In other words, BA did not want them crossing over and was definitely making it difficult.

EuroGatwick was formed when they shut down LGW Shorthaul after the buyout of DanAir in the early 90's. They were told either they would go mainline or get laid off. There were crew through the 90's that sat on layoff earning their basic salary until they all were forced back in '97. I think this was the beginning of BA's master plan to 'round up and quarter' those on the old contracts by creating subsidiaries and starting all these separate contracts, to basically pit everyone against each other.

[VS-LHRCSA]

SF LGW, born out of what was once EOG, was integrated into mainline some time after the dissolution of WW LGW. I'm of the understanding that this was part of the agreement that allowed SF to be created in the first place. I seem to recall a two year wait after the fleet was created before a transfer list could be opened. That was before the New Fleet concept was tabled.

[yaletown]

Thank you for that information. Do you know if they bid or are they rostered?

[VS-LHRCSA]

They bid. EF LGW (rebranded EOG) had bidding for a while before becoming SF. SF LGW kept the bidding. GlamGirl could probably tell you more about it that I could.

[bec beady]

Hold Pool Vacancies

Hi i wonder if anybody else can help or know anything more than me?? I applied last february for BA and went to the assessment day/ interview etc and had a reply that i was successful and would hopefully be offered a training date within 12 months. They recieved all the full 5 year references they needed an then i recieved another email stating they would extend my application a further 6 months due to the recession. I have until Jul/Aug for them to offer me a job and then my application runs out, do you know if i will have to reapply all over again. Its been a long wait can anybody update me further or tell me the likely hood of them taking on before then? as BA say they cannot tell me anything further.

thanks