British Airways - Wannabes & Recruitment IV
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hope we open up again for you soon. I'm off soon (not coz BA is crap but because I want to do my flight training) so you can all start bidding on my job!
Now that really surprised me.
No more "psychos" in tampa for us.
Good luck to you matey.
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Hi guys,I'm currently at university and when i graduate in two years I would love to work for BA . I suppose I might be naive thinking so far ahead but does anyone know how often they recruit? And some one once told me BA are only home twice a month is this true?
Also what sort of people do BA go for, I've read Virgin recruit bubbly blondes is this the case for BA?
Kind Regards,
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One of the coach drivers at the airport (....so the following must be true! 
) told me the other day that the courses BA cancelled for September are actually still taking place but are populated with otherwise redundant groundstaff?
Can someone confirm or deny this?
) told me the other day that the courses BA cancelled for September are actually still taking place but are populated with otherwise redundant groundstaff?Can someone confirm or deny this?
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Hey all cannot confirm/deny about the sept courses but when i was doing my initials in June for temp WW, there was a EF course running parallel consisting mainly of redeployed bus drivers from LGW.
So maybe they're still moving staff from other departments because they have an agreed obligation to find them a position?
However I'm fairly new and innocent in the mystical ways of BAs legendary manpower policies
So maybe they're still moving staff from other departments because they have an agreed obligation to find them a position?
However I'm fairly new and innocent in the mystical ways of BAs legendary manpower policies
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Your query is indeed factual and it is expected that it is likely a few more hundred ground staff will find themselves without jobs within the next 6-9 months. You can expect to meet more CC that are recruited internally next year who will no doubt join ahead of anyone that is waiting in the pool.
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Thanks guys!
Just as an after thought.......it kind of implies that you can throw just about 'anybody' on a cabin crew training course and kind of devalues the selection process for external candidates.......
Just as an after thought.......it kind of implies that you can throw just about 'anybody' on a cabin crew training course and kind of devalues the selection process for external candidates.......
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They've been doing it for years. It's part of a general redeployment rather than redundancy policy. Many of these people bring a lot of experience within the company that adds to the tapestry that is our crew. It's not their fault their previous role no longer exists.
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Gla Base
Hello! Just a quick question about BA Crew based at GLA? Do you earn roughly the same as LHR Eurofleet and do the same sort of work patterns? Thanks for any info. Cheers!
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Hi
The GLA mainline base do GLA-LHR-GLA and LHR-EDI-LHR only at the moment.
There is no direct external recruitment to the base, its crewed by VERY SENIOR transferees from other bases.
Hope this helps
The GLA mainline base do GLA-LHR-GLA and LHR-EDI-LHR only at the moment.
There is no direct external recruitment to the base, its crewed by VERY SENIOR transferees from other bases.
Hope this helps
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Thankyou Speedmarque, it was worth a try.....maybe sometime in the future perhaps. I for one hope BA keeep at least ONE regional base. Manchester is always so busy lets hope the powers that be look at this and change their minds. We should support our routes within the Country and help the UK economy that way. Many thanks for your time and quick reply, if you hear of any movement there would you let me know? Cheers!
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Perhaps we should have better rail services. That would enable us to utilise the LHR / LGW slots for larger a/c. More likely that there will be no crews based outside of LCY, LGW & LHR eventually.
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BA LGW Training Day
Hello,
having been in the Holding Pool for what seems to have been ages, I have finally got a date through for December.
The dress description is smart casual, can anyone elaborate on this.
Are jeans acceptable or would you recommend smart trousers.
I would be most grateful, if anyone could help.
Also is anyone else booked in for Dec 1st?
having been in the Holding Pool for what seems to have been ages, I have finally got a date through for December.
The dress description is smart casual, can anyone elaborate on this.
Are jeans acceptable or would you recommend smart trousers.
I would be most grateful, if anyone could help.
Also is anyone else booked in for Dec 1st?
I wouldn't wear jeans. Just smart trousers with a nice jumper. Something casual, formal and most importantly comfortable! You don't want to be uncomfortable for 6 hours of SEP!
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How did you find out on the course offered? Did they call you or did you receive conformation via e-mail?
A very good friend of mine was also scheduled for the canx September courses (I believe the one starting on the 22nd of September) - which one were you originally scheduled for?
Thanx for any info!
A very good friend of mine was also scheduled for the canx September courses (I believe the one starting on the 22nd of September) - which one were you originally scheduled for?
Thanx for any info!
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Hi all. I was suppose to be on the 15th sep course that was cancelled. I still havnt heard anything from BA. I wonder how many training courses are in december, above someone says starting the 1st, I know one is on the 29th also...any others?
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hello
just to advise as from day 1 of the training course you are marked on your apperance, therefore they do like you to weat like a suit etc for the first day then smart business wear ie shirt tie. skirt/trousers and blouse. They do relax it alot for sep/avmed and the trainers will advise you of this as you go along. but beware they can mark you down on lots of things and apperance and operate a point system at ba. if you fail a exam or have performance issues or are late you eanr what they call a point and you are allowed a max of 6 points then its good bye ba, and belive me they do get rid of people like this,
with regards totraining it's on the trainers board that a few courses are penciled in for lgw single fleet in dec and going into jan, however things could change this week , as some of you will be aware that ba have got temp crew on lhr longhaul and alot of them are about to come to the end of the contracts, it has been voiced to ba management by the union and crew that it is pointless loosing these crew when infact they could be kept on if new courses are going to start. the chairperson of the union has met the head of cabin crew and had a meeting with him with regards to this and they are now looking to give the temp crew priority over ANYONE ELSE IN THE HOLD POOL and put the temp crew into a hold pool of themselves who are due to finish soon and will cherry pick who they want and then offer them a position on a permant basis at lgw fleet. Also they have seemed to agree that maybe any courses from now on will only be offered for gatwick fleet only even the people who were offered lhr euro fleet as lgw is now part of a internal agreement called the nsp which allows current crew to transfer to lhr ef and ww and keep there rank, ( alothough alot of ex dan air , eog and cityflyer crew have been at lgw years they will only transfer with a max of 2 years seniority so will still be very junior at lhr, with hardly anyone from lgw going in a a purser to either ww or ef as there are alot more senior people on these fleets already waiting to transfer so lgw crew will be at the bottom of the list) therefore if they now only recruit from now on for lgw they can transfer the crew who have been waiting many years to go to heathrow in the avalible gaps and therefore instead of new staff put the current lgw staff there and all new entrants into lgw.
anyway i hope this helps this has also been put on various company websites to
so i hope they call some of you soon, good luck but from what they have said now in the last few days there may be a long wait, also with the reduction of flights next year now from lgw and also the loss of the atl and tls routes to lhr
happy flying
just to advise as from day 1 of the training course you are marked on your apperance, therefore they do like you to weat like a suit etc for the first day then smart business wear ie shirt tie. skirt/trousers and blouse. They do relax it alot for sep/avmed and the trainers will advise you of this as you go along. but beware they can mark you down on lots of things and apperance and operate a point system at ba. if you fail a exam or have performance issues or are late you eanr what they call a point and you are allowed a max of 6 points then its good bye ba, and belive me they do get rid of people like this,
with regards totraining it's on the trainers board that a few courses are penciled in for lgw single fleet in dec and going into jan, however things could change this week , as some of you will be aware that ba have got temp crew on lhr longhaul and alot of them are about to come to the end of the contracts, it has been voiced to ba management by the union and crew that it is pointless loosing these crew when infact they could be kept on if new courses are going to start. the chairperson of the union has met the head of cabin crew and had a meeting with him with regards to this and they are now looking to give the temp crew priority over ANYONE ELSE IN THE HOLD POOL and put the temp crew into a hold pool of themselves who are due to finish soon and will cherry pick who they want and then offer them a position on a permant basis at lgw fleet. Also they have seemed to agree that maybe any courses from now on will only be offered for gatwick fleet only even the people who were offered lhr euro fleet as lgw is now part of a internal agreement called the nsp which allows current crew to transfer to lhr ef and ww and keep there rank, ( alothough alot of ex dan air , eog and cityflyer crew have been at lgw years they will only transfer with a max of 2 years seniority so will still be very junior at lhr, with hardly anyone from lgw going in a a purser to either ww or ef as there are alot more senior people on these fleets already waiting to transfer so lgw crew will be at the bottom of the list) therefore if they now only recruit from now on for lgw they can transfer the crew who have been waiting many years to go to heathrow in the avalible gaps and therefore instead of new staff put the current lgw staff there and all new entrants into lgw.
anyway i hope this helps this has also been put on various company websites to
so i hope they call some of you soon, good luck but from what they have said now in the last few days there may be a long wait, also with the reduction of flights next year now from lgw and also the loss of the atl and tls routes to lhr
happy flying