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BA politic with transfered people from LGW to LHR.
Hi everibody;
Thanks to Marti06 for make the main questions and to BABoi for respond so
about conditions of Short Haul or Eurofleet at LHR, I think is the same, isnīt?.
I am one of the people who pass the interview for LGW and later received the offer to join LHR Eurofleet.
Do you know if BA has the right to transfer you again to LGW and change again your job and money conditions.
Than you very much.
If anyone want to know something about Iberia write, Iīm still working there.
Rolac
Thanks to Marti06 for make the main questions and to BABoi for respond so
about conditions of Short Haul or Eurofleet at LHR, I think is the same, isnīt?.I am one of the people who pass the interview for LGW and later received the offer to join LHR Eurofleet.
Do you know if BA has the right to transfer you again to LGW and change again your job and money conditions.
Than you very much.
If anyone want to know something about Iberia write, Iīm still working there.
Rolac
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Hello just thought to let you know like poorleno did. The time scale I had to wait! Got email about them placing me into a hold pool on the 19th of April and Friday just gone 11th of May recieved the phone call from them offering a course date?? hope that helps a bit with the wait
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hi there Rolac,
yes, in theory, BA can move you to whatever fleet or base that they want to within your first 2 years of employment with them. but after that time BA has to respect your choice of fleet and/or base.
HOWEVER
i have never heard of this happening within the last 9/10 years. if you do join eurofleet at heathrow as permanent cabin crew (which is what they are recruiting for at the moment), it's 99.9% guaranteed that you will remain there for that 2 year period.
the only time that you really have to worry about being moved to another fleet/base is if you join the company as temporary cabin crew.
yes, in theory, BA can move you to whatever fleet or base that they want to within your first 2 years of employment with them. but after that time BA has to respect your choice of fleet and/or base.
HOWEVER
i have never heard of this happening within the last 9/10 years. if you do join eurofleet at heathrow as permanent cabin crew (which is what they are recruiting for at the moment), it's 99.9% guaranteed that you will remain there for that 2 year period.
the only time that you really have to worry about being moved to another fleet/base is if you join the company as temporary cabin crew.
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To: Emboogie and Poorleno
Thank you for that helpful info. I am a new entrant direct to LHR EF, am I right in thinking you both applied to LGW and were offered LHR?
I was made very aware both during my interview and at the presentation afterwards that WE MUST NOT give in our notice until we have a firm course date. They made it sound quite scary. I realise now they are having to accommodate all the LGW people first.
If I only have to wait about a month before I hear then that is good news. I am starting to expect a 6+ month wait!
I just want to get started.
Am worried now about the smoke hood. My daughter who is CC said she ripped off her gold necklace in a frantic effort to get the hood off after her turn. She said people were hyperventilating etc.
I realise the value of this exercise but I am not looking forward to it thats for sure!
Here's hoping for some news soon.
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Lulu, i also hate the smoke hoods...but during the smoke filled cabin exercise it is not real smoke. it is the theatrical smoke they use in the theatres, so even if you did not have a smoke hood on you could breathe. i am pretty sure this is the same for every airline (correct me if i'm wrong!!). also, at our airlines, the smoke hoods we use in training are duds. there is no oxygen in them, therefore you breathe by little holes in the neck.
it is terrifying, if you don't like confined spaces like myself. however, it is all in the head. and if you prepare yourself mentally for the exercise then you will be fine.
of course, if you ever had ot use them onboard, i'm sure adrenalin would kick in and you wouldnt even think about it.
it is terrifying, if you don't like confined spaces like myself. however, it is all in the head. and if you prepare yourself mentally for the exercise then you will be fine.
of course, if you ever had ot use them onboard, i'm sure adrenalin would kick in and you wouldnt even think about it.
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Hello does anybody know how long you have to wait or how you go about booking leave after your training course? Is it a loooooong wait??
To lulu i think your right about going through LGW lot first before they give dates to all that applied for LHREF being your interview was 29th march and mine being the 30th of march?
i applied for LGW and got the very lucky choice of choosing which base i would like
i have heard there are courses in july as well as august and the fact they are still given interviews it might not be a long wait???? (well i hope for you anyway)
To lulu i think your right about going through LGW lot first before they give dates to all that applied for LHREF being your interview was 29th march and mine being the 30th of march?
i applied for LGW and got the very lucky choice of choosing which base i would like
i have heard there are courses in july as well as august and the fact they are still given interviews it might not be a long wait???? (well i hope for you anyway)
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I applied for LHR SH on 3rd May and received my Congratulations email on the 5th. Am in the hold pool and have heard nothing to date. I worked on shorthaul as a temp last summer and can honestly say I had the best of times. Night stops in Rome Barcelona Nice and Madrid etc were fantastic. The training course is quite hard and I was very worried about wearing the smoke hood but when it came to it I was so caught up in doing the exercise correct that I forgot it was on! The worst part was visiting Hounslow swimming pool and getting into a life raft ...but that's another story. Lulutinkerbell please let me know if you gat a start date and I'll post if I hear anything.
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Hey guys. For those of you waiting for your start date don't stress. You will find out soon. There is loadsa stuff going on behind the scenes. It is quite a science balancing the 'manpower' needs of cabin crew at BA between the fleets. Trying to make sure all fleets are fully crewed and not some with too many/too few crew.
At the moment crew on the LHR short-haul transfer list to LHR long-haul are getting called up for their course dates, which are in July and August. So I guess they will be wanting the new recruits online to replace the guys going to longhaul. So my guess is, once training sort out the course dates for the fleet transfers, they will be sorting the course dates for the new recruits also!
At the moment crew on the LHR short-haul transfer list to LHR long-haul are getting called up for their course dates, which are in July and August. So I guess they will be wanting the new recruits online to replace the guys going to longhaul. So my guess is, once training sort out the course dates for the fleet transfers, they will be sorting the course dates for the new recruits also!
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Hey keeperboy do you know if they will be sending us any crew at LGW or is Rest Day working and being called out for everyday of standby goign to be a permanent fixture of the fleet. Just I've finsihsed a 6 and 7 day block and one is rather knackered..
Good luck to you all inthe holding pool - I'm sure you will find out eventually I had to wait nearly a year but things are very different at the moment so I'm sure you will hear much much sooner. Do heed the advice of not giving in your notice though and keep a check on whether your references could do with chasing. I had to go and put one in front of an ex boss who kept "losing it" bad experience.
P.S. to keeperboy I see you have 20 heads being transfered from SFG, where's your info from as they are telling us nothing about transfers other than to wait and see what comes out of the talks with the Unions - mind you a week before LHR EF opened up some were still telling us they wouldn't open it up so who knows!
Good luck to you all inthe holding pool - I'm sure you will find out eventually I had to wait nearly a year but things are very different at the moment so I'm sure you will hear much much sooner. Do heed the advice of not giving in your notice though and keep a check on whether your references could do with chasing. I had to go and put one in front of an ex boss who kept "losing it" bad experience.
P.S. to keeperboy I see you have 20 heads being transfered from SFG, where's your info from as they are telling us nothing about transfers other than to wait and see what comes out of the talks with the Unions - mind you a week before LHR EF opened up some were still telling us they wouldn't open it up so who knows!
is anyone else still waiting to hear if they have an interview?
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Standby's at LHR
Is standby for LHR not dual base. You cannot get called to operate a LGW flight - we only need 3 crew to man a flight at Gatwick anyway so I'm sure they'd just pay us an allowance and send us off with 2 if they had to lol.
I know there was a time when LGW WW could be called to report at LGW then go up to do a LHR flight but with such different contracts and working arrangements in place I think those days are well gone.
I know there was a time when LGW WW could be called to report at LGW then go up to do a LHR flight but with such different contracts and working arrangements in place I think those days are well gone.
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Positioning flights.
Have done a couple of empty sectors but it is rare. More common (once a month or so) you may position out or back from somewhere. This is where you fly as a passenger. Thanks to our union agreements we HAVE to travel in Club Europe/World so its very nice!
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LHR EF crew could do a flight out of LGW but criteria has to be met. Firstly, BA would need to get alleviation from the union. And secondly, any flight you operate from LGW will be to LHR EF agreements (ie allowences, hour etc). Just the same as when LHR EF crew sometimes operate LHR WW flights on the 767.
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Hey guys,
Just got an interview with BA. My partner attended a few weeks ago and had a group exercise and interview. My invitation says that I have to attend a group assesment followed by a short written exam! I havent heard this before anyone know anything???
Just got an interview with BA. My partner attended a few weeks ago and had a group exercise and interview. My invitation says that I have to attend a group assesment followed by a short written exam! I havent heard this before anyone know anything???