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I m thinking of joining Flyglobespan in LGW but I don t really know much about them. Does anyone know anyhting such as roster paterns, pay, trip length and general conditions
Any help would be appreciated.
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Stephen
I m thinking of joining Flyglobespan in LGW but I don t really know much about them. Does anyone know anyhting such as roster paterns, pay, trip length and general conditions
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Stephen
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Well I attended the interview in Manchester and I just felt they were affraid of taken on "The Right People" I mean people with loads of experience as cabin crew (ARE WE A THREAT).....
Now with the airline being a NEWISH airline you would think they would want people with a fair bit of experience to give there customers a great service first time round whilst onboard.... Lets face it all new airlines need repeat business....
Now on the day I turn up at the hotel to meet 2 lovley ladies from BA and a very smart lady from Emirates who has come to the UK for the interview..
We then line up and take it in turns to give our details, during this the only words spoken to you are " PASSPORT AND PHOTOS PLEASE " and then you take your seat behind a table....
My 3 lady friends have all flown for approx 9 years each and lets face it the BA and Emirates service in any class is far superior to the Low Fares airlines...... There was even a guy who was a Cabin Crew Trainer for a far better airline but just wanted to get back upto the north
Now they start off by introducing themselves which is how it should be, however I am alarmed at how the majority of the recruiters have VERY little experience ie 3 or 4 years doing seasonal contracts as MAIN CREW.... These are the people "JUDGING" you on if you can do a job or not that you have already been doing for 9 years prior to this lol WHAT A JOKE!!!!
They then give you 2 Exams which if you have a single brain cell can pass easily....
Whilst they mark this in a corner your sent out to wait... No Tea or Coffee may I add 
You then come back in and have to do an exercise which involves trying to balance 12 nails on top of each other 
Your then told to go back outside whilst they decide on who they want to take through to the 1 2 1 interviews.....
So lets recap
NO one talks to you apart from asking for your passport and photos, you then listen to them try and boast about the company, then is the 2 exams and then a rediculous exercise not even worthy of BLUE PETER.... then your sent out to be judge and then brought back in for D DAY....
All the crew with loads of experience were told they were not sucessful!!!! How can they come to this conclusion the exams were that easy my 7 year old brother could pass it. No one can be arsed to try and talk to you even at break times.. So that must mean if you cant balance nails you cant be FLYGLOBESPAN crew even though we have been serving passengers in first class seats that have paid roughly £6000 for their flight for nearly 10 years....Im sure crew are adaptable enough to be able to serve a crap butty and a cup of soup....
I would really love to know what there interview scoring system is just out interest....
Anyway if you think this is the AIRLINE FOR YOU then go for it
Good luck to you all
Now with the airline being a NEWISH airline you would think they would want people with a fair bit of experience to give there customers a great service first time round whilst onboard.... Lets face it all new airlines need repeat business....
Now on the day I turn up at the hotel to meet 2 lovley ladies from BA and a very smart lady from Emirates who has come to the UK for the interview..
We then line up and take it in turns to give our details, during this the only words spoken to you are " PASSPORT AND PHOTOS PLEASE " and then you take your seat behind a table....
My 3 lady friends have all flown for approx 9 years each and lets face it the BA and Emirates service in any class is far superior to the Low Fares airlines...... There was even a guy who was a Cabin Crew Trainer for a far better airline but just wanted to get back upto the north
Now they start off by introducing themselves which is how it should be, however I am alarmed at how the majority of the recruiters have VERY little experience ie 3 or 4 years doing seasonal contracts as MAIN CREW.... These are the people "JUDGING" you on if you can do a job or not that you have already been doing for 9 years prior to this lol WHAT A JOKE!!!!
They then give you 2 Exams which if you have a single brain cell can pass easily....
Whilst they mark this in a corner your sent out to wait... No Tea or Coffee may I add You then come back in and have to do an exercise which involves trying to balance 12 nails on top of each other Your then told to go back outside whilst they decide on who they want to take through to the 1 2 1 interviews.....So lets recap
NO one talks to you apart from asking for your passport and photos, you then listen to them try and boast about the company, then is the 2 exams and then a rediculous exercise not even worthy of BLUE PETER.... then your sent out to be judge and then brought back in for D DAY....
All the crew with loads of experience were told they were not sucessful!!!! How can they come to this conclusion the exams were that easy my 7 year old brother could pass it. No one can be arsed to try and talk to you even at break times.. So that must mean if you cant balance nails you cant be FLYGLOBESPAN crew even though we have been serving passengers in first class seats that have paid roughly £6000 for their flight for nearly 10 years....Im sure crew are adaptable enough to be able to serve a crap butty and a cup of soup....
I would really love to know what there interview scoring system is just out interest....
Anyway if you think this is the AIRLINE FOR YOU then go for it
Good luck to you all
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Thomas Cook were too short, one group exercise and a little talk with a cabin crew member.
Hard done by look at JET2, they asked stupid questions and arrogantly boasted about the airline.
XL well the recruiters are just pure arrogant.
Thomsonfly - No complaints
Hard done by look at JET2, they asked stupid questions and arrogantly boasted about the airline.
XL well the recruiters are just pure arrogant.
Thomsonfly - No complaints
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Surly they want to impress you by boasting. Whats so wrong with 'blowing your own trumpet'?
Have you got it in for Jet2 now? This is the second thread that you have bitched about them on! Failed the interview process??? No, no.... let me guess, you turned it down??
Have you got it in for Jet2 now? This is the second thread that you have bitched about them on! Failed the interview process??? No, no.... let me guess, you turned it down??
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highlifeboy.
Your post did make me chuckle, however you do come accross a little arrogant, and prehaps that showed in the assessment day
You mentioned that you have been serving pax in first class that have paid £6000 for there seat. I think you probably gave off the impression that you are TO GOOD to serve a crap butty and a cup of soup, which is what i serve to my pax in my low fares airline were the service is far less superior, your words.
I know how intimidating it is though to be assessed and interviewed by someone who has only a couple of years flying experience. I experienced that at my Silverjet interview, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by a cocky, big headed little kiwi boy who was probably on work experience from school and on some major power trip. I had to stop myself from leaning over the desk and planting him one
Your post did make me chuckle, however you do come accross a little arrogant, and prehaps that showed in the assessment day
You mentioned that you have been serving pax in first class that have paid £6000 for there seat. I think you probably gave off the impression that you are TO GOOD to serve a crap butty and a cup of soup, which is what i serve to my pax in my low fares airline were the service is far less superior, your words.
I know how intimidating it is though to be assessed and interviewed by someone who has only a couple of years flying experience. I experienced that at my Silverjet interview, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by a cocky, big headed little kiwi boy who was probably on work experience from school and on some major power trip. I had to stop myself from leaning over the desk and planting him one
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I have limited experience in these matters, but have to say that my assesment day with flyBe showed them to be polite, considerate and thoughtful people. Sure, they have a job to do and it must be hard work seeing a group of 15-20 people days at time.
Airlines have to recognise that their assesment day sets the tone for how crew/wannabe's judge them. After all, we all talk about the good airlines and the....ahem, not so good airlines.
PS Pandora's Box - your post made me laugh. Lets face it, he's only got one aircraft to recruit for - must be a HUGE challenge for him.
Airlines have to recognise that their assesment day sets the tone for how crew/wannabe's judge them. After all, we all talk about the good airlines and the....ahem, not so good airlines.
PS Pandora's Box - your post made me laugh. Lets face it, he's only got one aircraft to recruit for - must be a HUGE challenge for him.
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SouBe Our interviewers are just as polite as the flybe interviewers,I hope you get in if a longhaul lifestyle is what you want.
highlifeboy Ur obviously far too overqualified for our loco punters.
They won't pay £6000 a seat.
Mebbe Ur one of 'the right people' still looking for a job cos £6000 punters are harder to find??
highlifeboy Ur obviously far too overqualified for our loco punters.
They won't pay £6000 a seat.
Mebbe Ur one of 'the right people' still looking for a job cos £6000 punters are harder to find??
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I toatally agree with highifeboy, i also went to the GSM interview a couple of years ago and had exactly the same thing happen to me. I have flown for a few years with my present company and thought i would go and see whar GSM had to offer. Every single person who had flown before got rejected at the first stage which i thought was a bit strange however i think it was a lucky escape as one of my best friends got a position with them(she had never flown before) and some of the stories she has told me and the way they were treated is disgusting. She left after a few months as GSM was not for her and is now flying for another airline which she loves.
I think this is the reason why they dont like experienced crew as i dont think we would tolerate being treated like that. If the CAA found out some of the things that goes on within that company then they would be seriously in trouble.
My advice to anyone would be to stay clear of this company and aim for better things.
Its such ashame because they really do have some lovely crew working with them.
I think this is the reason why they dont like experienced crew as i dont think we would tolerate being treated like that. If the CAA found out some of the things that goes on within that company then they would be seriously in trouble.
My advice to anyone would be to stay clear of this company and aim for better things.
Its such ashame because they really do have some lovely crew working with them.
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There's quite an important point being made here. CC recruitment methods have become something of a cliché; and something of a joke. We all appreciate the need for teamworking, but do those endless build-the-London-Eye (Sydney Harbour Bridge, Golden Gate etc etc) using soft-boiled eggs, nails and extinct kids' TV presenters really illuminate anything? Making adults sit on the floor and play with Lego is faintly insulting, isn't it? If they have worked as CC already, you know they can do the teamwork thing. If they haven't, there must be better ways than this of finding out.
I know of no other industry that insults potential employees like this. Isn't it time for a change? I reckon any airline that were to drop this kind of rubbish and start treating CC applicants as the intelligent grown-ups they presumably want on their books, would have the best calibre people beating their doors down.
I know of no other industry that insults potential employees like this. Isn't it time for a change? I reckon any airline that were to drop this kind of rubbish and start treating CC applicants as the intelligent grown-ups they presumably want on their books, would have the best calibre people beating their doors down.
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Honeytruck
I do agree with some of your comments, but i do also see that the role of cabin crew is very different and take's very different people than normal Jo blogs, so it may be important to see how people handle different challenges.
I had my interview for XL in Manchester this week and I was surprized at how people dress for an airline interview!! my understanding was that you would have to look smart!! as this is a way to show a little about the person you are???
Some people were very casual and not many ladies had their hair tied back, Does any one agree????
I do agree with some of your comments, but i do also see that the role of cabin crew is very different and take's very different people than normal Jo blogs, so it may be important to see how people handle different challenges.
I had my interview for XL in Manchester this week and I was surprized at how people dress for an airline interview!! my understanding was that you would have to look smart!! as this is a way to show a little about the person you are???
Some people were very casual and not many ladies had their hair tied back, Does any one agree????
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Hi Honeytruck
In a way I do agree, when you lookk at some of the tasks they are of you at an airline interview, it does seem a bit strange. I often thought about how silly it seemed, other than seeing how us in the group could work as a tea. After thinking about it I then, and I could be wrong, started seeing it in a different light.
Working in a aircraft is an artificial enviroment and the onus on the crew is the safety of the passengers. Side lines being service. If you think about all the different things that you can be faced with, from a simple faint to heart attack from a precautionary landing to an unplanned emergency ditching. These are all enviroments that may require thinking outside of the box and most airlines will say they can only give you guide lines on a perfect situation.
So if during the interview they take you and place you in a situation, for example sitting you on the floor to make something with lego or asking you to build the tallest tower you can using a few pieces of A4 and 6 paper clips. they are seeing how you react to an unfamilliar situation, working in a team and how you can encourage envolvement. Probably how you approach the problem given to you, if you look at it as silly then it will come across! If you approach it as "OK lets see what we can do here" then you may come over as a person who will not be thrown off course if something happens on an aircraft!
These are only my views after seeing the different types of interview techniques I have been part of. As I said earlier I could be wrong, but do you really think that they are going to sit you on the floor to play with lego and not get an idea of the sort of person you are?
cbncrw
I know what you mean, I have always said to people I know who are going for CC interviews if you are female put your hair up or tie it back and if you are a guy make sure it is not on your collar, moat airlines have that in their uniform guidelines and as they say "you don't get a second chance to make a first impression"
Iain
In a way I do agree, when you lookk at some of the tasks they are of you at an airline interview, it does seem a bit strange. I often thought about how silly it seemed, other than seeing how us in the group could work as a tea. After thinking about it I then, and I could be wrong, started seeing it in a different light.
Working in a aircraft is an artificial enviroment and the onus on the crew is the safety of the passengers. Side lines being service. If you think about all the different things that you can be faced with, from a simple faint to heart attack from a precautionary landing to an unplanned emergency ditching. These are all enviroments that may require thinking outside of the box and most airlines will say they can only give you guide lines on a perfect situation.
So if during the interview they take you and place you in a situation, for example sitting you on the floor to make something with lego or asking you to build the tallest tower you can using a few pieces of A4 and 6 paper clips. they are seeing how you react to an unfamilliar situation, working in a team and how you can encourage envolvement. Probably how you approach the problem given to you, if you look at it as silly then it will come across! If you approach it as "OK lets see what we can do here" then you may come over as a person who will not be thrown off course if something happens on an aircraft!
These are only my views after seeing the different types of interview techniques I have been part of. As I said earlier I could be wrong, but do you really think that they are going to sit you on the floor to play with lego and not get an idea of the sort of person you are?
cbncrw
I know what you mean, I have always said to people I know who are going for CC interviews if you are female put your hair up or tie it back and if you are a guy make sure it is not on your collar, moat airlines have that in their uniform guidelines and as they say "you don't get a second chance to make a first impression"
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Iain8867, good points, nicely put. I just happen to think there are as good, or better, ways of finding out whether someone can handle the unexpected, that don't involve doing silly things with nails.. Also, since all candidates are now thoroughly familiar with the routine, the surprise factor has long since gone.
Would love to debate the point more. But don't want completely to hijack Stephen82's thread.
Would love to debate the point more. But don't want completely to hijack Stephen82's thread.
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Rejection
Heard back today, a short and not so caring email that I was not successful.
Another company where the recruiters have done less than 2 years flying themselves yet think they can just throw 16 years of experience on the rubbish heap.
Amateurs,
Uni
Another company where the recruiters have done less than 2 years flying themselves yet think they can just throw 16 years of experience on the rubbish heap.
Amateurs,
Uni
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Hi Guys. I just wanted to say that i am not surprised by half the posts on here. Although Globespan are a relative new company the guys that own them and one of the directors JF used to run a company called Cougar Leasing in STN, they used old 727's and only lasted 2 years. They were shoddy and didn't treat the crew very well trust me i know so i'm not surprised reading posts like if only the CAA new and so forth, but on the other hand they are doing better than Cougar ever did so watch this space 
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Flyglobespan are currently recruiting for all bases but the reason that people were not getting through the interviews was simply because they couldn't pass the maths tests! You might have great experience etc but if you cant count then it will make it harder to get the job.They are a really good company to work for and treat there crew very well.... Of course there is times were crew hate it but they are good 90% of the time.
