Start Date Oct 15!
 

Hello Everyone!

My name's Kayti and I've just been given a start date for Gatwick Cabin Crew- 15 Oct! I can't wait to start and meet everyone! I was just wondering if anyone else is starting the course (LGW49) on the same day?

It's great to see everyone is so friendly and helpful on here- looking forwad to getting to know u better! I hope everyone that I met on my interview got through!

x

Welcome to the world of flying !!
 

Hi Kayti ,
Congratulations on getting British Airways, Like yourself I start this year 12th November :)

It's funny I have been flying for 9 years and I don't think I have every been more happy to work for an Airline as amazing as British Airways.

And you have started your career with the best Airline
out there and I have worked for a few ;) "Trust me"

once again congrats !!

Hi

I have contacted BA asking about the possibility of being offered a secondmenet to LHR WW as I am in the EF holding poole.
He said that secondment wasn't an option (....:( that was just my wishful thinking...) however if I wanted I could choose to go on a Temporary contract to LHR WW taking all the risk of not being offered anything at the end of it.
I expressed my concern about my application expiring without having being offered a course since I would not acccept LGW if given the option, and asked about possilbe timescale.
He said that There was NO WAY he could say that NO courses will be offered till APR 2008 and that in his opinion I should not worry about my application expiring. I stressed that I would not have been interested in LGW and still he said not to worry.
Overall I felt (this is just my impression) that his words were saying ...."HANG ON!"

Hang on..
 

Kikko, that does sound like Hang On there! :) Lets hope so.
I wonder how many people from the LHR EF pool will take the WW temporary contract?
At the end of the day, the decision is yours. Good luck to everyone.
xxx

Hi Kikko and Londonphilou and all others in LHR EF Hold Pool
 

Kikko, I should mention that the BA re-deployed staff were originally offered the temp. contract at LHR WW (11months) or the LHR EF permanent, however those of us that chose to wait for LHR EF were never offered LGW as an alternative whereas the external applicants in LHR EF were.

What i'm trying to point out is that logically the BA re-deployed staff would have a certain "priority" for a position anywhere. My conclusion is that if we were not offered the LGW option, my guess is that there will be future LHREF courses available.

So i'ts up to each individual to decide which is their most suitable option.

I choose to wait for LHR EF because I will be commuting, so LGW is not an option and I need a permanent contract.

The news you got from recruitment for me is good.

Hang in there. :)

Ciao DAWN

Hi Dawn
 

Hi Dawn.
It does make sense what you are saying. Thanks.
I think it will be tempting for some people as they get to do WW straight away but as its a temporary contract, its also a gamble.
I cannot affford to take that gamble yet as there is still 8 months to go before our offer expires. Plus I am not in a rush to do WW. If there was one month left I would have taken it.
My guess is our turn will come after the training of the WW has taken place.
Lets hope so. Hang on!

Do you know if there were any courses for LHR EF in August?

August
 

Yes they started the last group in August and I think its about to finish too. Ams-LHR is in that group if you want more details.

ATTN Bull Poster
 

It has come to my attention that there is someone going around PM'ing people on this and getting their hopes up by claiming that because she "knew" someone in senior management she was not only accepted into BA but was started (full permanent) into LHR WW. I assure you that this person is talking through their backside!!!

If she is bragging to you on here about this...please advice me of her user name and I shall get to the bottom of it.

Impatient
 

Is there anybody else here who was interviewed on Friday 7th September, but not heard anything yet? It seems BA normally get back to you the very next working day, so I am wondering what has gone wrong. The wait is agonizing! :ugh:

but in fairness AMS you were lucky to hear and get a course very quickly. I am sure if you had not done so, you might have posted something similar yourself! It's not impatience, just keeness to know if you've got the job you want. Not unreasonable surely?

i wouldn't worry about it at all.

sometimes it can take as long as 2-3 weeks for them to get back to you. just depends on their workload.

I know what you are saying AMS, they do tell you on the day that it will take a certain amount of time before you hear nay or yay. And if everyone was treated the same way then I would totally agree with you. But the fact is, what ba says and what it actually does are sometmes two different things. Before forums like this existed no one would be the wiser but we now have daily access to other candidates progress through the interview system. Naturally this can cause concern when you hear of others getting replies sooner than you have. When you really want a job I think it's just natural to want to know the outcome. I would not call that impatient.

EF Pool and WW 11 month
 

Plus of course, as 2 very kind people on CC.com have also pointed out, and Kikko has discovered, there is a major difference between applying to WW for the 11 month contract and being offered a place on an EF course and then being seconded to WW. So all in all, I agree that it makes sense to hold out!

Hi flower duet!

Yes i was thrilled to get in cos i have headr BA is THE BEST (or some have said it's joint best with virgin?) Good 2 no u still enjoying the job after 9 years what do u prefer long or short haul?

x

Hi,

I'm really looking forward to doing Short haul,
as I'm only used to doing Long Haul. But also glad I'll still be able to do the odd Long Haul trips for Sun and sand and Maybe a bit of shopping which is very good in orlando at the Mall ;)

I'd be interested to hear what happened to the last group of WW temps that were sent to LGW after being made permanent. Are they still at LGW? Have they managed to transfer back to LHR, or do they still have to wait two years before being able to put their name on the transfer list? My guess is they are probably waiting for the new temps to come to LGW (after their stint at LHR) to push them up to LHR but would interested to know for sure.

does anybody know how many people they are looking at recruiting for the temp contract? How many was it last year? :)

It is a low figure as many of the positions have been filled by out of work staff from the UK regions. Contact Rivers by E mail now.

so then us people who have always wanted to work for BA and see this as an ideal opp on the career path even if it is a temp contract dont really stand much chance do we?

Not sure, HD. My mate applied Monday and got an interview yesterday for October. All interview choices dates were all in the one week. The closing date is this Friday, the 14th, so it's a pretty small window of opportunity. Best get on to it straightaway if you're keen. That said, they have, in the past, extended the closing date, so who knows?

VS-LHRCSA - to answer your question about the LHR temps of last year who went to LGW - about 150 of them came down to LGW - a lot of them have left since then. I reckon about 80 (rough guess) are still at LGW. The transfers from LGW to LHR are done on seniority, so no.... none of them have transfered yet to LHR as their seniority is currently too low!

Thanks BAdutchie, pretty much what I thought. Do you know roughly what main crew DOJ are at the top of the list? You can PM me if you like. Do Pursers have to downgrade to acheive a transfer anymore or can they transfer in rank - even though it would probably take 10-15 years.

where can I apply?
 

Hi, I am looking for a job as a cabin crew with British Airways, so I suppose I am in the good thread to ask my question :)

Where can I apply, submit my application, to take cabin crew selections or recruitment? On britishairwaysjobs.com, the vacancy search for cabin crew always shows that there is nothing available at this time, but it seems that everyone of you managed to apply recently a way or another!

Please, can you advise me the right place to look at?

Thank you!

I have to say lhr holding pool looks very unlikely...I know I readon here about someone thinking that they were being sent messages over the phone to stay hopeful but it is unlikely. I would do the temp or lgw because if there are alot of people waiting for LHR and how many courses available I bet some people miss out completely.

so what is the most popular option? WW at Heathrow, or EF at Heathrow? Seems to me like EF is...why!? x

BA Recruitment
 

Hi Alphafloor
BA only advertisers externally on the britishairwaysjobs.com website. They dont really recruit that often for cabin crew (Which is a good sign showing that they dont have a high turn over so is a great company to work for) you can set an alert so each time cabin crew jobs come up an email would be sent to you.

Good luck.

Hey guys!
I have just been accepted to LGW and i know it's a mixture of long and shorthaul, i was just wondering if there was anyone who currently works for LGW that could tel me more about the rosta. Ideally i'd lik to do mainly longhaul, i know u don't always get what u bid for, but would it be realistic to get a maniy longhaul flights?

Thank you x

Alphafly75, the temporary WW vacancy is listed on www.britishairways.com it is the first vacancy listed and will close on the 14th, as mentioned earlier. Good luck.

Thank you
 

Thanks to all of you guys for your fast replies, I do appreciate!

LHR holding pool
 

How can some people know that its unlikely going to happen for LHR holding pool?
A couple of months some were saying BA is not going to recruit externally for LHR WW temp!
As far as I am concerned, the more people change to LHR WW temp or LGW , its good news for BA and also for those sticking to EF.
Recruitment has told a few people already that there is no reason for concern re the expiry date of our job offer. There is another 8 months left!

I know Londonphilpou, but people have also been warned that there might not be any dates. It is a gamble and take it if you can risk it, but DO NOT go around saying there will courses because that is false... LHR Eurofleet may well hold a course but depending on where people are on the list and how many waiting, people WILL MISS out. Priority will be given to Deployed staff.

Have a nice day. xx

Also, there are very good posts by Matt101 and BAduchie regarding the holding pool etc. Just because someone said they got the feeling they were being told to hold on is quite frankly wishful thinking, it's like when you convince yourself of something because you want it so much you'll believe anything, try and detect signs/signals. i have heard that there may not be any courses for LHR until April 2008! Not any signals or signs, but real voices from LHR. Like I said, they probably will hold a LHR course but I bet there are just too many people and in the end some will be offered LGW again.

Hi skywatch 77,

Nothing that anybody can say on this forum is true or false is just speculations and by now we all know that....so while you may say to somebody not to raise hopes up somebody may say to you not to discourage people by persuing what they really want....
Like London said the more people decide to go either to LGW or LHR TEMP the better it is for us....

By the way...are you staying in the hold poole or take steps to LGW or TEMP WW?

Hi Skywatch 77
 

I agree with Kikko, we are entitled to keep our hopes up and cheer each other up if we want to eventhough we know all about the rumours etc...

However I do not agree with your trying to put us down :rolleyes: At least that's the way it came across to me. Nothing we say here is official and that includes your info as well unless you can prove otherwise we may choose to believe you or not...... bla bla bla ... :8

TO ALL LHR EF HOLD POOL... HANG IN THERE... Nothing in this life is "IMPOSSIBLE"... :ok:

Regards DAWN :)

Hang in there..
 

Listen guys, I think we have had that debate before. No one is giving anyone false hopes etc. As far as we are concerned, BA has not told us anything re whether there won't be any EF courses. Some have been told when inquired that it won't happen until the end of the financial year. As you all know anything is possible with BA. And everyone is entitled to their opinion and decision. We are in a EF holding pool and we remain so until further notice from BA.

guys just think about it rationally! pls dont let others influence you but on the other hand try to see for yourself and not rely completely on false hopes! The fact that BA currently recruits temps on WW is not necessarily good for the people in the holding pool for EF as the lists will not move as much as predicted specially from EF to WW and as oct is very close and opps and choice lists opens, any vacanies for LHR EF will be covered by the surplus crew from LGW (thats why the company recruit masses of new crew at LGW even though flights will be going up to LHR from next year)and as the most senior director said yesterday in the company internal forum is that the company can now see that indifference between the two bases and even though they will never attempt to change the terms and conditions due to the nature of the business , they will introduce a much fairer way of transferring between the two bases. (you can interpret this the way you like) i know Gatwick and a temp contract is not what lots applied or wanted to get but in the end of the day it can be better than nothing....

What are false hopes opposed to speculations about possible future BA plans unknown to anybody?......We are all talking with the same knowlegde (regarding this subject at least) or shoud I say ignorance....so no one can really advice anyone....one way or the other.

I'm sorry, i'm not trying to put anyone down. Good luck to everyone. I have decided because I don't mind either way but I know some people are in turmoil over this and best thing is to do what is the most rational thing to do not what you think is the most hopeful. (if that makes sense). Good luck everybody in the holdpool, going LGW or Temporary worldwide contract. :)

Hello all!

I have just applied yesterday for the LHR WW TEMP position advertised, we will see how it goes!

Thanks for all the advice and the material on this board it is very helpful. I want to do the job even more now!!!!