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BA "experienced pilot" hiring window open until Aug 5

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Old 1st Aug 2018, 00:51
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BA "experienced pilot" hiring window open until Aug 5

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"....A spokesman for BA confirmed that the London-based carrier had extended its recruitment window for experienced pilots to Aug. 5, adding that it aims “to take the very best pilots who meet our high standards..."

Opportunity only knocks a few times in ones career. This is one of those times. Or you can stay at CX and surely experience the worst of all worlds.
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Seems to be consensus on T&E that for a mature pilot, EasyJet is better bet (will need to be at BA for more than 20-25 years for it to be better gig than Easy)
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That's a pretty subjective conclusion. There are many metrics that determine what is "better" as far as career go. At BA, you have varied fleets, a mix of flying, overall better conditions and you are working for the recognised flag carrier. Having said that, Easy is also a good destination for a career (have a few friends there, quite happy and satisfied). Regardless, either option would be far preferable to the dystopian nightmare that is the current day CX.
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Leaving CX and joining BA on the LH fleet was the best decision I ever made, 4 months in the difference in attitudes and lifestyle is dramatic. All the best to my CX ex colleagues.
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A friend who is a pilot recruiter at BA says in recent weeks sometimes half the candidates on a given day have been CX pilots!
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Yeah but will they get thru?? there has been some serious bad ones from CX that have been rejected and BA must be asking whats going on with CX recruitment....
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My son is a BA FO and Recruiter. CX FO's applying are being snapped up if they have EASA licences. Offers for A320 at LHR and LGW. Some CX SO's have applied ( having EASA licences and experience from previous airlines ) and they are struggling to pass. Poor flying skills and unrealistic aspiations of early commands in BA being the reasons for non acceptance.

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Offers for 320 at MAN? We don't have a Manchester base.

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Originally Posted by Threethirty
Offers for 320 at MAN? We don't have s Manchester base.



Agreed, probably a missunderstanding somewhere but anyway lets not start another rumour running.. .

If two bases are being offered for a BA position it's either LHR (which is A320 plus it's the only base for the longhaul fleets) and LGW, (A320 only) there are no bases anywhere else.

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Sorry guys, I did mean LHR and LGW NOT MAN. My mistake.
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So, new joiners have a choice of basing in either, a) LHR (western, legal, first world port), or b) LGW (western, legal, first world port). Ok, sounds terrible. Must suck having to sit at a riverside pub on a nice Sunday as well. Much nicer in Kowloon being buried by mainland locusts (oops, sorry...tourists).
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