easyJet (merged)

[BitMoreRightRudder]

It's like WWW says guys. I don't think there is an element of favouratism in the choice of OAT/GECAT. Easy are having to cancel flights because they simply don't have the sufficient crews to operate the summer schedule - for the management beancounters that is seriously bad news. They have gone to an FTO with a big name that carries a reputation because they need bodies, and quickly. Like it or not Oxford has a well marketed name and product that carries credibility, purely on the basis that it has provided low hours people to airlines in the past and still does. That is part of the reason you pay over the odds to train there. I'm not saying Oxford is better than PAT or anywhere else, but airlines are never very trusting when it comes to the recruitment of us inexperienced people. As for the guys who got the gig - right place right time, good luck to them.

[MrHorgy]

Originally Posted by BitMoreRightRudder

Easy are having to cancel flights because they simply don't have the sufficient crews to operate the summer schedule - for the management beancounters that is seriously bad news.

Then one has to wonder why they don't take CV applications from other students who will goto GECAT with a confirmed job offer from them! Problem solved.

Horgy

[Wee Weasley Welshman]

Low time cadets require extra training. Trainers are in short supply so there is a limit on how many cadets can be recruited. Hence they may no longer be interested in further low time cadet pilots. Which is perhaps why they are organising for experienced Quantas pilots to come and work for EZY for a year as they are not terribly needed in Oz.

If you all took your eyes off the prize of a Boeing/Airbus you'd find that there are plenty of regional turboprop jobs out there.

Cheers

WWW

[MrHorgy]

I'd love to fly anything tbh - WWW if you get a chance maybe you could PM me in the right direction..

Horgy

[Superpilot]

WWW,

None right now. The best TP opportunity I've seen in the last 6 months was for an airline (North East Europe) looking for a D328 Type rated FO, no experience on type necessary. Otherwise requirements seem to be around the 500-1000 hour on type mark.

[On speed on profile]

Originally Posted by Wee Weasley Welshman

If you all took your eyes off the prize of a Boeing/Airbus you'd find that there are plenty of regional turboprop jobs out there

That may be true WWW but none of them are employing the huge numbers that they would like to fill the huge gaps because there are limited TRIs to train them. This is the case in the three of the major TP operators in the UK at the moment. There maybe lots of "positions" available but if you cant get trained there isnt a "job" so everyones chances of getting on a jet are just as great as getting on the turbos at the moment! Imagine if one of the companies had actually had some foresight, freed up some sim slots and trained up more CRIs. They would be creaming the market at the moment by expanding into the places where the other competitors dont have the capacity. Instead they are lamenting the missed opportunities as the TRIs take up the better jobs in the jet market!

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Originally Posted by Wee Weasley Welshman

... you'd find that there are plenty of regional turboprop jobs out there.
Cheers
WWW

If only that were true

[ChocksAwayUK]

I spent 6 months pestering every turboprop operator with absolutely zilch response. Jets on the other hand...within a month of applying have got through one selection and am halfway through another.

[Wee Weasley Welshman]

Hmmm, well I can't help but notice that I am flying with an awful lot of FO's lately that have come off ATRs. Someone must be replacing them..

I agree thought that all the EXPANSION in recent years has been in the jet market.

Good luck,

WWW

[Jenson Button]

A bit off topic

With the demise of Air Wales and Emerald over the last month or so, there are a large number of TP pilots slotting into those "jet" jobs, whilst it doesn't take rocket science to appreciate that those vacant TP jobs have gone ....perhaps forever.

I'm pretty sure Loggy, Aurigny, Eastern (or is it now Western) Airways, Scotty; to name but a few TP operators who will be crying out for staff over the next few months if they are not already doing so !!!

I would not be so quick to be beating a door to Easy, with the huge training backlog they have - it must be close to the scale of Ryanairs training backlog ?

[On speed on profile]

WWW,

Many of those pilots who are coming from ATRs are being replaced by pilots who wish to self fund their own type rating on the ATR. That doesnt mean there are jobs for the majority of pilots, just those willing to take on more debt!

[Griffon_PMI]

From Menzies Aviation to EasyJet?

Hello everybody!


As you probably knows, Menzies is opening bases in Spain. They offer me a place in the ground staff, as dispatcher, and I want to know if working for them is an advantage when applying for Easy as pilot.

Is easier be selected in the CTC wings program or similar ones when having this kind of ground experience?


Thanks a lot from PMI!


Sorry for the duplicate post in the Ops forum, but no responses there.

[ducati1980]

Hi Griffon,

I answer unfortunatley is NO! There is no benefit to being an easyJet/Menzies employee unless you have the required experience as stated on there website. 500hrs multi-crew or 737/309 type + 500 hrs!

There's quite a few guys in easy with f-ATPL's who have been employed for a few years with them and they still arn't looked at in any diiferent light.

[EGCC4284]

That's right, rumour has it that easy would rather cancel flights or sub them out. They want to wake up and smell the coffee like another British Charter company has recently done. Your recruitment policy is no good as there are plenty of good guys out here who cant even apply to their SSTR scheme because we have not got the 500 multi crew time. Its a joke.

Your recruitment department said that they would never look at anyone with less than 500 hours multi crew time. Yes I also remember another company that would not look at anyone over 30 for a SFO position but that has recently change.

By the way, this other British charter company is inviting lots of 30 and 40 year old with minimum hours for their selection process

I got told of a 43 year being offered a job with them last week with minimum hours.

Let me put it this way, if someone had 500 hours on a Dash with another 2 years bond to run, why would they want to pay that bond off and then another 20 grand to you for his type rating. Why don't they just sit it out for a year or so and try and get a job with someone who isn't going to want them to pay for there type rating and not be paid whilst getting it.

Wake up easy, your suppose to be leaders and yet you seem to have your heads in the sand like MOL, BA mainline, Monarch and many many more.

If anyone at easyjet would like to chat about it to me, get in touch, PM me and I'll call you myself. May even pop down for tea and biscuits.

Would anyone else like to comment.

[Joe_Bar]

other charter company

Hi EGCC4284

Do you care to tell which other charter company is hiring 'oldies'.
PM is fine.

Thanks
JB

[Griffon_PMI]

Thanks for your answers.

There are better jobs than Menzies in Ops.... although there are no posibilities to be hired as a pilot to.


Thanks another time.

[captaintrigger]

I worked for EasyJet for over 8 years in a variety of different roles.

I must say they were excellent at giving me time off to do my Pilots Licence but when it came to giving me a job they were not interested in the slightest.

I even offered to pay them for the type rating as long as they gave me a job at the end of it. They said NO. its not there policy!! which is absolute B++++cks. During my time there i didn't have one sick day and progressed up the ranks.

I was told to go and work for another airline on a similar type for 6 months and then come back to them.

So, some other airline puts there faith in me by taking a new low houred pilot and then 6 months later when i am no risk...easy wants me back

Wake Up Easyjet!!!!!!! Your Missing out on some Bloody good people here!!!

So my friend the answer is NO!!!

CT

[CAT3C AUTOLAND]

EasyJet Recruitment

Hi all,

Has anyone applied to EasyJet after they advertised in Flight?

I noticed on the information regarding TRSS it states the scheme is designed for pilots who don't have any commercial experience but hold a frozen ATPL. It then goes on, to allow you to apply online. However, if you read the FAQ, the answer to 'what qualifications do I need?' it comes up with 500 multi crew etc, with time on medium heavy jets, which contradicts itself?

Any thoughts, or have I missed somthing?

[CaptainProp]

I think you will need 500 multi crew at the moment....Then again, I recomended a friend with about 2000 hrs multicrew and 3000 hrs total time..."We are sorry to inform you that bla bla bla"
Not even an interview....and he had another guy recomending him as well....

Good luck!!

/CP

[sicky]

Originally Posted by CAT3C AUTOLAND

Hi all,

Has anyone applied to EasyJet after they advertised in Flight?

I noticed on the information regarding TRSS it states the scheme is designed for pilots who don't have any commercial experience but hold a frozen ATPL. It then goes on, to allow you to apply online. However, if you read the FAQ, the answer to 'what qualifications do I need?' it comes up with 500 multi crew etc, with time on medium heavy jets, which contradicts itself?

Any thoughts, or have I missed somthing?

SSTR can be pilots coming from other places, such as turbo-prop, where they will have gained some multi-crew experience but will still need a type rating onto, for example, a 737