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I have hit BMI BMI regional..on the search engine and its doesn t spit out what I want to know. This subject has I am sure been covered and I cannot find the link..I have an interview coming up in few weeks would anyone who has been through the mill mind giving be some background on what its like
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Here is a link to an old thread from last year.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...t=bmi+regional
It doesn't get into to much details, but will give you an idea. I've also been called for an interview and am after some info. From what I gather the sim assessment is done at a later date on the ERJ-145 sim in Manchester if you are successfull at the interview. Hopefully someone can confirm or deny this.
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Here is a link to an old thread from last year.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...t=bmi+regional
It doesn't get into to much details, but will give you an idea. I've also been called for an interview and am after some info. From what I gather the sim assessment is done at a later date on the ERJ-145 sim in Manchester if you are successfull at the interview. Hopefully someone can confirm or deny this.
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BMI Interviews.
Hey, how are all?
I hav an interview with BMI coming up. Has any1 got any info. they would kindly share about BMI's interview process?
Greatly appreciated.
Thankyou
Em
I hav an interview with BMI coming up. Has any1 got any info. they would kindly share about BMI's interview process?
Greatly appreciated.
Thankyou
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bmi interview query
I've been invited to attend an interview with bmi but can't find any info on how the interview day is structured. The email I received from them was suitably vague, and their website only seems to mention cabin crew recruitment. Does anybody know the format of the day, whether they use psychometric tests and tech exams or is it just an interview?
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try searching. There is info out there, not much but enough...
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Ok, well try searching the first page of "Interviews, Jobs & soponsorship", about a dozen posts below this post, entitled "BMI REGIONAL".
Sure there are no easy answers and no single post will tell the whole story but if you read the entire thread carefully it will anwer many questions... enjoy and good luck.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=221685
Also worth searching Pprune via Google for 'bmi' since pprune search engine will not do that. You have to type the following in to Google:
"bmi site:www.pprune.org"
Sure there are no easy answers and no single post will tell the whole story but if you read the entire thread carefully it will anwer many questions... enjoy and good luck.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=221685
Also worth searching Pprune via Google for 'bmi' since pprune search engine will not do that. You have to type the following in to Google:
"bmi site:www.pprune.org"
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Im sorry, why do you assume its bmi regional, when in fact it might be bmi mainline that is calling people for interview. I believe they are expected to recruit 40 onto their a320 fleet at heathrow over the next six months. Some rated, some with hours, some with an a320 rating only from GECAT but the majority Oxford low houred, yes Oxford, and they will pay for the rating with a 13500 bond over three years.
Day 1 Interview
The interview lasts around 1 hr 15 mins. You will be sat infront of two pilots and one flight crew manager. They break the interview into three sections; introduction and personal questions asked by interviewer number 1. Evidence based; give and example of a situation where... asked by interviewer number2 and business and technical knowledge asked by interviewer 3. Very simple, informal but with a set format a lot closer to a BA interview with set questions to provide evidence. You are made to feel at ease unlike the robots of BA.
Day 2 Sim check
You will find out results within a week, and if successful invited for a sim check in an a330. Very basic and includes an asymetric ils.
Good Luck to anyone lucky enough to get called for selection, make it count. Its an excellent opportunity to get into a fantastic first job, with a great wage considering they are paying for the rating.
Day 1 Interview
The interview lasts around 1 hr 15 mins. You will be sat infront of two pilots and one flight crew manager. They break the interview into three sections; introduction and personal questions asked by interviewer number 1. Evidence based; give and example of a situation where... asked by interviewer number2 and business and technical knowledge asked by interviewer 3. Very simple, informal but with a set format a lot closer to a BA interview with set questions to provide evidence. You are made to feel at ease unlike the robots of BA.
Day 2 Sim check
You will find out results within a week, and if successful invited for a sim check in an a330. Very basic and includes an asymetric ils.
Good Luck to anyone lucky enough to get called for selection, make it count. Its an excellent opportunity to get into a fantastic first job, with a great wage considering they are paying for the rating.
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Im sorry, why do you assume its bmi regional,
BTW, regional is self sponsored and costs £12k. Salary deductions over 5 years.
I think, but am not sure, that a bond doesn't come out of your salary but just decreases until its reches zero or you leave.
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I just want to add, that bmi pay for the rating. When I read my original post I don't think that is clear. A rare opportunity to earn direct entry money and have an a320 rating paid for, all for a commitment of three years to the company... not bad.
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Dear all,
I have worked for mainline for double digit years....I would suggest looking elsewhere for a job as most pilots are very unhappy and feel their job security / future is not great and are leaving in vast numbers to BA, Virgin, Easy and Emirates.
If you want a long term move, it might be worth carefully considering why you are joining an airline whilst so many are leaving.
I have worked for mainline for double digit years....I would suggest looking elsewhere for a job as most pilots are very unhappy and feel their job security / future is not great and are leaving in vast numbers to BA, Virgin, Easy and Emirates.
If you want a long term move, it might be worth carefully considering why you are joining an airline whilst so many are leaving.
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Since when do wannabees have the luxury of choice? Frankly in the scheme of things, bmi's terms of employment are extremely good compared to the majority of companies that are realistically available to someone looking for their first job. Whether it is a long term move, although considered, is a long way down the list of needs for a job seeker. The offer of a chance to sit selection shortly followed by a job offer is enough for most to jump. Once us wannabees have hours on type then we can afford to be choosy. Getting the hours is the difficult bit
Virgin and emirates may be lovely places to work but are not available as a first job, and cannot be compared.
Easy and BA are extremely difficult to enter for most of us here and it is the merely the lucky few that have these two as their first employer.
Virgin and emirates may be lovely places to work but are not available as a first job, and cannot be compared.
Easy and BA are extremely difficult to enter for most of us here and it is the merely the lucky few that have these two as their first employer.
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Well put Paul, so many new pilots find their first day out of line training is sitting next to someone like 9mtl - it's important to maintain a sense of perspective and remember why you wanted the job in the first place.
It's really sad when you hear guys with a total of 300 hours in the company moaning about pay and conditions - it doesn't tkae long for some to be got to by the doomsayers and retirement-happy whingers! (not that you fall into either of those categories, 9mtl - what you write is true and valid, but I would suggest perhaps for relevant to a senior FO looking to move airlines rather than someone otherwise faced with instructing for years on no money, or a TP cargo job, fo example)
bmi (BM) was my first 'proper' airline - I found the training excellent, the safety culture very positive, the crews good fun and flying from LHR a fantastic experience. I
I have now moved on (for many of the reasons 9mtl mentions!), but PilotOnline, I wish you all the best in your interview, you could do FAR worse.
G
It's really sad when you hear guys with a total of 300 hours in the company moaning about pay and conditions - it doesn't tkae long for some to be got to by the doomsayers and retirement-happy whingers! (not that you fall into either of those categories, 9mtl - what you write is true and valid, but I would suggest perhaps for relevant to a senior FO looking to move airlines rather than someone otherwise faced with instructing for years on no money, or a TP cargo job, fo example)
bmi (BM) was my first 'proper' airline - I found the training excellent, the safety culture very positive, the crews good fun and flying from LHR a fantastic experience. I
I have now moved on (for many of the reasons 9mtl mentions!), but PilotOnline, I wish you all the best in your interview, you could do FAR worse.
G
I think the important note for all wannabees and the issue that has affected bmi badly recently is that most airlines' terms and conditions develop through painful negoitiating processes over many many years. When you join an airline you expect to stay for a long time as most airlines reward seniority with promotion / car parking / staff travel / bid line priveledges.
There is nothing more upsetting than the "I will do anything" brigade who join an airline, vote NO to most BALPA industrial action votes ( the only way to get a dialogue with the management with the said company) and so the company win and continue winning and so on.
All the time the terms and conditions are getting erroded.
This probably wouldn't be so bad if the "I will do anything" brigade were to actually stay, but with youth on their side they soon b***** off after a few years when they realise things were not what they seemed when they were jumping up and down to join.
Unfortunately they leave an airline community behind that is that bit weaker having watched terms and conditions erode gradually by the continual flow.
To summorise, if any of you are of the opinion that has been expressed in this forum, then please join, you will be welcomed, but remember the terms and conditions that attracted you initially have been hard fought over the years.....do remember this when it comes your time to vote on an issue that "a load of whingers" have conjured up.............
This issue has led to the loss of at least 5 individual terms and conditions recently over the past few years.
Please be mindful of this and respect the views of more experienced pilots.
Note for Gary.."Well put Paul, so many new pilots find their first day out of line training is sitting next to someone like 9mtl"
It would be more accurate in this case to remove the "out" from your comment.
There is nothing more upsetting than the "I will do anything" brigade who join an airline, vote NO to most BALPA industrial action votes ( the only way to get a dialogue with the management with the said company) and so the company win and continue winning and so on.
All the time the terms and conditions are getting erroded.
This probably wouldn't be so bad if the "I will do anything" brigade were to actually stay, but with youth on their side they soon b***** off after a few years when they realise things were not what they seemed when they were jumping up and down to join.
Unfortunately they leave an airline community behind that is that bit weaker having watched terms and conditions erode gradually by the continual flow.
To summorise, if any of you are of the opinion that has been expressed in this forum, then please join, you will be welcomed, but remember the terms and conditions that attracted you initially have been hard fought over the years.....do remember this when it comes your time to vote on an issue that "a load of whingers" have conjured up.............
This issue has led to the loss of at least 5 individual terms and conditions recently over the past few years.
Please be mindful of this and respect the views of more experienced pilots.
Note for Gary.."Well put Paul, so many new pilots find their first day out of line training is sitting next to someone like 9mtl"
It would be more accurate in this case to remove the "out" from your comment.
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9mtl Thanks for your comments. I have worked for an extremely unionised company for ten years. I know I am considered as both enthusiastic but also militant by management. I defend my rights as I'm sure you do.
I am sure you were once in the Ill do anything brigade as was every other successful pilot. But it was the responsibility of those before you, before you joined your current company and now in turn your responsibility to defend the terms and conditions of the new starters and those about to join.
All those starting out have imence respect of the experienced pilots, that is without question. But it is also up to experienced pilots to express the importance of resolutions being voted on to those who are fresh in the company and don't know any better and not just using them as an excuse for losing to the company.
I take it from your last statement you lobbied your union and were prepared to ballot for strike action to prevent the terms of conditions for new starters deteriorating, for instance closing the final salary pension scheme to them several years ago? Or did you infact secretly think I'm all right jack. You through lack of action allowed terms and conditions of new starters to erode long before your own are now being attacked. New starters don't have any sway with negotiating changes to terms and conditions, its the companies way or the highway, when signing a contract. No one is at fault but the current pilot community for allowing their employers to set up schemes such as self sponsored type training for wannabees. You allowed the changes because it wouldn't affect you directly unfortunately a few years since that lack of action has passed and now your terms and conditions are in the firing line. There is no one to blame but the lack of proactivity from the members of the unions. A union is only as effective as its members. Whether it be AMICUS, BASSA (cabin crew), BALPA or IALPA.
Passing resolutions to allow changes to conditions of new starters is always the thin end of the wedge and has come back to bite everyone in the arse not just the new guys.
As an engineer, we are in the same boat where lack of trust of our own union reps, which we now call management liason officers is predominant. No one is prepared to put their head above the parapit, not knowing if they will be supported, but whose fault is that? Mine and every other engineer for allowing it to happen. We are forever told our manpower turn-over is less than 5 percent and 10 percent is the norm, infering there is room to deteriorate our terms and conditions further as we must still be happy. Career airlines are few and far between and set to join 15 day barbados trips in the history book, as they are not efficient from a companies point of view. It is the duty of the companies current employees to keep it a career airline.. and in your company that means you.
We don't blame people looking to become engineers, and none of us blame new starters it is OUR own fault of inactivity, at least we have the grace not to blame others for our mistakes.
I apologise that this has left the topic of bmi selection.
I am sure you were once in the Ill do anything brigade as was every other successful pilot. But it was the responsibility of those before you, before you joined your current company and now in turn your responsibility to defend the terms and conditions of the new starters and those about to join.
All those starting out have imence respect of the experienced pilots, that is without question. But it is also up to experienced pilots to express the importance of resolutions being voted on to those who are fresh in the company and don't know any better and not just using them as an excuse for losing to the company.
I take it from your last statement you lobbied your union and were prepared to ballot for strike action to prevent the terms of conditions for new starters deteriorating, for instance closing the final salary pension scheme to them several years ago? Or did you infact secretly think I'm all right jack. You through lack of action allowed terms and conditions of new starters to erode long before your own are now being attacked. New starters don't have any sway with negotiating changes to terms and conditions, its the companies way or the highway, when signing a contract. No one is at fault but the current pilot community for allowing their employers to set up schemes such as self sponsored type training for wannabees. You allowed the changes because it wouldn't affect you directly unfortunately a few years since that lack of action has passed and now your terms and conditions are in the firing line. There is no one to blame but the lack of proactivity from the members of the unions. A union is only as effective as its members. Whether it be AMICUS, BASSA (cabin crew), BALPA or IALPA.
Passing resolutions to allow changes to conditions of new starters is always the thin end of the wedge and has come back to bite everyone in the arse not just the new guys.
As an engineer, we are in the same boat where lack of trust of our own union reps, which we now call management liason officers is predominant. No one is prepared to put their head above the parapit, not knowing if they will be supported, but whose fault is that? Mine and every other engineer for allowing it to happen. We are forever told our manpower turn-over is less than 5 percent and 10 percent is the norm, infering there is room to deteriorate our terms and conditions further as we must still be happy. Career airlines are few and far between and set to join 15 day barbados trips in the history book, as they are not efficient from a companies point of view. It is the duty of the companies current employees to keep it a career airline.. and in your company that means you.
We don't blame people looking to become engineers, and none of us blame new starters it is OUR own fault of inactivity, at least we have the grace not to blame others for our mistakes.
I apologise that this has left the topic of bmi selection.
Last edited by PaulW; 30th Dec 2006 at 13:44. Reason: Late night lack of grammar
