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How could internal transferees get permission to work in the UK? (unless they happened to have a British passport). I doubt there are many Brits in the company who are currently based away from the UK.
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Well it should be hard, for as long as there are unemployed pilots in the UK (irrespective of whether they are rated or not). A standard condition of granting a work permit, is that the worker cannot be sourced from the domestic market (even if they need type training). All unemployed pilots should be onto the DWP and home office and nip this in the bud; I do hope balpa are on the case (some chance)!
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Maybe, but ""airline pilot" is not on the list of shortage workers (although it is on the list of skilled workers). That's not a complete stopper, but wizz would have to be a licensed sponsor, pilot would have to be > RQF3, and wizz would have to pay more than £60,800 to make it eligible.
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You have either the Tier 2 Skilled for permanent crew, or the Intra-company transfer, which would allow a transfer from WZZ to WUK for up to 9 years. That's more than enough to sort mid-term crewing issues.
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Yes, I do agree it looks easier than I had imagined (I thought airline pilot wasn't on the skilled worker list (formerly tier 2), and a transfer is also a work around). I think Brits looking for work will be well aware how easy, or NOT!, it is to find a job in the EU without an EU passport. (I applied for an internal transfer within my company to the EU, and was told it couldn't even be considered without an EU passport). Post Brexit, I have seen quite a few job adverts for UK positions open to EU passport holders, but precisely zero EU positions advertised as open to UK passport holders. What with useless UK licences, an unequal wet leasing Brexit deal, devastated airlines, confined to domestic recruitment and continuation of EU nationals being hired or transferred into UK based seats, I really feel for unemployed British pilots; they're in a lose/lose scenario
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Maybe, but ""airline pilot" is not on the list of shortage workers (although it is on the list of skilled workers). That's not a complete stopper, but wizz would have to be a licensed sponsor, pilot would have to be > RQF3, and wizz would have to pay more than £60,800 to make it eligible.
Yes, I do agree it looks easier than I had imagined (I thought airline pilot wasn't on the skilled worker list (formerly tier 2), and a transfer is also a work around). I think Brits looking for work will be well aware how easy, or NOT!, it is to find a job in the EU without an EU passport. (I applied for an internal transfer within my company to the EU, and was told it couldn't even be considered without an EU passport). What with useless UK licences, an unequal wet leasing Brexit deal, devastated airlines, confined to domestic recruitment and continuation of EU nationals being hired or transferred into UK based seats, I really feel for unemployed British pilots.
The UK is not being treated realistically any differently from Moldova, Georgia etc in this regard.
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What are the chances of getting a Gatwick base with this lot? That's the only way I'd dream of taking up an offer from them. What's their employers pension contribution? Any private healthcare/LOL/DIS/travel benefits etc in addition to the £18k pa salary paid to First Officers?
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And which company are you with?
Did British nationals not vote for this? I voted Remain (and this isn't the forum to discuss this, I have UK/EU dual nationality so am not affected by this), but you cannot leave the EU and expect to have the same benefits as before. If you want EU job, that's fine, but you won't be looking at most LCCs for this, some legacies may consider it, but expect to leave as an experienced SFO with an EU passport if going down this route.
Blame the British government, as the preferred option of Guy Verhofstadt (which I hold in e-mail form) was for the UK to remain in the single market, but this was refused due to the free movement 'red line', and therefore the choice to strip you of your rights was a British government decision, not one of the EU.
And which company are you with?
Did British nationals not vote for this? I voted Remain (and this isn't the forum to discuss this, I have UK/EU dual nationality so am not affected by this), but you cannot leave the EU and expect to have the same benefits as before. If you want EU job, that's fine, but you won't be looking at most LCCs for this, some legacies may consider it, but expect to leave as an experienced SFO with an EU passport if going down this route.
Blame the British government, as the preferred option of Guy Verhofstadt (which I hold in e-mail form) was for the UK to remain in the single market, but this was refused due to the free movement 'red line', and therefore the choice to strip you of your rights was a British government decision, not one of the EU.
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Everybody who went to the interview in August 2020 received the job offer more than a month ago. They didn't call anyone from the outside before the ex-employees were offered positions.