Aer Lingus Cadet (merged 2011)
 

Hi, does anybody knows what happen to Aer Lingus recruitment?
Applied few months back and only received a receipt from them.

Hi!

No news.... I applied few months ago....
Do you think we'll be called???

I received another e-mail about a week ago where they again confirmed that they received my application etc.. pretty much the same as the receipt I got as soon as I sent in the application.

Not sure what the purpose of the e-mail was, still haven't heard anything. Basically just said that they would call if I met the requirements etc.

recruitment
 

From what I have seen they only seem to be recruiting low our ab initio guys at the moment straight from flight school (some that havent even completed an MCC), very frustrating for all of us out her that have been working for years building hours waiting patiently for this opportunity to come around. We seem to be in a black hole hours wise, too many for the airlines looking for newbies and not enough for airlines looking for experience:ugh:. Keep plugging away guys and we'll get there eventually.

Not quite true. It seems they have been going through the applications again and sending out repeat emails to people saying they have received the application.

A friend has an interview with them next week. 2000hr TP

Good luck!

AerLingus
 

I also applied for AerLingus and have not heard anything yet from them but i did hear they got over 3000 applications, so we could be waiting a while!
Especially with the cabin crew strikes at the moment

Yeah i applied with aer lingus, i believe the closing date was december 10th 2010, i havent heard anything back. I am just fresh out of flight school. So they are taking their time.

If you do not get an interview for Flight Deck there is a 'back door' opportunity advertised on the Aer Lingus website

Aer Lingus: About Us - Aircraft Cleaners

I understand that modular candidates will have a head start as they are more likely to have had experience cleaning bars etc around Dublin. However CTC Cadet candidates will not be discriminated against . Aer Lingus expects to create a holding pool for cleaners as they are likley to be overwhelmed with candidates for these 'exciting positions' which offer 'full airline benefits'

When you apply you will receive an email which states "...Aer Lingus will be in contact in the near future with those who best meet our criteria..."

Note that the training offered is the Airbus 'Tech Stop Operational Support Executive' which is only delivered in Toulouse. Only candidates who pass the theory exams with a mark of 85% or more and passes the 'Lavatorial Test' in the first series will be accepted. Aer Lingus regrets that if the candidate fails these tests, no altrentive employment will be offered

Herc708,

I think i would do well in the lavatorial test, at least that's what my wife says. This literally is a backdoor opportunity! Lol

I applied. 2500h, 1500 turboprop. I got the receipt email (thank you Aer Lingus), but nothing heard yet.

I have also applyed last december. Nothing heard yet except the legendary "thank you for your application" email.:) But I think there´s still hope.:cool:

I applied for a ground job in Aer Lingus recently, not as a cleaner, didn't even get a standard email reply. Enquiries revealed the job was gone the minute it was advertised. Actually before............

From past experience, if you haven't heard any more by now. You won't.

I just got a call for interview next Thursday from Aer Lingus HR based on my application from before Christmas. Unforunately I've already sprung for a TR with another operator (with a firm job offer before stumping up the cash - the most important factor IMHO) and am well stuck in to the course and enjoying it thoroughly.
Never mind eh, it's another opportunity for someone else. There is still hope out there...

WG100, Aerlingus HR probably saw this thread and retracted the job offer for the guy who lied about failing an IR checkride, and then called you! :\

Does anyone know how many FO's they are recruiting over the next while?

Recruitment remains ongoing. A fellow FO in my outfit was called recently for interview the same week.

Hi all,

Does anyone know what kind of questions they ask at an Aer Lingus interview? And is there good atmosphere?

- FI

Hi,

I've also been called for "interview" and "psychometri assessment" in 2 weeks. Does anybodu know what kind of test may we expect? Where to study from? Or maybe, what is the usual job offer for A320 typed and experienced F/O? Tks

Aer Lingus news
 

Hi fellows
After months of sitting, waiting, wishing, i just got the PFO email from Aer Lingus :( but i guess that means they have finally started calling people???
Anyway better luck next time.Hope the rest of you have a more positive outcome :)

Any more other info on aer lingus cadetships ?

Does the Aer Lingus A320 have a CatIII b landing system?

:ok:sure do! Please dont judge the flight crew training side of the house by your experience with the HR side!

I opted for using an expensive courier service to post my CV to Aer Lingus rather than the email option. Whether this showed them my enthusiasm/desperation is unclear but I received the email about two weeks later saying my application had been processed.

Once again, fingers crossed:ok:

As an aside we were told a few months back that Flight Ops had received over 3000 applications for the FO slots. No doubt it has increased since then after they readvertised.

Originally I understand we were looking for 50 new pilots, although this seems to be a moving target. If you made a reasoned guess that they would interview say 10 for each slot then that is 500 people to invite forward. This equates to only a 17% chance of being called up. If you were lucky to get the job then that is a 2% chance out of the original 3000 applications.

Probably no different odds to any other first time job going and highlights just how few people will get a job once they have completed their training. Good luck.

I had email from them unfortunately refused:zzz:

Aer Lingus Cadet Pilot Recruitment (Part-Sponsored)
 

In the not so distance future (Before september 2011!), Aer Lingus may advertise a 75% sponsored cadet pilot programme.

I have started this thread to hopefully aid, discuss & compare when the recruitment does go ahead.

Alot of you will wonder, "why bother with a sponsored cadet programme"?, in short, Aer Lingus would prefer to recruit their own frock of first officers, they have good reasons for this new move.

Coming up on 10 years since 9/11, since sponsorships have ended, and the airline industry is starting to really miss there own hand picked and company trained pilots.

The tides may be turning (For good this time), the bean-counters have had the ball for far too long !

Refresh the Aer Lingus Careers page, check the Irish Indepandant ! Thats all I will say...

spent 100'000 euro for 2%, this is where you are heading.:{

you make more money in a casino.

f...aviation!

Having applied for the Cityjet scheme and gotten through to interviews, I'm wondering have I shot myself in the foot here..

Hi Markerry,

While I agree with just about all you have said in your post, Im just curious where you got the figure of 75% towards sponsorship for the training from? Ive been keeping a very close eye on this cadetship and have yet to hear what exactly they will offer....

Skyways, you have heard of the saying: 'A bird in the hand being worth two in the bush'.

I've seen some very rose tinted views of this potential cadet scheme in various fora. I have to say, being a cynical old goat, that it is probably misplaced. The best you can probably expect is help with a loan. There are several well established examples of a mix of funding and help with loans for cadetships. I simply cannot see Aer Lingus providing money up front themselves. Not given their current attempts at cutting everywhere in the airline. It might be that the optimists in the pilot training side are proposing various sponsored schemes but you have to wonder would it get past Herr Mueller.

Also for those of you thinking, this is your chance. It will be vastly oversubscribed particularly if there is any sponsorship because that will attract people who've barely thought of being a pilot until they saw the ad in the paper. If you look at the numbers applying for the FO positions, you could probably quadruple the number of applications for a sponsored cadetship.

I remember going for the sponsored cadetships back in the day. They would literally fill big halls with people during the aptitude tests for several days and that was when it was mainly an Irish affair. This time they will probably hire the Albert Hall in London for the aptitude tests just for the British applicants alone.

Assuming it's sponsored of course, which I doubt.

Anyone interested in the cadetship should probably buy the weekend papers this weekend ;) so im told anyway, dont shoot me if im wrong!

PTC - That is all. ;)

Im hearing and hoping FTE.

Will the cadetship be open for swedes too? And when will occur? :)

surely the cadetship is like most now in the world. You pay your own training , go to a school lingus are linked with , they monitor you during your training if they like you at the end you go into MCC and type rating (at aer lingus's cost) that is the only payment that offer up I would imagine. Plus once out of training you dont do interviews.

Good Luck to all and the very lucky few to get in.

Sounds better than most of the cadetships these days... all will be revealed this weekend (i hope)

I'm relieved that there is at last concrete evidence that it is going ahead! It's interesting about the male FO.. Says that the cadet program was open while he was leaving school, I assume he must have six or seven years with the company under his belt then?

Make that 12 or 13......

Given that the Irish leaving cert results are being announced in about 3 weeks, I'd say they'd launch the program to tie in with those, or close enough to it...