VB EJET Recruitment
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VB EJET Recruitment
According to their website VB are currently hiring E170/190 endorsed pilots. Anyone know what this is all about? Since when have you had to be endorsed on a Boeing or Ejet to score a job?
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This is the Virgin way. They are tighter than fishes butt. Next they will be advertising for E-Jet trained LAMEs so that they don't have to incur the cost of training. What a great business tactic,wait for your opposition to go under and then offer those people unfortunate enough to lose their job a new job on a fraction of their old pay. Qantas has done this for a while, so I guess it is only natural for Virgin to follow suit.
To all applicants don't be fooled by Virgins hip cool and groovy attitude. You will soon find out they are they same penny pinching bean counters that you find everywhere.
To all applicants don't be fooled by Virgins hip cool and groovy attitude. You will soon find out they are they same penny pinching bean counters that you find everywhere.
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So the V Australia Cruise FO's have been stiffed again. No chance of vertical promotion in V, no chance of going to Pacific Blue and now no prospect of moving to VB. Watch for the flood of applications to JetStar.
The VA CFO's were "stiffed" from day one Kanga1. In fact when I read the contract (such as it was) I couldn't find one logical reason to take up the offer. Not only was the pay an insult, made worse by an absence of even basic incremental rises, but it was clear (maybe to all but the most optimistic of wishful thinkers) that any sort of progression just wasn't going to happen.
I certainly don't begrudge the VA CFO's advancement in their careers, but from what I've seen the only career prospect for a VA CFO is as... a VA CFO!
AS far as JQ and all the others are concerned, don't wait too long to get those applications in. That is of course provided you have more than a "frozen" ATPL.
I certainly don't begrudge the VA CFO's advancement in their careers, but from what I've seen the only career prospect for a VA CFO is as... a VA CFO!
AS far as JQ and all the others are concerned, don't wait too long to get those applications in. That is of course provided you have more than a "frozen" ATPL.
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So the V Australia Cruise FO's have been stiffed again. No chance of vertical promotion in V, no chance of going to Pacific Blue and now no prospect of moving to VB. Watch for the flood of applications to JetStar.
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You are full of crap.
VB has trained over 250 ejet pilots since the introduction of the aeroplane, has invested heavily in the sim and FMS trainers as well as the training rooms etc.
Also VB pay MORE than Skyairworld did - so they are hardly "on a fraction of their old pay"
Blackbird - I think you will find US Airways are selling their aircraft to Republic
You are full of crap.
VB has trained over 250 ejet pilots since the introduction of the aeroplane, has invested heavily in the sim and FMS trainers as well as the training rooms etc.
Also VB pay MORE than Skyairworld did - so they are hardly "on a fraction of their old pay"
Blackbird - I think you will find US Airways are selling their aircraft to Republic
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dehavillanddriver, I am not full of crap. I was referring more to LAMEs than pilots. And the way the company is trying to screw the maintenance staff with their new EBA and the introduction of A licences I think this will be a downward trend between the company and its staff.
Good on VB for training E-jet pilots I congratulate them and also for training 777 crew, but they haven't trained any maintenance staff for the 777, just another shafting from the big VB.
Tell me dhdd do you find VB to be the big happy joyous and hip company that they portray to the public? I think you will find a great deal of the VB family are far from happy with the EBAs VB are trying to bring in. I guess this is drifting from the core topic so I will stop now.
But a point to ponder, will the newly employed Ejet pilots already endorsed on the 170/190 be employed on the same pay rates and scale as existing pilots or will it be a new set of conditions?
Good on VB for training E-jet pilots I congratulate them and also for training 777 crew, but they haven't trained any maintenance staff for the 777, just another shafting from the big VB.
Tell me dhdd do you find VB to be the big happy joyous and hip company that they portray to the public? I think you will find a great deal of the VB family are far from happy with the EBAs VB are trying to bring in. I guess this is drifting from the core topic so I will stop now.
But a point to ponder, will the newly employed Ejet pilots already endorsed on the 170/190 be employed on the same pay rates and scale as existing pilots or will it be a new set of conditions?
$143,527 for Embraer Captains
$78,940 - $ 93,292 for Embraer First Officers
Between 3% and 5% increases over the next 2 years (July 2010 & 2011)
Loss of Licence, overnight allowance, working on day off allowance,
overtime (>71Hrs) allowance, etc are additional.
Minimum of 11 days off in 28 (average possibly 14)
Training +10%
Check & Training + 16%
Superlame
New hires WILL be on the same T&C's no need to ponder any longer!
$78,940 - $ 93,292 for Embraer First Officers
Between 3% and 5% increases over the next 2 years (July 2010 & 2011)
Loss of Licence, overnight allowance, working on day off allowance,
overtime (>71Hrs) allowance, etc are additional.
Minimum of 11 days off in 28 (average possibly 14)
Training +10%
Check & Training + 16%
Superlame
New hires WILL be on the same T&C's no need to ponder any longer!