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interviewed start of the year.. heared nothing about start date yet.
do you mean you work as a second officer on the 777 for V Australia and say this is internal? haha... are you whinging guys who interviewed before you with twice as much hours (you got your ATPL couple months ago right?) slogging it hard for regionals are getting put ahead of you when they probably turned down the V Aus deal?
So much for the company offering all positions internally before outside recruiting!
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At this stage plans are for 2 Ejet FO courses during SEP/ OCT to replace current Ejet FOs moving over to the 737.
Ejet rosters at all bases are very fluid at the moment with the removal of the 170s. Over the last 6 months I would say the SYD rosters have been made up of mostly trips less than 3 days, however 4 day trips are starting to appear again. With the bidding system in place you can bid for your lifestyle. If you want day trips, you can bid for that. If you want late starts you can bid for them, it's your choice.
Ejet rosters at all bases are very fluid at the moment with the removal of the 170s. Over the last 6 months I would say the SYD rosters have been made up of mostly trips less than 3 days, however 4 day trips are starting to appear again. With the bidding system in place you can bid for your lifestyle. If you want day trips, you can bid for that. If you want late starts you can bid for them, it's your choice.
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There's some experienced people in all ranks at pretty much any airline w@$ker.
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KNEEDEEP - HAHAHA Spot on mate. Although the photos all those guys and girls posted as soon as they had a uniform and wings were classic. You people can sit in the back for another ten years as far as Im concerned 
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And you begin to wonder why management can so easily divide and rule in Australia...........................NOT! 
But yes pilots should stick together... just stop trying to jump the que
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Kneedeep:
If people apply to one company and are later allowed to transfer into another one, it's not their fault. That's the way it's stipulated in YOUR COMPANY'S EBA. If you have a problem with that, speak to your union.
PS - I'm a hard working regional pilot.
PPS - How much was your endorsement?
Duxnutz:
Think you'll find they did recruit internally first.
(Not trying to start a slinging match here, let's all just be reasonable).
If people apply to one company and are later allowed to transfer into another one, it's not their fault. That's the way it's stipulated in YOUR COMPANY'S EBA. If you have a problem with that, speak to your union.
PS - I'm a hard working regional pilot.
PPS - How much was your endorsement?
Duxnutz:
Think you'll find they did recruit internally first.
(Not trying to start a slinging match here, let's all just be reasonable).
They did recruit internally first. Courses are currently/about to run for Ejet and Voz cruise FOs transferring to the 737. To fill those gaps, there is only DE recruitment for the Ejet at the moment and for the foreseeable future. That's not a rumour, it's straight from recruitment.
Ok Guys,
Take an aspirin and have a good lie down. The courses coming up for the Embraer will definitely have a few CFOs in them. I will be vey surprised if any CFOs go straight to the 737.The rest will be be external applicants. By this time next year there will be one Pilot's list for the entire Virgin group. How that list works will be decided shortly. What you guys need to keep in mind is that a First Officer on the Embraer fleet is a good job and we expect eveybody joining, either from outside or from VOZ to work together as part of the one team. People that come from either place with the wrong attitude will have problems getting through the course.
Take an aspirin and have a good lie down. The courses coming up for the Embraer will definitely have a few CFOs in them. I will be vey surprised if any CFOs go straight to the 737.The rest will be be external applicants. By this time next year there will be one Pilot's list for the entire Virgin group. How that list works will be decided shortly. What you guys need to keep in mind is that a First Officer on the Embraer fleet is a good job and we expect eveybody joining, either from outside or from VOZ to work together as part of the one team. People that come from either place with the wrong attitude will have problems getting through the course.
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Ok Guys,
Take an aspirin and have a good lie down. The courses coming up for the Embraer will definitely have a few CFOs in them. I will be vey surprised if any CFOs go straight to the 737.The rest will be be external applicants. By this time next year there will be one Pilot's list for the entire Virgin group. How that list works will be decided shortly. What you guys need to keep in mind is that a First Officer on the Embraer fleet is a good job and we expect eveybody joining, either from outside or from VOZ to work together as part of the one team. People that come from either place with the wrong attitude will have problems getting through the course.
Take an aspirin and have a good lie down. The courses coming up for the Embraer will definitely have a few CFOs in them. I will be vey surprised if any CFOs go straight to the 737.The rest will be be external applicants. By this time next year there will be one Pilot's list for the entire Virgin group. How that list works will be decided shortly. What you guys need to keep in mind is that a First Officer on the Embraer fleet is a good job and we expect eveybody joining, either from outside or from VOZ to work together as part of the one team. People that come from either place with the wrong attitude will have problems getting through the course.
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For external pilots there is only 2 Ejet courses for this year. So far nothing has been said regarding next years courses. Don't know the numbers per course, but I would guess no more than 6-8 per course.
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There is a B737 course latter this year which will include Ejet FO's moving across and some external new starts.
The number of external's starting on the B737 next year will all depend on the number of Ejet FO's who elect to move over to the B737. A lot of the Ejet FO's who have been here for 2 - 3 years hoped to get a Command on it next year so hadn't put a bid in for a B737 FO position. There is a very good chance these FO's will now bid for FO slots on the B737 with commands on the Ejet drying up.
Don't expect any offer of a Brisbane base for a very long time. Company has made it clear that the growth will be Sydney and perhaps Melbourne.
The number of external's starting on the B737 next year will all depend on the number of Ejet FO's who elect to move over to the B737. A lot of the Ejet FO's who have been here for 2 - 3 years hoped to get a Command on it next year so hadn't put a bid in for a B737 FO position. There is a very good chance these FO's will now bid for FO slots on the B737 with commands on the Ejet drying up.
Don't expect any offer of a Brisbane base for a very long time. Company has made it clear that the growth will be Sydney and perhaps Melbourne.