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It is talked about on here that time from an S/O to F/O on the 320 can be as little as 2 years. How about from S/O to F/O on the 777? Is that a similar prospect or is the long haul job seen as being the most preferred option?
With a lot of hiring going on now, there must be a point where the new joining people are effectively the last of a big bunch and will stay as an S/O a lot longer than those that get in at the start of the rush.
Cheers,
With a lot of hiring going on now, there must be a point where the new joining people are effectively the last of a big bunch and will stay as an S/O a lot longer than those that get in at the start of the rush.
Cheers,
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Interesting reading this thread in relation to AirNZ, supposedly a shortage.....
http://www.pprune.org/australia-new-...-required.html
http://www.pprune.org/australia-new-...-required.html
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It is talked about on here that time from an S/O to F/O on the 320 can be as little as 2 years. How about from S/O to F/O on the 777? Is that a similar prospect or is the long haul job seen as being the most preferred option? With a lot of hiring going on now, there must be a point where the new joining people are effectively the last of a big bunch and will stay as an S/O a lot longer than those that get in at the start of the rush.
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Rostering and staff travel
Can anyone tell me anything about Air NZ staff travel and also rostering.
Things I was wondering about include:
- How many free or discounted trips do you get a year?
- How often do you get denied boarding if you have a staff travel ticket?
- If you are in uniform can you use the jumpseat in the flight deck (or elsewhere)?
With regards to rostering:
- How would the rostering and bidding system work as a SO?
- How do you bid for trips and/or dates that you want to work (or not work)?
Thanks in advance!
Things I was wondering about include:
- How many free or discounted trips do you get a year?
- How often do you get denied boarding if you have a staff travel ticket?
- If you are in uniform can you use the jumpseat in the flight deck (or elsewhere)?
With regards to rostering:
- How would the rostering and bidding system work as a SO?
- How do you bid for trips and/or dates that you want to work (or not work)?
Thanks in advance!
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Things I was wondering about include:
- How many free or discounted trips do you get a year?
unlimited standby domestic trips after 6mths service. The country is divided into zones, i.e AKL-CHC is a zone 3 fare, WLG-CHC is a zone 2 etc. Pay the zone fare for one way or double it for return. Unlimited discounted domestic firm fares, 50% off any published fare from the public website. Same deal for international after 12mths service except its 25% for the firm fares. The international zone fares are obviously higher than the domestic zones
- How often do you get denied boarding if you have a staff travel ticket?
depends if you do your homework and plan ahead and pick a flight with reasonable seats avail. If you get denied boarding its a simple matter of transferring your booking onto the next avail.
- If you are in uniform can you use the jumpseat in the flight deck (or elsewhere)? You shouldn't really be in uniform using staff travel but if you finish work and want to jump on the next flight to wherever its a matter of dressing down to de-identify yourself. There's a reluctance by crews to take staff on duty travel on the flight deck, but usually pretty good if you're on leisure travel. You need to have your ID with you to request a jump seat
With regards to rostering:
- How would the rostering and bidding system work as a SO?
- How do you bid for trips and/or dates that you want to work (or not work)?
Im not with the international airline, but the Link group uses the same Bidding system, so it'll be fairly similar. The basics of it is that you can bid for specific duties or days off; or generic patterns of duty e.g 2 or 3 overnight duties to a particular destination per roster. You add a weighting the bid out of 100, if the bid is very important to you might put all 100pts on that duty or day off or if its a nice to have duty but not a must you might only put 50pts on it. If the bid /duty is popular then the bidder with the highest points gets it. You can make as many bids as you like but the number of bids are averaged out to add up to 100pts total. If you make 6 bids then they may only average out to be about 17pts each, not giving a great opportunity for success. There's zero guarantee you'll get any bid, even if its your only bid with 100pts on it. The only other difference I may have heard about the international bidding is that seniority gives some preference to successful bids i.e A senior Capt will probably get the choice duties over a junior skipper. This is not in any way a confirmed but a best guess based on how the Links have been "aligned" with Mainline practices
- How many free or discounted trips do you get a year?
unlimited standby domestic trips after 6mths service. The country is divided into zones, i.e AKL-CHC is a zone 3 fare, WLG-CHC is a zone 2 etc. Pay the zone fare for one way or double it for return. Unlimited discounted domestic firm fares, 50% off any published fare from the public website. Same deal for international after 12mths service except its 25% for the firm fares. The international zone fares are obviously higher than the domestic zones
- How often do you get denied boarding if you have a staff travel ticket?
depends if you do your homework and plan ahead and pick a flight with reasonable seats avail. If you get denied boarding its a simple matter of transferring your booking onto the next avail.
- If you are in uniform can you use the jumpseat in the flight deck (or elsewhere)? You shouldn't really be in uniform using staff travel but if you finish work and want to jump on the next flight to wherever its a matter of dressing down to de-identify yourself. There's a reluctance by crews to take staff on duty travel on the flight deck, but usually pretty good if you're on leisure travel. You need to have your ID with you to request a jump seat
With regards to rostering:
- How would the rostering and bidding system work as a SO?
- How do you bid for trips and/or dates that you want to work (or not work)?
Im not with the international airline, but the Link group uses the same Bidding system, so it'll be fairly similar. The basics of it is that you can bid for specific duties or days off; or generic patterns of duty e.g 2 or 3 overnight duties to a particular destination per roster. You add a weighting the bid out of 100, if the bid is very important to you might put all 100pts on that duty or day off or if its a nice to have duty but not a must you might only put 50pts on it. If the bid /duty is popular then the bidder with the highest points gets it. You can make as many bids as you like but the number of bids are averaged out to add up to 100pts total. If you make 6 bids then they may only average out to be about 17pts each, not giving a great opportunity for success. There's zero guarantee you'll get any bid, even if its your only bid with 100pts on it. The only other difference I may have heard about the international bidding is that seniority gives some preference to successful bids i.e A senior Capt will probably get the choice duties over a junior skipper. This is not in any way a confirmed but a best guess based on how the Links have been "aligned" with Mainline practices
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Regarding travel in the jump seat:
When I worked in ground handling for Air NZ and went on a trip to Aus I asked when boarding if I could travel in the jump seat. No problem both ways on the 777. With my company ID of course.
When I worked in ground handling for Air NZ and went on a trip to Aus I asked when boarding if I could travel in the jump seat. No problem both ways on the 777. With my company ID of course.
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Air NZ Recruitment
Hi All,
Recently I have been invited by Air New Zealand to attend an interview at short notice. While I am very excited about the prospect of working for them, I am a little concerned about preparation.
I am hoping that someone out there has the .pdf that was floating around a few years ago with the interview profile (mainly technical quiz, etc) and would be generous enough to share it with me (via PM). I can certainly offer beers to those in AKL in return!
Any information would be greatly appreciated
Also to note to fellow Ppruners - please don't comment on why I should not join Air New Zealand, how bad it may be or how long I have to wait for progression. I am very aware of this, but I have a young family to support, done my homework and want to settle down. Contract jobs are not for me anymore.
Thanks
DC3
Recently I have been invited by Air New Zealand to attend an interview at short notice. While I am very excited about the prospect of working for them, I am a little concerned about preparation.
I am hoping that someone out there has the .pdf that was floating around a few years ago with the interview profile (mainly technical quiz, etc) and would be generous enough to share it with me (via PM). I can certainly offer beers to those in AKL in return!
Any information would be greatly appreciated
Also to note to fellow Ppruners - please don't comment on why I should not join Air New Zealand, how bad it may be or how long I have to wait for progression. I am very aware of this, but I have a young family to support, done my homework and want to settle down. Contract jobs are not for me anymore.
Thanks
DC3
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mate if you can fly raw data, have a reasonable working knowledge of the aip, a level head and know a bit about the type you fly you'll be fine.
good luck with it.
good luck with it.
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Air NZ Interviews
Much appreciated if someone can provide some details of interviews - questions/ recommended study for exam.
AIP - from someone who hasn't flown in NZ since 1999 - is it practical questions eg on approach chart interpretation - or some required air law knowledge?
Spending a bit on the ticket, and can't take family or spend more than a few more days due leave structures, so really hoping to give it my best shot.
AIP - from someone who hasn't flown in NZ since 1999 - is it practical questions eg on approach chart interpretation - or some required air law knowledge?
Spending a bit on the ticket, and can't take family or spend more than a few more days due leave structures, so really hoping to give it my best shot.
