Anyone having a working New Year? Just finished a shift and have to be at Airport for 7am 2moro! <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

MAX <img src="cool.gif" border="0">

Me working 2morrow as well !!!

Happy New Year everybody

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and lets hope the telephone rings this year!! Hope the hangovers aren't too bad!!

I've not seen a note about recruitment, but then I don't seem to have gone to work for a couple of weeks.

I'm back at work at the weekend, so I'll post something when I get back if no-one beats me to it.

Happy new year to you all!!

Hooded Claw! Cheers, any information from the inside would be appreciated by all in 'the hold'.

In addition, any info on whether or not the fleet will be down a hull or two this year would be appreciated. Just something which had been considered a possibility.

cheers,

starship <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Happy New Year all..

I spoke to HR yesterday and still no news...

Thanks for that address Max

I've been in a few crew rooms this weekend, and I haven't seen anything about recruiting.

I would be very surprised if we don't though, as we'll be very short next summer.

Don't give up hope, and I'll keep looking out.

Starship, the last news we have been given by our brave leaders was that there won't be a reduction in hulls unless the Jan/Feb sales are really poor. word is that so far sales are on the up therefore hopefully all will be well. But the calorifically challenged female has not sung yet!!

All the best
Chin <img src="tongue.gif" border="0">

Chin, cheers for that. Lets hope the calorifically challenged :) lady becomes vocally challenged and makes herself scarce. She seems to have disappeared from the tail, so maybe we are in for a good year.

Best Wishes to all in the hold, and at Brit for 2002.

cheers,

starship <img src="cool.gif" border="0">

Happy New Year to everyone! Let's hope this year brings some good fortune and we actually get airborne!!

The only thing I have managed to find out is that BAL are talking to OATS as they are thinking of starting a cadet sponsorship scheme in the next couple of years.

Anyway, thank you for the news on the inside!

MAX, sorry only got your mail the other day, I've been away.

Refreshing thread. <img src="cool.gif" border="0">

cheers,

starship

Unfortunately, I heard today that all of the charter airline bookings are up 20% on previous years except for the Thomson Group.Has anyone else out there got any more info?

I also heard that if someone is made redundant, the company cannot offer the job to anyone else until they have re-offered it to the previous employee/s. This apparently stands for a three year period.Can anyone enlighten me to whether there is any truth in this fact.

Anyway, lets hope that bookings get better and we get a call!

Hi folks!

I hope i can help with some info for you guys. I am at the moment a travel agent working for Thomas Cook and well what i can say is that we are dam busy! The package holiday market is really starting to get momentum and it dosent look like it is going to stop until the holidays run out which, alot of them are.

We are also begining to take alot of long haul bookings so there is light at the end of the tunnel for the larger carriers too.

What alot of the tour operators which have thier own airline (ie. JMC, Airtours, Thompsons etc) are doing is adding an "air security fee" to all bookings in order to recuperate the lost revenue over the past 5 months!

As for being made redundant, i was paid off in october but started again this week but as i took no redundancy pay so they could hire me straight away however, other colleagues who took redundancy pay, cannot be hired for at least 6 months although we are shouting for staff! Not sure how it works for you but just wanted to add my wee bit!

Anyway hope you find that a little helpfull as to be honest i'd much rather be flying them to bloody Ibiza than just booking them to go there! Chin up, it's picking up!!

Cheers, Kempus

As I see it Constant, because we never made our start date, or therefore passed the probation period we never were actually made redundant. I guess we were really never on the payroll to begin with. We just were not fully recruited. Therefore, policy or not, we dont qualify. I think it covers the pilots on the line in case of such an eventuality. Do you think?

MAX <img src="cool.gif" border="0">

I bumped into a Brit Training Captain at work this morning - friendley sort. Unfortunately he said that the company would take on 757/767 rated guys initially when recruitment begins again. Although he did say that all the charter companies would have the same idea.

Cheers All.......

Just how many 757 rated pilots willing to live in Glasgow are there? :)

MAX <img src="cool.gif" border="0">

At JMC last year GLA was the most in demand 757 base.

MAX,

To join brits i will go to GLA, and I have a 757 rating and more than 500 hours on type. And I had applied pre Sept 11, and they had replied and will be in touch in the future they said. So, there is one for you. Sorry mate.

Tailscrape, I would have thought that you still need to pass the two day selection process. <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Yes, I know that. But I think I may be able to do that....I hope.

This isn't about me. It is a response to a comment. Brits are a good airline, and plenty of experienced drivers would jump to move there. That is my point.