How can you have an ATPL with 500 to 1500 hours? Surely you need at least 1500 hrs. The e mail address for replies keeps coming back with error messages. Anyone else found this?
LAMU

lamu,

Yes, me too. I guess their mailbox is full!

S

Engee737,
Ok I'll do that but I havnt got the MPA time anyhow. The loan sounds fair enough but what I meant by "stumping up" is the same thing as paying for by money in the bank etc and my point was If I had the relevant experience hopefully I would be reemployed on a bond. Rather not pay anymore if poss.
Regards.

[email protected] is not accepting any message,my application keeps coming back and Friday 6 December is getting closer.
Are they serius about this new scheme?

aztruck,

Quote "Makes the Astraeus Cadet scheme quite attractive!! If your'e going to blow 23k you should talk to us about a 73 type rating and save yourself 7 grand!!
01293 819817 and ask for Sue Masson.
An unashamed plug!! Oh yes ...and that includes base training and if you want line training there's probably a deal to be done.
I think there are tax advantages to be had, so you might as well have them!!"

If there was even a sniff of a job at the end of it I'd give it a shot. Without that, I'm not prepared to take the risk.

S

AYR521,

having the same problem, sent several e-mails to the address in the Newsletter, all returned.

Splat,

You're not on you own there. Even with a high chance of a job afterwards, rather than a definite offer, I'd be more than happy to pay for a type rating.

However I'm not going to gamble 15+ grand on an off-chance of a job.

foggy.

Has anyone managed to get an email through??
I'm trying to send it with hotmail, is anyone else having the same problem with a different email address??

easy email problems
 

it's not just hotmail - I've tried using ntlworld as well.

seems that email address isn't working


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instructors - they're the one's who taught you to fly! For the most part they were (and probably still are) underpaid, self employed enthusiasts who had to put up with your near death inducing abilities every time you chose to demonstrate them - usually near the ground! So let's put a stop to this rubbish about who's a better pilot for the easy airline - the pyscho tests, group work and sim ride will sort most of us out!

As for advanced handling - military and aerobatic flying instructors know a darn sight nore about unusual attitude recovereries than some airline pilots I've met.........

As NGee 73 and I have both suggested, it looks like the multi-crew experience requirement may be a temporary measure to soak up some turbo-prop-experience that is currently in the marketplace. Once this supply has dried up, it's likely that EZ will remove this requirement - so keep an eye on the website!

Yes, I agree, however unless they fix their Email, tehy won't be hearing from anybody.

S

Has anyone at all got an email to go through?

I've tried every day since Friday to no avail. I've also Emailed it to another address, and although that worked I got no feedback or reply. I've also filled in the online support form with no reply either.

They apear to have a policy of not replying (to save money aparently), and discourage the use of the phone. Beats me.

S

Just out of interest did anyone get an e-mail to the EJ recruitment team and get a response?

Having read all the posts i am surprised that so many people opposed to this scheme. May i be so bold to suggest that the subjects opposed are already sat in a nice shiny boeing 737.
I would love the opportunity to get my size nines in the easy door, and think what they are suggesting in terms of renumeration is reasonable. So you are going to do plenty of flying and will earn £38K once you make SFO, and your complaint is what? I would give up my turboprop F/O position up now for this scheme, and i know the other lads who work for the same company as me would too, at least that would give someone with less hours than me a chance to a get a foot on the ladder.

However i cannot get my application in so that really doesn't matter, shame!

IW,

If it's any consolation, I never managed to get through. I agree with you about the scheme and the critics of it.

S

I may have the wrong end of the stick here, however my reading of the scheme is that you don't get 38k as a SFO on this scheme. For the first 5 years you are on 'special' rates of pay are lower by approximately the same figure as your type rating 'payback'. In other words 23 grand to join the club. Is this correct?

RANK (Attained within sponsored period) TYPE RATING SPONSORED PILOTS (5 yrs)
First Officer £24,766
Senior First Officer £31,716
Captains £55,000

Those rates are from the easyJet website, type rating sponsorship section. Just something to think about, who is going to have 500 hours with Multi Pilot experience in a commercial operation and NO CURRENT BOND TO PAY? I would think anyone with an ounce of sence wouldn't leave a company they had just joined with a hefty bond outstanding to join this scheme, but do correct me if i'm wrong. I know that myself and most of the lads at work are around the 3000 hour mark and out of their bond period which having spoken to most of them about this scheme is the key element. However lets say a candidate had 1000 hours on joining the scheme, and when easyJet have done their factorising and you get the line training done etc, you will not be a million miles from SFO, eight months perhaps. The above rates quote £31,716, and taking the average numbers of sectors quoted on easyJets website, a figure previously quoted by WWW of £6K isn't unreasonable (also bearing in mind he works for them) = £37,716.

So i assume from the lack of response that not many people have heard from easyJet regarding the F/O sposorship scheme. This does seem a little strange to me, why would they send out an e-mail asking people to respond only for;
a)The e-mail address not to work
b) Seemingly not invite anyone to assesment for a course which they said in the origional e-mail would begin in March.
Any takers??

easy not so, type rating scheme?
 

I tried the email address & got the usual failed message, so I sent it to the originator of the email - Laura ........

The 12th has gone & not a sausage :-(

Easyjet
 

Has anybody received an invite for the 13th/20th ????