Where are DHL getting their pilots from?
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Walton Churchill
01606 48438
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A very nice lady called Lorna is dealing with enquiries.
Walton Churchill
01606 48438
Fax 01606 40269
[email protected]
A very nice lady called Lorna is dealing with enquiries.
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Just been on the phone to nice lady Lorna,
she told me that they still were`nt interveiw
ing non type rated pilots. Is this true or was it a fob off? Ive got over 2000hrs on jets not 757 .what are they looking for?
she told me that they still were`nt interveiw
ing non type rated pilots. Is this true or was it a fob off? Ive got over 2000hrs on jets not 757 .what are they looking for?
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You ask "what are they looking for?" and the answer is quite clear: at the present moment they seek 757 type rated pilots. This is surely confirmed by what the "nice lady Lorna" has said, or was there something in your post I have missed?
Patience, dear chap, for the next they seek for interview may be those with "over 2000hrs on jets not 757", like your good self.
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This is your thread and you started it with the question as to where DHL's pilots are coming from. Well, so far we are told that their Chief Pilot is likely to be coming from Airtours and it seems likely that those like Viccyten may come from BA. Others I know are coming from Brittania and Monarch.
What exactly IS your point, then? Do you know, or suspect, something we don't? Come on, lad, cough it up.
You ask "what are they looking for?" and the answer is quite clear: at the present moment they seek 757 type rated pilots. This is surely confirmed by what the "nice lady Lorna" has said, or was there something in your post I have missed?
Patience, dear chap, for the next they seek for interview may be those with "over 2000hrs on jets not 757", like your good self.
Wet Power
This is your thread and you started it with the question as to where DHL's pilots are coming from. Well, so far we are told that their Chief Pilot is likely to be coming from Airtours and it seems likely that those like Viccyten may come from BA. Others I know are coming from Brittania and Monarch.
What exactly IS your point, then? Do you know, or suspect, something we don't? Come on, lad, cough it up.
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It cannot come as a surprice that DHL, or any other operator for that matter, is looking to fill open positions with type rated pilots. At some point, when this is not possible anymore, they have to screen qualified non type rated pilots.
That some of you find whatever they offer not good enough, is ok. But I am sure many will find the content of their package fully acceptable. This is very individual. What I am looking for in a package is not necessarily what my friend is looking for.
So why get so geared up over DHL starting up in the UK and what they offer. If you do not like it, leave it. Easy.
That some of you find whatever they offer not good enough, is ok. But I am sure many will find the content of their package fully acceptable. This is very individual. What I am looking for in a package is not necessarily what my friend is looking for.
So why get so geared up over DHL starting up in the UK and what they offer. If you do not like it, leave it. Easy.
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tilii
there was nothing deep or meeningful in my post,I was just wondering if there was anyone out there (non rated) who had been
interviewed.Im in no hurry cos im in a good job now,but the location of DHL makes it interesting to me.
there was nothing deep or meeningful in my post,I was just wondering if there was anyone out there (non rated) who had been
interviewed.Im in no hurry cos im in a good job now,but the location of DHL makes it interesting to me.
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I feel pretty sure none typed rated types will get a look in. Rumour has it, the recruitment budget is rapidly being usurped by B757 type rated guys dipping their toes to test the water. Many have been interviewed but only a handful have so far accepted the offer. Others have simply not turned up for interview. I understand failure to turn up for the simulator assesment has been their most iratating bug bear, particularly when the candidate has not even bothered to notify DHL.
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The reason for this post is my doubts as to DHLs recruitments motives. I would desperately like someone to prove me wrong.
Four months after the advert in 'Flight' DHL have raised the sum total (it seems) of 12 type rated 757 pilots. These people seem to be, as expected, ex BA or the odd inividual from the charters. We are informed of no non type rated (but well qualified) pilots being interviewed. This may, or may not, be true. If it IS the case that non type rated are being interviewed then it is in small numbers.
DHL should have got the message by now that they will not get many more 757 drivers under the present deal. Therefore they must accept that they are going to have to type rate EC licensed people on to the 757. This doesn't seem to be anywhere near happening yet.
I would dearly love to see EC non type rated, but experienced, pilots start to be interviewed and selected as this would open up the bottom step of the ladder for the hundreds of qualified people who don't have the experience and are desperate for their first position. I know many people in this position and you only have to look at the 'Wannabees' section to prove the point.
I do not want to see non UK/EU pilots operating for DHL (or any other UK company) where that company has gone to the DoT pleading that they cannot find sufficiently qualified EU crews for the operation and therefore need to employ pilots from outside the EU. It will probably start another thread but the example of 67 US pilots flying for JMC this summer infuriates me when I know of several UK pilots, competent and capable, who cannot get their first job.
I would desperately like DHL to prove me wrong.
The reason for this post is my doubts as to DHLs recruitments motives. I would desperately like someone to prove me wrong.
Four months after the advert in 'Flight' DHL have raised the sum total (it seems) of 12 type rated 757 pilots. These people seem to be, as expected, ex BA or the odd inividual from the charters. We are informed of no non type rated (but well qualified) pilots being interviewed. This may, or may not, be true. If it IS the case that non type rated are being interviewed then it is in small numbers.
DHL should have got the message by now that they will not get many more 757 drivers under the present deal. Therefore they must accept that they are going to have to type rate EC licensed people on to the 757. This doesn't seem to be anywhere near happening yet.
I would dearly love to see EC non type rated, but experienced, pilots start to be interviewed and selected as this would open up the bottom step of the ladder for the hundreds of qualified people who don't have the experience and are desperate for their first position. I know many people in this position and you only have to look at the 'Wannabees' section to prove the point.
I do not want to see non UK/EU pilots operating for DHL (or any other UK company) where that company has gone to the DoT pleading that they cannot find sufficiently qualified EU crews for the operation and therefore need to employ pilots from outside the EU. It will probably start another thread but the example of 67 US pilots flying for JMC this summer infuriates me when I know of several UK pilots, competent and capable, who cannot get their first job.
I would desperately like DHL to prove me wrong.
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Sapco2,WetPower and LimaNovember,
Im with you on this one.
Also if youre not going to attend the interveiw or sim check at laest have the decency to give them a call,to be courteous and professional costs nothing and might just get the ball rolling for everyone else!
Im with you on this one.
Also if youre not going to attend the interveiw or sim check at laest have the decency to give them a call,to be courteous and professional costs nothing and might just get the ball rolling for everyone else!
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tili,
I do not, never have and never will work for BA.
Everyone else, I spoke with DHL yesterday. I,m type rated and experienced and they have offered to keep a position open for me for the duration of their recruitment. I,m nothing special, (sim ride was very average) so that must tell you how short they are of suitable candidates accepting offers. This can only go 2 ways. Either they improve the offer to the type rated guys or they start interviewing non type rated guys.
There will have to be a certain level of experience to satisfy CAA etc, but my guess is that if the non type rated guys are patient they will get a shot.
In response to wetpowers original question. Well if I answered that I might as well tell you who I am but if I said expat would that help.
Good luck.
I do not, never have and never will work for BA.
Everyone else, I spoke with DHL yesterday. I,m type rated and experienced and they have offered to keep a position open for me for the duration of their recruitment. I,m nothing special, (sim ride was very average) so that must tell you how short they are of suitable candidates accepting offers. This can only go 2 ways. Either they improve the offer to the type rated guys or they start interviewing non type rated guys.
There will have to be a certain level of experience to satisfy CAA etc, but my guess is that if the non type rated guys are patient they will get a shot.
In response to wetpowers original question. Well if I answered that I might as well tell you who I am but if I said expat would that help.
Good luck.
