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Forum: Terms and Endearment
23rd Apr 2016, 02:02
Replies: 1,175
Views: 989,865
Posted By gorter

Seeing as you are a current jet2 757 Manchester...

Seeing as you are a current jet2 757 Manchester captain Daddy-Oh. Why do you ask if people are happy? Did the Norwegian application get turned down?
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Jan 2016, 22:14
Replies: 1,175
Views: 989,865
Posted By gorter

Until you get your command of course when you are...

Until you get your command of course when you are promoted out of base "to prove your loyalty" (aka go to the bases that no DEC would touch with a barge pole and Jet2 need them and they know you're...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th Sep 2015, 23:03
Replies: 1,175
Views: 989,865
Posted By gorter

Jet2 Autumn 2014

Twiglet,
I had retired but I decided to come back one last time. The only people who are happy at jet2 are those that have been made redundant multiple times. It can't get no worse. Except being...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
6th Aug 2015, 11:06
Replies: 1,175
Views: 989,865
Posted By gorter

Jet2 Autumn 2014

I started before there were bonds old chap. Just relaying what others have told me.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
6th Aug 2015, 10:35
Replies: 1,175
Views: 989,865
Posted By gorter

Jet2 Autumn 2014

Have they changed the bond again then. Very recently the bond started reducing a year after final line check. So the 3 year bond was effectively 4. If you find 2 jet2 pilots on the same contract you...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Aug 2015, 09:18
Replies: 24
Views: 14,765
Posted By gorter

RyanAir direct employment.

Directly employed by Ryanair (not everyone not sure about the cadets) but it seems like every new joiner that wants a Ryanair contract is getting one. That's both FO and Captain. Don't get me wrong...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Aug 2015, 07:43
Replies: 24
Views: 14,765
Posted By gorter

RyanAir direct employment.

Yes. And they have been for about a year now
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jul 2015, 18:52
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,416,988
Posted By gorter

Castleford. Did you ever ask any of the directors...

Castleford. Did you ever ask any of the directors (like you said you would) why so many employees left jet2 the first second they could. 15% of the pilots (give or take a couple), God knows how many...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Jul 2015, 13:58
Replies: 42
Views: 47,524
Posted By gorter

Qatar 2015/2016

Did Akbar al Baker sleep with your wife or something?
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Jul 2015, 13:37
Replies: 42
Views: 47,524
Posted By gorter

Qatar 2015/2016

Off the top of my head. Ryanair, EasyJet and Jet2 are all currently taking DEC's. That's without doing any research.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Jul 2015, 10:25
Replies: 42
Views: 47,524
Posted By gorter

Qatar 2015/2016

I don't live there and have never been there. I am merely relaying what my friends who do live there tell me. I wasn't making any comment about anything outside of working for Qatar Airlines as that...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
12th Jul 2015, 10:28
Replies: 42
Views: 47,524
Posted By gorter

Qatar 2015/2016

I've got a couple of mates there too. They have no complaints. They went with their eyes wide open and with the idea that it wasn't a career. Go there, keep their heads down make enough money to pay...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Jul 2015, 09:16
Replies: 157
Views: 95,625
Posted By gorter

Why would "someone in the know" publish...

Why would "someone in the know" publish commercially sensitive information on an obscure website that is mainly visited by wannabe pilots, people looking for a new job and spotters. At best it's...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th Jul 2015, 15:55
Replies: 1,175
Views: 989,865
Posted By gorter

Ok mea culpa. That's the only one missing. But...

Ok mea culpa. That's the only one missing. But again that's because of the company's inability to find winter work.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
7th Jul 2015, 13:52
Replies: 157
Views: 95,625
Posted By gorter

Jet2

You're using ppjn as a source? That same ppjn had jet2 ordering 707's (with garmin gps) at the previous update! It can be edited and updated by anyone with no checking of information.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th Jul 2015, 13:50
Replies: 1,175
Views: 989,865
Posted By gorter

Jet2 Autumn 2014

As successful or not that jet2 are, if people don't want to work for you you're doing something very wrong. 15%+ attrition is not sustainable for any employee group, particularly one that has such...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th Jul 2015, 00:01
Replies: 1,175
Views: 989,865
Posted By gorter

A 70% contract is 100% summer and then get lost...

A 70% contract is 100% summer and then get lost for a few months in the winter paid 70% of a full time salary all year round (except for during training when it's 50% of 70%). For those very few that...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
6th Jul 2015, 07:24
Replies: 1,175
Views: 989,865
Posted By gorter

Jet2 Autumn 2014

Don't forget to factor in the half pay during training and the likelihood that you will be stuck on a 70% contract for your first year/s and any "best endeavours" to put you on a 100% contract are...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jun 2015, 19:28
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,416,988
Posted By gorter

Jet2 4

You could always slash the budget of the revolving door that is the human remains department. Their policies push out more pilots than anything else. Pilots get a payrise and more decide to stay. Win...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Jun 2015, 17:57
Replies: 5
Views: 5,979
Posted By gorter

Which is the same as any EU national airline....

Which is the same as any EU national airline. Can't speak the local lingo don't apply.
Air France, French
Lufthansa, German (and the minor point of the DLR)
KLM, Dutch
BA, English
Etc etc
An...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th May 2015, 20:02
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,416,988
Posted By gorter

I nearly spat out my dinner reading that. Just...

I nearly spat out my dinner reading that. Just because you've got a couple of HF radios doesn't mean you can cross the Atlantic. At least not without stopping in KEF and one of the Eastern Canada...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
17th May 2015, 14:27
Replies: 1,158
Views: 1,168,998
Posted By gorter

KLM adding letters as otherwise post isn't long...

KLM adding letters as otherwise post isn't long enough.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th May 2015, 13:46
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,416,988
Posted By gorter

Sorry LSM I work to live. You seem to hang on the...

Sorry LSM I work to live. You seem to hang on the teat of jet2 to give you meaning. Sorry for wanting a life outside of work. But I think I know who most would consider pathetic.

And Jet2_738 if...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th May 2015, 13:15
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,416,988
Posted By gorter

Jet2 4

Because after 5 roster changes in 6 days from earlies to lates and back again I was too knackered in my 2 days off
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th May 2015, 12:56
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,416,988
Posted By gorter

For me it was the constant roster changes that...

For me it was the constant roster changes that ruined any chance of any kind of personal life in the summer. On top of that the punitive "just culture" that meant most people spent more covering...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th May 2015, 09:50
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,416,988
Posted By gorter

Jet2 4

Whilst I can't prove it, granted, my gut feeling is that the only compatible UK airline that has had more resignations in the last 12 months is Monarch, and that's because people thought they were...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Apr 2015, 08:11
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,416,988
Posted By gorter

Jet2 4

Therein lies the rub Artie. People have been hacked off for a very long time. The difference now is that everyone else is recruiting. People are leaving Jet2 to go work at Ryanair! If that isn't...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Apr 2015, 18:13
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,416,988
Posted By gorter

Jet2 4

Whilst I'm sure the company try to give good customer service their employees are left by the wayside and treated poorly. Now I have left I can see quite how poorly. Today's issue being the latest in...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Mar 2015, 11:42
Replies: 258
Views: 141,136
Posted By gorter

Norwegian Pilots Not Happy

Ah right. So you're hoping DY get an air of respectability by trying it on with a different "regulatory" agency (I use the term loosely when it comes to the CAA) and therefore shoehorning the shoddy...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Mar 2015, 09:19
Replies: 258
Views: 141,136
Posted By gorter

Norwegian Pilots Not Happy

Why would it be good?
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th Mar 2015, 13:28
Replies: 258
Views: 141,136
Posted By gorter

Norwegian Pilots Not Happy

I think TypeIV that you're probably a lot closer to the mark than many would be willing to admit. It's a very calculated move by BK. I'm quite sure he can bury a lot of bad debt in this and walk away...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th Mar 2015, 06:14
Replies: 258
Views: 141,136
Posted By gorter

Norwegian Pilots Not Happy

Whilst sympathy strikes are completely illegal in the UK, unlike in other EU countries you can self certify unfit to work up to 7 days. Anything longer in one sitting requires a letter from a medical...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
3rd Mar 2015, 22:05
Replies: 258
Views: 141,136
Posted By gorter

Norwegian Pilots Not Happy

Rumour network is that a northern UK company has been wet leased to fly some Norwegian flights.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Mar 2015, 14:38
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,416,988
Posted By gorter

Jet2 4

Whilst I'm certainly finding your definition of proof amusing (at best you're describing anecdotal evidence but you haven't provided any of that either) I'll leave the thread to those who want it...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Feb 2015, 16:16
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,416,988
Posted By gorter

Jet2 4

That's patently ridiculous. The whole point of proof is to take subjectivity out of a discussion. Otherwise you move in to the realm of ridiculous like homeopathy.

I could throw in that every...
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