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Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Apr 2024, 11:49
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

no i dont have any idea, others on here will...

no i dont have any idea, others on here will though
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Apr 2024, 11:15
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

They are pretty popular especially with the...

They are pretty popular especially with the pilots near Gatwick. I've had my share of MCO, DOH and JFK all from gatwick without even bidding for them though. Anything nicer like UVF MRU PUJ though...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Apr 2024, 11:13
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

Depending on the type of overtime it is either...

Depending on the type of overtime it is either banked hours to drop trips later (this is if you are rostered above cap or swap for a higher credit trip with another pilot). Or it can be payable as...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Apr 2024, 23:23
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

Leave is allocated by a points system. Low points...

Leave is allocated by a points system. Low points for popular times (xmas, summer holidays) through to high points for unpopular periods (eg november). Iirc the points aggregate over a rolling 8...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Apr 2024, 22:48
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

Have a look at my old posts on this thread but...

Have a look at my old posts on this thread but briefly an average full time month would be around 3x 3day trips plus 2x 4day trips. With either 2 or 3 days off between. Working most weekends.
Leave...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
3rd Apr 2024, 09:31
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

Long haul they are optimistic. Realistic IMHO on...

Long haul they are optimistic. Realistic IMHO on SH. (referring to 30min from chock on to finished)
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Mar 2024, 05:50
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

champair has described it well - I'll just add...

champair has described it well - I'll just add that the reserve block credit is exactly Cap/days in the month down to the minute.
So if cap=90hrs in April, the reserve block gets 90/30=3hrs per day....
Forum: Terms and Endearment
1st Mar 2024, 20:34
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

A reserve duty assignment must be notified by 8pm...

A reserve duty assignment must be notified by 8pm the day before. They CAN change it till 8pm the night before but it is generally pretty stable 2 days out.
A duty can include a flight, day off,...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Feb 2024, 14:51
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

I'd say 7k gross average is pretty reasonable...

I'd say 7k gross average is pretty reasonable estimate for Y1 direct entry pilot short haul. Flying pay is the same and block hours will be the same too. Only thing that's less in SH at Y1 is the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Feb 2024, 07:41
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

I've met a Sydney commuter. Apparently there was...

I've met a Sydney commuter. Apparently there was an Auckland too before covid. Those would be 50% part tine though!
I'd think of practical places in terms of number of flights per day more than...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Feb 2024, 21:55
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

1. Yep pretty representative. 2. Work on...

1. Yep pretty representative.

2. Work on 2500hrs/yr. A portion is not taxed depending on where you go see here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/expenses-rates-for-employees-travelling-outside-the-uk...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
12th Feb 2024, 19:59
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

I'd summarise it as B777 great variety, has...

I'd summarise it as
B777 great variety, has carribbean routes ex-LGW. But lots of east coast usa which isn't well liked.
B787 huge network, lots of long range stuff.
A380 very small network, but...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th Feb 2024, 23:52
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

Plenty do it full time. 5 trips a month or so....

Plenty do it full time. 5 trips a month or so. bit of a pain with reserve, youll spend some time in a LHR hotel (crew rate).
Better if it's a base with plenty of BA flights.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
31st Jan 2024, 17:43
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

1. Yes it varies from month to month. Heavy...

1. Yes it varies from month to month. Heavy month over 90hrs. Light month closer to 80hrs. Credit hours is the larger of flight time, or time away ÷ 4. Minimum 3hrs (longhaul) or 4.5hrs...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
28th Jan 2024, 18:27
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

It might be a good idea here to just give...

It might be a good idea here to just give potential joiners a quick rundown of our rostering system, JSS.

Each month the company lists all the trips for a full month. P777 its normally around 1500...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
28th Jan 2024, 14:55
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

Is this inhibitor a new thing? I've been aware...

Is this inhibitor a new thing? I've been aware of that inhibitor for a good couple of years and I've certainly never been rostered >3 full 2crew trips in a month (for reference ive never been better...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Jan 2024, 09:43
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

I dont think its a bait&switch from ba. Come on...

I dont think its a bait&switch from ba. Come on in, the water's fine 🙂
you'll lose the ability to choose trip footprints. you'll have more nights out of bed flying across the Atlantic. You'll have...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Jan 2024, 03:43
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

Junior on the 777 I'd expect 3x3day trips and...

Junior on the 777 I'd expect 3x3day trips and 2x4day trips in a clear month with no other things on (leave, reserve, sim etc). With either 2 or 3 days off between trips. Think a roster something...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
6th Jan 2024, 08:34
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

The LH scale goes up linearly every year till the...

The LH scale goes up linearly every year till the top at Year34 so just extrapolate out from those figures.
The short-haul scale starts at the same point and also goes up linearly over 34yrs, but...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
26th Aug 2023, 15:09
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

Y1 SH DEP Salary £65.9k less 6% pension...

Y1 SH DEP
Salary £65.9k less 6% pension =£61.9k
800hrs flight pay £9.2k
2000hrs allowances (mostly taxable) £9k

totals around £80k gross
Forum: Terms and Endearment
23rd Aug 2023, 19:32
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

1. Yes exactly 2. Yes you can engineer back...

1. Yes exactly

2. Yes you can engineer back to back flights in normal bidding and with swaps. Commuters commonly do this. Lagos is a favorite as the small time change means you can fly again the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
20th Jul 2023, 10:34
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

C=captain P=copilot 32/35/38/77/78 = Fleet...

C=captain
P=copilot

32/35/38/77/78 = Fleet (A320, B777 etc)

L=LHR base (now the only base). LGW was X but is now a separate company

Also, CAP=number of hours you need to do for thor month...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
3rd Jul 2023, 15:59
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

Please accept my humble apologies, I hadn't seen...

Please accept my humble apologies, I hadn't seen that they ran it it again in June. You are quite right, A320 commands went right down to the bottom!
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Jul 2023, 22:07
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

this paragraph is wrong, the results were run...

this paragraph is wrong, the results were run again recently which I hadn't known when I wrote it. I'm not sure where Percula got that info from but it doesn't match mine. I joined in 2018, and would...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
28th Jan 2023, 14:57
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

this was a contentious issue when virgin did a...

this was a contentious issue when virgin did a similar thing in the fallout of Monarch IIRC.

At the end of the day, BA will do whatever suits them, just as VS did in that case. I don't believe the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
3rd Dec 2022, 18:22
Replies: 1,116
Views: 559,799
Posted By White Van Driver

estimated right now 3900 on the list. however...

estimated right now 3900 on the list.
however our current numbers go up to 4700 or so because as mentioned earlier, the numbers haven't been updated since pre covid (2019 iirc).

roster bidding in...
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