Moe Syzlak

1, Look on the website for all the route info, NB Carribean is 747 only at the mo.
2, Average about 4 most from 3 to 5 days although Sydney is 9
3, Min 10 days off, usually about 14-16 not counting days when you leave late or arrive early
4, Basic £42k, plus £16.66 per block hour -contracted to 750p.a. so thats 12.5k plus subsistance allowance down route-usually paid in local currency cash-about £5k p.a.
5, Bids in by 18th of the month, roster out by 15th of the following month (often late), can bid for 2 trips, one trip and 3 days off or 6 days off. Rotating bid system so FNGs have a good chance every 3rd month.
6, Money purchase, Company will put in 15% if you put in >6%, less if <6%.
7, LHR for all A340 guys-what 330s?
8, I like it- and people seldom leave!!

Jetkopite

Hi guys,
Does anyone know if Virgin Atl has stopped pilot recruitment until next year or have i been wrongly informed???

Thank you

Jetkopite

scroggs

This post gives the current (as of Jan 2007) starting pay for Virgin FOs. All the other questions have been answered many times in this thread.

Scroggs

Easy Ryder

Scroggs, if one signs on to work 850hrs (thats still an option right? or have i been misled?) how much extra is that? Just 16.66 X 100? or more?

Thanks

Excalaba

Is there such a thing as an avarage time in the pool. Type rated or non type rated !!!!! Threading water======

scroggs

Personally, I don't understand why anyone would want to come to Virgin - with all that that implies for lifestyle etc. - and then choose to work as hard as you would at BA or similar! However, it takes all sorts... As you can probably gather, I do not work extra hours! My contract says 750 hours, and that's what I work - the rest of my life is mine to do with as I choose. So I'm not the best person to ask.

That said, as far as I am aware the decision to apply to work more (or less) than the contracted 750 hours must be made before the start of the rostering year (July-June). What the remuneration is, I have no idea. If you get in to the airline, you'll have plenty of time to study the various pay agreements and protocols during your training and probationary phases.

Scroggs

coded_messages

I have been waiting over a year now and getting somewhat tired!

Excalaba

Keep swimming - bit longer than the average. Hope you get called soon.

scroggs

Yes, this would seem to be true. It would appear that the airline has decided that the cumulative delays to the A380 plus other economic signals suggest that it's a good time to slow down the previously rapid rate of expansion. The result is that the much-rumoured A330/350/787 buy has been postponed (if it ever actually existed!) and the deliveries of the remaining A340-600s will be slowed slightly. That leaves us very slightly overborne for pilots right now, and so new recruiting has been put on hold.

However, I would anticipate that those currently in the hold pool will remain there, and will be called forward in due course. All the A346 deliveries scheduled for next year are additional to the fleet (no aeroplanes are scheduled to retire) and will require around 8-9 crews per aircraft. The original schedule called for 6 deliveries, If this is slowed to 4, say, we'll still need around 70 new pilots. As some of the A346 commanders will come from the B744 fleet, those 70 will probably include a few new guys for that fleet.

Scroggs

Jet A1

Yeah - The VS website has now closed for any new applications.....
http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb...lots/index.jsp