Jet2 Jobs
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From: A laser guided drone
no punk i dont see why people pay to fly.enlighten me please?if jet2 had an endless supply of people like you willing to pay to fly then why oh why would they ever hire and PAY an f/o to fly.these pay to fly schemes only contribute to destroying the career you wish to join.think long and hard about pay to fly schemes
Last edited by blackred1443; 20th October 2009 at 18:24.
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Earth
In the current climate, 500hrs on type is nothing. The 737 employment market is saturated by guys with 10 times that experience. You can waste more money towards a SSTR/Line experience but the risks are even greated in the current climate. Be sensible and try get into SEP/MEP work, preferably something that can aid in keeping your IR valid and current until the market moves again.
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: North
I can understand why people are getting excited, especially those who are out of a job at the moment, whether 19 years old or if you have a lot of 737 hours. Wow - Jet2 are hiring when all other airlines are cutting costs and laying off?! Has anyone stopped to think how/why?
Pilots will only be hired on max 80% pay for 7 months work. Brilliant you think! Well, what are you going to do for the other 5 months of the year to pay the mortgage? This is just another cynical way of reducing Ts&Cs for pilots and I am ashamed to be working for an outfit that is stooping so low. Management are trying to hire new pilots on these contracts instead of paying for fleet transfers and promotions. This is going to cause a lot of tension.
Bring on BALPA and good luck to anyone joining us on these terms because you'll need it:
Lowest Jet salary in the industry PLUS no holiday during the summer, no anual pay rise, no health insurance.
Pilots will only be hired on max 80% pay for 7 months work. Brilliant you think! Well, what are you going to do for the other 5 months of the year to pay the mortgage? This is just another cynical way of reducing Ts&Cs for pilots and I am ashamed to be working for an outfit that is stooping so low. Management are trying to hire new pilots on these contracts instead of paying for fleet transfers and promotions. This is going to cause a lot of tension.
Bring on BALPA and good luck to anyone joining us on these terms because you'll need it:
Lowest Jet salary in the industry PLUS no holiday during the summer, no anual pay rise, no health insurance.
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Cuckoo land
Very good Q,
The answer is, me being of a certain age, something to do with family: ageing parents, one child at Uni, one child at Highschool and wifey in a stable job. Why would I leave the UK just to fly, except to promote a divorce or other upset.
PL
The answer is, me being of a certain age, something to do with family: ageing parents, one child at Uni, one child at Highschool and wifey in a stable job. Why would I leave the UK just to fly, except to promote a divorce or other upset.
PL
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: erf
I can understand why people are getting excited, especially those who are out of a job at the moment, whether 19 years old or if you have a lot of 737 hours. Wow - Jet2 are hiring when all other airlines are cutting costs and laying off?! Has anyone stopped to think how/why?
Pilots will only be hired on max 80% pay for 7 months work. Brilliant you think! Well, what are you going to do for the other 5 months of the year to pay the mortgage? This is just another cynical way of reducing Ts&Cs for pilots and I am ashamed to be working for an outfit that is stooping so low. Management are trying to hire new pilots on these contracts instead of paying for fleet transfers and promotions. This is going to cause a lot of tension.
Bring on BALPA and good luck to anyone joining us on these terms because you'll need it:
Lowest Jet salary in the industry PLUS no holiday during the summer, no anual pay rise, no health insurance.
Hhhmmm, maybe I'll stay where I am then....
Pilots will only be hired on max 80% pay for 7 months work. Brilliant you think! Well, what are you going to do for the other 5 months of the year to pay the mortgage? This is just another cynical way of reducing Ts&Cs for pilots and I am ashamed to be working for an outfit that is stooping so low. Management are trying to hire new pilots on these contracts instead of paying for fleet transfers and promotions. This is going to cause a lot of tension.
Bring on BALPA and good luck to anyone joining us on these terms because you'll need it:
Lowest Jet salary in the industry PLUS no holiday during the summer, no anual pay rise, no health insurance.
Hhhmmm, maybe I'll stay where I am then....
Joined: May 2008
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From: Another airport hotel
Pilots will only be hired on max 80% pay for 7 months work. Brilliant you think! Well, what are you going to do for the other 5 months of the year to pay the mortgage?
I thought the latest round of recruitment is for permanent employment, and if opted for part-time employment you take two months unpaid in the winter months?
Joined: Jan 2002
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From: UK
Interesting why the larger experience type guys didn't get a look in! Quite a few FO's from my airline applied due to the threat of redundancy, all of them will be 3500-4000TT with inexcess of 2000 hours on B757/B767 and B737, most of them with both types!
All of them got the same 'Nowt' email!
All of them got the same 'Nowt' email!
