easyjet new base
Joined: Apr 2002
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From: Put out to graze
Next question is....... Whats the next base! LIS, BCN or AMS??
LIS - contracts signed but delayed until Jan (for terminal refurbishment to be completed),
BCN - big empty old terminal
AMS, well its already a hub with fantastic service, but no crew or aircraft.
LIS - contracts signed but delayed until Jan (for terminal refurbishment to be completed),
BCN - big empty old terminal
AMS, well its already a hub with fantastic service, but no crew or aircraft.
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Hangar 69
Here we go folks, more proof that appeasement NSF-style does NOT WORK!!
CNN.com: "Nice guys earn less."
But hey, BALPA appears to have woken up so everybody is in good hands ey?
CNN.com: "Nice guys earn less."
But hey, BALPA appears to have woken up so everybody is in good hands ey?
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: United Kingdom
Superced - just do us all a favour and stop whining about easyJet. You have left, thank goodness, in search of El Dorado. You hated Ryanair and left them before coming to easyJet and then hating them too. You now work somewhere else and will no doubt soon be hating that too.
Maybe you can find a job for your chum Doug the Head. The poor soul is about to blow a gasket working even another day for easyJet. Sadly, he cannot seem to find a better employer anywhere in the world, or presumably he would have gone there. Couple that bitter pill to swallow with his obsession about NSF, who incidentally seems to no longer frequent PPruNe, and you have a tragic man using way too many heartbeats up worrying about the questions no one is asking. All very heartbreaking as that is, surely there must be more pressing things to occupy yourself with now you have been welcomed into the fold at Air Bratwurst, or wherever it is you have now graced with your presence.
Maybe you can find a job for your chum Doug the Head. The poor soul is about to blow a gasket working even another day for easyJet. Sadly, he cannot seem to find a better employer anywhere in the world, or presumably he would have gone there. Couple that bitter pill to swallow with his obsession about NSF, who incidentally seems to no longer frequent PPruNe, and you have a tragic man using way too many heartbeats up worrying about the questions no one is asking. All very heartbreaking as that is, surely there must be more pressing things to occupy yourself with now you have been welcomed into the fold at Air Bratwurst, or wherever it is you have now graced with your presence.
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: care home for redundant has beens
I was involved in a cadet line check the other week. The trainer said that there were another 300 cadets scheduled for next year. Only means of entry will be CTC/PARC flexi contracts.
A real shame that we won't be taking this oppurtunity to broaden the depth of experience amongst FO's and get some guys with other airline/mil experience. We desparately need it at the moment.
A real shame that we won't be taking this oppurtunity to broaden the depth of experience amongst FO's and get some guys with other airline/mil experience. We desparately need it at the moment.
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From: In the rain
Parc will be looking for people who are current with 500h on type again soon, 300 is also a number I heard.
Shame ej still aren't hiring directly, I sometimes ask myself how attractive these contracts are compared to other offerings abroad.
S.
Shame ej still aren't hiring directly, I sometimes ask myself how attractive these contracts are compared to other offerings abroad.
S.
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From: United Kingdom
The word on the street here at Planet Orange is that there will be 300 pilots taken on next year, of which 100 will be 'experienced'. There is no detail yet as to what that means or if we will be conducting our own selection. There will also be around 150 internal commands. It is easy to knock easyJet, but right now there are few companies in Europe offering these types of opportunities on that scale. On a note of caution, I have also learnt that our ex-Ryanair Operation Director has just employed one of his mates from said outfit to look after recruitment etc. That does not bode well at all, frankly.
If ever you wanted a warning about how wrong it can go, just look at Tiger Airways in Australia who have been effectively shut down by CASA on safety grounds. It is a disaster for the company and employees alike. One of the areas where safety cannot be compromised is that of pilot recruitment. Any policy that takes the cheapest rather than the best in this area seems destined to end in tears to me.
If ever you wanted a warning about how wrong it can go, just look at Tiger Airways in Australia who have been effectively shut down by CASA on safety grounds. It is a disaster for the company and employees alike. One of the areas where safety cannot be compromised is that of pilot recruitment. Any policy that takes the cheapest rather than the best in this area seems destined to end in tears to me.
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From: ex-DXB
One of the areas where safety cannot be compromised is that of pilot recruitment.
If I ran a PLC and good people were leaving, I would do what was necessary to get them to stay? Would not you..?
EK, VS and BA have hoovered up good peeps and in your own words, "a polished product".
No letters of thanks, no letters or calls to ask 'why not stay, we can offer you this'..?
It would have taken a part-time contract and a salary increase in line with the ex-BA skippers to have made me stay.
(With a 5-4-5-3 roster for 30 years+, who do EZY think they will retain for a career?)
