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For what it's worth I've been with Jet2 for 4 years. The SFO pay isn't too bad when you consider I only flew 400 hours, got most of the days off or leave I requested, didn't have to work too many days in a row and there aren't too many night flights or very earlies........
On the whole, the staff are a great bunch and a good laugh.
If your after job perks, stable rosters and large incentives then forget it but I don't think I've flown with too many people who are truly miserable at Jet2. Should BALPA achieve recognition, then fingers crossed, terms and conditions will improve and Jet2 may become a career airline..........
On the whole, the staff are a great bunch and a good laugh.
If your after job perks, stable rosters and large incentives then forget it but I don't think I've flown with too many people who are truly miserable at Jet2. Should BALPA achieve recognition, then fingers crossed, terms and conditions will improve and Jet2 may become a career airline..........
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I have been here two and a half years and really enjoy it. Yes the money is crap but i do see this improving in time.....its going to have too! Great crews, rostering and crewing are genuinely very helpful when they can be, like 757 speedbrakes i have just about all the days off i requested this year and on the 757 they are long days but only work on average 12 to13 days a month even in the summer due to high block hours.
Market forces will drive up terms here, but you have to be in it to win it!
Market forces will drive up terms here, but you have to be in it to win it!
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I got a telephone call, nice chap had to be honest kept a 'flexible' attitude for TR but preference was not to pay for a 737 rating. And also this 70% story. I do have a flyng job so not too dissapointed by the 'no' email. Who knows maybe If I lived at home and didnt have a mortgage etc, perhaps i would have considered it a more of a serious - er hum - proposition. Im not low time but would have started from the bottom seniority wise thats fine. Perhaps in the future when the terms are more favourable then you'll may see me say yes to a few more of the questions asked - nice to meet you Jet 2 and thanks for a call I'll drop by maybe in a couple of years when you have your shop front re-done regards DD.
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Hey! Purple Pitot!
Still flying your toy? Did you hear about poor old Sam Hardy?
I agree with some previous posters, Jet2 is a great little place to work & I've returned to smiling while on my way in to work but that 'warm, fuzzy feeling' driving in to work doesn't pay the bills &/or loans for training costs. Comments like that are usually spouted by the incrementally privileged, management or fortunates bankrolled by parental deep pockets or re-settlement grants.
Back on thread.... you're spot on,PP, there are some cracking jobs out there at the mo' for B737 & B757 crews alike. But I do like the option of sitting on a beach or cruise ship for the 5 months off during the winter on a 70% deal. But it should be 100% pay for 7 months (summer) & 80% pay for the remaining 5 months of the year, as that is what was offered to the 100%'ers for winter working once the 70%'ers were in & on-line. This small stab in the back didn't go unnoticed.
Ideally, the range of contract offers should be along the lines of:
100% all year round for those who want to fly and sit at home on Standby all winter.
100% April-Oct, 80% Nov-March for those who want the winter off .
100% May-Oct (6 months on/off) so one can look for 3/6 months contracting work to suit them with a retainer paid by Jet2 to ensure these guys return for the next season.
I know a few of the current crop of 70%'ers & the 100% fixed term'ers & if they follow through with their intentions, Jet2's severest problems will manifest themselves in March/April next year when these guys are due to return to Jet2 for Summer 2011. There is a common theme running through their gripes & it is that loyalty works both ways. Imagine the dilemma of the 70%'er F/O's come March, continue contracting on £3500/month or return to working for Jet2 on £1800/month. Surely the best solution all round is that people have the option to do either or both as suits them.
There are over 20 Capts & F/O's (who should be SF/O's due to their experience alone!) who are on the 70% or fixed term Contracts & to a man (& lady) they are generally not happy with the way Jet2 are handling the relationship for Summer 2011. Most of these Crews have alternative activities organized for the 'Rest' period & it will be interesting to see, come March, how many are willing to rejoin Jet2.com on the deal or even on a 100% of the current offerings. Would Jet2.com's various departments such as HR, Recruitment, Flight Ops Admin' & Training be able to cope with say for example half of the 70%'ers not returning & resigning in late March?
Looking at things from the company's perspective, cloaks of secrecy surrounding Commercially sensitive plans are vital but count for a lot of employees perceptions & calls of "The Company's telling us nothing about the future".However vital expansion provided by additional aircraft manned by recruited & retained crews has to be a closely guarded secret in organisations as vulnerable as airlines of Jet2's size. Already we have seen RYR increasing LBA based aircraft to a possible 4 or 6 B737NG's & at NCL, TCX are adding 2 or 3 more B757's. Jet2 have some increasingly serious competition & revealing next seasons routes & strategy as well as keeping operating costs (including salaries) to a minimum are essential tools for survival. And many jobs depend on that survival.
If I could give a message to Jet2 management, it would be this:
A happy workforce is a productive one,
Loyalty works both ways,
Flexibility is the key to Air Power.
Simplification of contracts, raising of Terms & Conditions to industry average & appropriations for the retainment of vitally experienced Managers & Crews is in the hands of a few (namely 1).
Over to you, Jet2. PM me if anyone wishes to discuss what little knowledge I have of Jet2 privately.
Still flying your toy? Did you hear about poor old Sam Hardy?
I agree with some previous posters, Jet2 is a great little place to work & I've returned to smiling while on my way in to work but that 'warm, fuzzy feeling' driving in to work doesn't pay the bills &/or loans for training costs. Comments like that are usually spouted by the incrementally privileged, management or fortunates bankrolled by parental deep pockets or re-settlement grants.
Back on thread.... you're spot on,PP, there are some cracking jobs out there at the mo' for B737 & B757 crews alike. But I do like the option of sitting on a beach or cruise ship for the 5 months off during the winter on a 70% deal. But it should be 100% pay for 7 months (summer) & 80% pay for the remaining 5 months of the year, as that is what was offered to the 100%'ers for winter working once the 70%'ers were in & on-line. This small stab in the back didn't go unnoticed.
Ideally, the range of contract offers should be along the lines of:
100% all year round for those who want to fly and sit at home on Standby all winter.
100% April-Oct, 80% Nov-March for those who want the winter off .
100% May-Oct (6 months on/off) so one can look for 3/6 months contracting work to suit them with a retainer paid by Jet2 to ensure these guys return for the next season.
I know a few of the current crop of 70%'ers & the 100% fixed term'ers & if they follow through with their intentions, Jet2's severest problems will manifest themselves in March/April next year when these guys are due to return to Jet2 for Summer 2011. There is a common theme running through their gripes & it is that loyalty works both ways. Imagine the dilemma of the 70%'er F/O's come March, continue contracting on £3500/month or return to working for Jet2 on £1800/month. Surely the best solution all round is that people have the option to do either or both as suits them.
There are over 20 Capts & F/O's (who should be SF/O's due to their experience alone!) who are on the 70% or fixed term Contracts & to a man (& lady) they are generally not happy with the way Jet2 are handling the relationship for Summer 2011. Most of these Crews have alternative activities organized for the 'Rest' period & it will be interesting to see, come March, how many are willing to rejoin Jet2.com on the deal or even on a 100% of the current offerings. Would Jet2.com's various departments such as HR, Recruitment, Flight Ops Admin' & Training be able to cope with say for example half of the 70%'ers not returning & resigning in late March?
Looking at things from the company's perspective, cloaks of secrecy surrounding Commercially sensitive plans are vital but count for a lot of employees perceptions & calls of "The Company's telling us nothing about the future".However vital expansion provided by additional aircraft manned by recruited & retained crews has to be a closely guarded secret in organisations as vulnerable as airlines of Jet2's size. Already we have seen RYR increasing LBA based aircraft to a possible 4 or 6 B737NG's & at NCL, TCX are adding 2 or 3 more B757's. Jet2 have some increasingly serious competition & revealing next seasons routes & strategy as well as keeping operating costs (including salaries) to a minimum are essential tools for survival. And many jobs depend on that survival.
If I could give a message to Jet2 management, it would be this:
A happy workforce is a productive one,
Loyalty works both ways,
Flexibility is the key to Air Power.
Simplification of contracts, raising of Terms & Conditions to industry average & appropriations for the retainment of vitally experienced Managers & Crews is in the hands of a few (namely 1).
Over to you, Jet2. PM me if anyone wishes to discuss what little knowledge I have of Jet2 privately.
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Rejected
Got a rejection email today.
Non TR
Currently 3500TT Turbo Prop FO with ATPL and house in Edinburgh 5 mins from the airport.
Reckon it's all a marketing exercise and a bit of hoovering up the 200 hour guys who'll bend over.
Non TR
Currently 3500TT Turbo Prop FO with ATPL and house in Edinburgh 5 mins from the airport.
Reckon it's all a marketing exercise and a bit of hoovering up the 200 hour guys who'll bend over.
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Not all true,
Got a phone call yesterday to attend the assessment day next Wed. 3200TT non TR 2500 heavy jet, ex military. Apparently several guys were phoned and couldn't make next Wed.
Regards
Got a phone call yesterday to attend the assessment day next Wed. 3200TT non TR 2500 heavy jet, ex military. Apparently several guys were phoned and couldn't make next Wed.
Regards
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I think the future is looking quite bright in Jet2, with a fair bit of expansion planned. I understand that the guys who were on summer only contracts this year have all been offered 100% contracts for next year, and the company is looking to increase its core pilot number by 100.
So for those of you who get though the assessment process who are offered what on the face of it appears to be quite an unattractive deal by Jet2, its a foot in the door, and the prospect of an improved contract hopefully within a fairly short time frame.
And if Balpa is approved, t's and c's might even improve eventually too!
So for those of you who get though the assessment process who are offered what on the face of it appears to be quite an unattractive deal by Jet2, its a foot in the door, and the prospect of an improved contract hopefully within a fairly short time frame.
And if Balpa is approved, t's and c's might even improve eventually too!
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San Expiry,
Not at all see my earlier post about trains. I said at the phone interview that I would consider whatever they offer, and I will, but this does not mean I will accept it. There is a growing number of carriers who are starting to recruit. I hope that they will see me and decide that this is the guy they want, and give me a 100% contract at my base of choice and bond me for a TR.
I can hope. However I will give it my best shot and see what they have to offer. I see no point in getting all negative until I actually get offered a job and see the T&Cs. In the meantime I will stay positive and use the experience to increase my skills at interview and assessments.
Regards
Not at all see my earlier post about trains. I said at the phone interview that I would consider whatever they offer, and I will, but this does not mean I will accept it. There is a growing number of carriers who are starting to recruit. I hope that they will see me and decide that this is the guy they want, and give me a 100% contract at my base of choice and bond me for a TR.
I can hope. However I will give it my best shot and see what they have to offer. I see no point in getting all negative until I actually get offered a job and see the T&Cs. In the meantime I will stay positive and use the experience to increase my skills at interview and assessments.Regards
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Nothing heard here either, I haven't seen or heard anyone who is TR with experience get a look in yet!!! Sadly they will simply earn more and be in a position to bond Non-TR / Non-Experienced people for longer too..
Still it is good to see that Jet2 are offering their existing workforce on 70% full-time jobs for next year, not doing so would be a real kick in the teeth for them so at least it shows they have some morals.....
Still it is good to see that Jet2 are offering their existing workforce on 70% full-time jobs for next year, not doing so would be a real kick in the teeth for them so at least it shows they have some morals.....
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Dan98,
No airline has morals. They will only ever do what the market forces them to do. Or if the workforce is unionised, then collective bargaining will also work to the employees advantage.
As jet2 isn't yet unionised, that would suggest it's the market that is forcing jet2 to improve the offers being made to it's crews for next year. And that is good news for everyone, whether employed by jet2 or not, as it suggests that pilots are slowly becoming in demand once again.
No airline has morals. They will only ever do what the market forces them to do. Or if the workforce is unionised, then collective bargaining will also work to the employees advantage.
As jet2 isn't yet unionised, that would suggest it's the market that is forcing jet2 to improve the offers being made to it's crews for next year. And that is good news for everyone, whether employed by jet2 or not, as it suggests that pilots are slowly becoming in demand once again.
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Rumours from Jet2 are that the experienced guys will be getting a luck in next week for interviews and telephoned soon!
What a time to be in the bloody GYM!!
MAB
BA 737 recruitment 10/2010