Virgin recruiting soon...
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From: Eu
For the life of me I don't know why they just didn't pull the plug on that pool. 20 guys were in there and after 6 months VS decided they didn't want for whatever reason. There can't be any of them left surely. Of the ones I know, they all got other jobs, withdrew their interest or both. Since then they've hired a load of 787 Deps thus knocking potential commands back by at least 2 years. They're about to hire more type rated guys. Not a great way to treat people... Even if there are only a few of them left 
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That was my point. Even the order of selection from a hold pool can have a significant effect on time to command. Pushing rated DEPs in front makes it worse.. Not that HR departments care these days anyway.
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They have pushed back the closing date again... Could have done the type rating by now... How long until they bite the bullet and look at recruiting NTR people I wonder, even if they promote internally and offer NTR to other types...
Champagne anyone...?
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Notwithstanding everyone's enthusiasm and availability to start tomorrow, the fact remains, as explained a couple of times now, that there physically isn't the spare capacity in the training system to train NTR newcomers AND internal fleet transfers. The queue for internal transfers is rather long at the moment.
Training of new crews continues from internal sources whilst the recruitment is to augment the line numbers with minimal training burden. The next step I imagine, if not enough 787 rated people were to come forward, would be to take on 777 rated people for whom a relatively quick CCQ would be a easier win than a full rating course. In that instance, one could perhaps get 4 or 5 CCQs done for the "price of" one or two new full TRs.
Training of new crews continues from internal sources whilst the recruitment is to augment the line numbers with minimal training burden. The next step I imagine, if not enough 787 rated people were to come forward, would be to take on 777 rated people for whom a relatively quick CCQ would be a easier win than a full rating course. In that instance, one could perhaps get 4 or 5 CCQs done for the "price of" one or two new full TRs.
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For the life of me I don't know why they just didn't pull the plug on that pool. 20 guys were in there and after 6 months VS decided they didn't want for whatever reason. There can't be any of them left surely. Of the ones I know, they all got other jobs, withdrew their interest or both. Since then they've hired a load of 787 Deps thus knocking potential commands back by at least 2 years. They're about to hire more type rated guys. Not a great way to treat people... Even if there are only a few of them left
I am guessing they have changed their requirements since then.
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From: London
Hi guys,
I've done a search and found a few rosters along the way, some dated and some more recent. However, is there anyone who could shed light on an A330 roster for a typical month? PM also works if you prefer.
I've done a search and found a few rosters along the way, some dated and some more recent. However, is there anyone who could shed light on an A330 roster for a typical month? PM also works if you prefer.
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From: Europe
Just looking at the Master Roster for April.
Five trips isn't usual although there are a few lines like that. Keep in mind that with a 750 hour contract that work rate can't be sustained long-term.
The workload at the Manchester base looks to be lighter than in London.
Five trips isn't usual although there are a few lines like that. Keep in mind that with a 750 hour contract that work rate can't be sustained long-term.
The workload at the Manchester base looks to be lighter than in London.
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Just looking at the Master Roster for April.
Five trips isn't usual although there are a few lines like that. Keep in mind that with a 750 hour contract that work rate can't be sustained long-term.
The workload at the Manchester base looks to be lighter than in London.
Five trips isn't usual although there are a few lines like that. Keep in mind that with a 750 hour contract that work rate can't be sustained long-term.
The workload at the Manchester base looks to be lighter than in London.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-03/24/virgin-supersonic-travel
Last edited by Iver; 26th March 2016 at 02:34.
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OT:
@Iver
Let's wait till it really flies. The Concorde was a pure prestige project and never made money. The reason why only 2 state supported carriers(at that time) had this aircraft and nobody else.
And as long as the "boom" issue ;-) is not solved it will just cross the atlantic and nothing else. Exciting.
If it once flies an interesting little toy. And if the Supersonic sound issue is solved maybe an option for some Global Express/Dassault/Gulfstream customers.
@Iver
Let's wait till it really flies. The Concorde was a pure prestige project and never made money. The reason why only 2 state supported carriers(at that time) had this aircraft and nobody else.
And as long as the "boom" issue ;-) is not solved it will just cross the atlantic and nothing else. Exciting.
If it once flies an interesting little toy. And if the Supersonic sound issue is solved maybe an option for some Global Express/Dassault/Gulfstream customers.