Virgin recruiting soon...

[DCT_ELSIR]

Anyone know if they'll be recruiting Boeing rated people? Thanks.

[CABUS]

Cessna Pete, Im afraid to report 340 pilots haven’t been told that.

all the best. C

[cessnapete]

Originally Posted by CABUS

Cessna Pete, Im afraid to report 340 pilots haven’t been told that.

all the best. C

Having dinner with one who’s Manager told him just that!

[Riskybis]

Originally Posted by cessnapete

Having dinner with one who’s Manager told him just that!

thats rubbish

[Googlebug]

At a guess your talking about
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/0...medium=ios_app

wouldn’t say it’s much of a delay, there is already a fix

[cessnapete]

No, I’d been told it was a VS cabin configuration problem, possibly requiring rear ballast to be carried on early deliveries.

[Rostermouse]

Ballast is carried on empty A330 and A350 flights (eg delivery flights and positioners) due to limited CG range with no punters or suitcases on board.

[BehindBlueEyes]

Long shot, but anyone recruited by VS as a 737 pilot and retrained on the 787?

2100 hours on type.

Thanks.

[SilverFearn]

Yes, quite a few recently but you're going to need a few more hours.

[captain.weird]

Originally Posted by SilverFearn

Yes, quite a few recently but you're going to need a few more hours.

What is the experience of the most junior/least experienced guy on the 78 fleet then?

[BehindBlueEyes]

Originally Posted by captain.weird

What is the experience of the most junior/least experienced guy on the 78 fleet then?

Good question - thanks. Interested person here is 23 years old, flying 737s for nearly 4 years in LoCo and as said before, 2100 hours to date although it sounds as though current hours are going to be an issue. Now keen to expand experience on Boeing to long haul and 787.

[zero/zero]

Originally Posted by captain.weird

What is the experience of the most junior/least experienced guy on the 78 fleet then?

Think he’s alluding to the fact that the minimum requirements on the advertisement is 2500. There are people that get in with the minimum requirement and plenty that have a lot more. They/we get enough applicants that you’d have to be very lucky to get in with less than the advertised minimums

[flyboy146]

Unfortunately the current application requires 787/777 experience. Unsurprising but dissapointing for many as the last round of 787 recruitment allowed 737 experience.

[BehindBlueEyes]

Originally Posted by flyboy146

Unfortunately the current application requires 787/777 experience. Unsurprising but dissapointing for many as the last round of 787 recruitment allowed 737 experience.

I thought that might be the case. Thanks.

Fingers crossed for the future that VS might start looking again at 737 experience.

[Chezzy]

From quite a reliable source, in mid 2020, 50-75% of recruitment will need Q400 hours!!!!!

[flyboy146]

Originally Posted by BehindBlueEyes

I thought that might be the case. Thanks.

Fingers crossed for the future that VS might start looking again at 737 experience.

no worries. I hope so too. In all honesty if you find the opportunity to grab a 787 rating with another airline, that would probably be your best way to get into V/S.

[bigdaviet]

If you join now on the Boeing, what would be the time to command roughly?

[BleedingOn]

There’s a lot of retirements at the moment. Time to command is quicker than it has been historically: currently 8-10 years

[757_Driver]

Is there currently a recruitment drive open - I can't find anything on their website?

I'm done with BA and their attitude - a couple of bullying , threatening emails this weekend about the implications of striking have pushed me over the fence that I was sitting on anyway!

[RexBanner]

Hear hear. Wish I’d gone three years ago..