BA - lifestyle and work/life balance
? That was with around 14 hours overtime, and 86 hours block, I think...
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I'd say that was a good average, depending on how much money you withdraw from the HOST system whilst downroute, which comes directly out of your paycheck. It also depends on what type of line you've bid for, blindlines tend to have less work. I generally go for triplines which are usually busy. Others please shoot me down if I'm spouting 
but this is generally my experience.
but this is generally my experience.
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I'll remind you of my post 43 on this thread
Something that strikes me is that Ba pilots have a nice life with many perks when compared to other airlines - some airlines pay more, some (all) give better short to medium term career progression but pretty much none offer the balance and extra perks that ba currently do. It would appear that an awful lot on here would be willing to leave their home countries, commands with relatively stable companies (easyjet etc.) and lives to join. I wouldn't do that to join Alitalia, Iberia, lufthansa etc. ( I am British). On the basis of simple supply and demand, the need to remain competitive, the fact we are dealing with greedy humans and finally with regards to BAs attitude towards unions of late ( which I agree with) are you so sure things will still stay so fine for the next 10, 20, 30 years of your careers. Things change.
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Obviously the situation is constantly changing, but would it be therefore generally be quicker to go Short-haul FO - Long-haul FO - Short-haul CA - Long-haul CA than it would Short-haul FO - Long-haul FO - Long-haul CA?
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Generally, you'd do 5 years of SH as an FO before being able to bid for LH (assuming taken on to SH initially). SH commands (excluding LGW) in recent years have been available at around the 10 year mark (although shortly after I got my command I slid backwards down the status list as commands became senior again for a while - think 13+ years)
In the latest bid (after 15 years in the company,) I just missed a 767 command, and anything bigger than that is still another 5+ years away, if ever!
Doesn't really make any difference, the route you take; plenty of people just sit in the RH seat of a 74, or 777 and wait out their time there. The only downside to that is that you end up looking like a fat prune - too much sun, and too much vino and red meat!
In the latest bid (after 15 years in the company,) I just missed a 767 command, and anything bigger than that is still another 5+ years away, if ever!
Doesn't really make any difference, the route you take; plenty of people just sit in the RH seat of a 74, or 777 and wait out their time there. The only downside to that is that you end up looking like a fat prune - too much sun, and too much vino and red meat!
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Please can someone at BA, or someone in the know, enlighten me as to whether opportunities to work within recruitment, training etc at BA are offered according to seniority? Or are they based on merit alone?
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Merit alone, all internal job vacancies are advertised internally and an application process - usually a CV and Essay, plus covering letter thins the applications before an interview process selects the successful candidates. All on merit and leads to some very junior managers and trainers etc
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Thats interesting - so you could potentially work in roles alongside flying whilst relatively low-seniority? (as a FO/SFO even?) What sort of roles are there available?
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Yes, there are some very junior managers, ability not length of service is all that counts in this sphere, and rightly so.
As to what sort of jobs there are, any management position, recruitment, technical and non-technical training, SESMA rep. Various projects etc
As to what sort of jobs there are, any management position, recruitment, technical and non-technical training, SESMA rep. Various projects etc
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