U2: Number of flight deck staff easyjet

[earlgrey81]

Hi there,
does anynone know how many pilots U2 has?
I heard about 1,200 can this be true? think that's quite a lot for it's size. Or is this with easyjet Switzerland?

[OPEN DES]

Closer to 2400!!

[massiveheed]

There is at least 550 pilots at easy gatwick alone.

[knappsimon]

interesting...do you mean Easyjet Pilots...or pilots flying easyjet aircraft....Big difference

[earlgrey81]

hi simon, pilots flying u2 aircraft. as far as i know they had crew shortage and had to lease in pilots, but most of them now should be on the u2 payroll, shouldn't they?

[earlgrey81]

so this is easyjet at all bases? they had around 7400 staff accoring to the annual report in 2010, how many f/a are there included. i am sure they have a very small number of overhead...

[Akrapovic]

interesting...do you mean Easyjet Pilots...or pilots flying easyjet aircraft....Big difference

Bah! Beat me to it!!

[Eau de Boeing]

silence akrapovic

He is your patrol leader.......

[Flyingstig]

200 aircraft x 6 crews x 2 pilots = 2400
X 5 crews = 2000

The hearings going but nothing wrong with the math!

[MrHorgy]

but most of them now should be on the u2 payroll, shouldn't they?

Hahahaha you owe me a new keyboard earlgrey!

[3bars]

200 aircraft x 6 crews x 2 pilots = 2400
X 5 crews = 2000

Hmmm...2400 x5 = 2000, remind me not to let you do the T/O performance!!!

[Shiny side down]

er, 3 bars, you missed a bit...

5 crews = 2000
6 crews = 2400

[Agaricus bisporus]

Can someone please explain what U2 means?

[HPbleed]

The airline is easyJet. ICAO shorten this to EZY, IATA shorten it to U2. These are know as airline designators. Not sure why U2, but it's just a way of shortening the airline code. Like airports - London Gatwick is EGKK in ICAO but LGW in IATA.

[PPRuNeUser0178]

....and smart arse spotters on here like to use the term U2 to show how much cleverer than the rest of us mere mortals on here are.

Used the bloody airline name in all threads on all airlines, it makes it so much more entertaining for the reader.

Same could be said for airports too......

[Notso Fantastic]

It'a daft isn't it? I thought he was talking about U2's pilots! They're rich enough to have a personal fleet of them! Why use ridiculous abbreviations like that in an industry riven by acronyms as it is! (IMHO!). Being clever? I'v e only been a professional pilot for over 40 years in the UK and I didn't know what it was. I'm beginning to wish I didn't now.

[fantom]

No, it's earlier than that.

I've got a dreadful roster; U2?

[Agaricus bisporus]

Sheesh! I've only been at it 30 so what chance do I have?

IATA, that's somethig to do with travel agents isn't it? What are their acronyms doing on a pilots website? As you say, spotters being clever I suppose.

[DirectCF]

+ the EZS ones.

[FLEXPWR]

Yeah, I was still wondering why the rock band (U2) would have so many pilots, and why they would take the ones from EasyJet.....MUUUHAHAAAAA!

Ah well, I've been only in this industry some 17 years (not too much in Europe), must have missed something.