Non type rated easyjet recruitment?
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From: Here
EZY isn't a that bad company to work for, but it isn't paradise either.
Pay is not bad as mentioned before, but some other advantages need to be put into perspective.
Home every night: as a captain, only if you live around LGW, as that is the only base at which new commands are offered, unless you are happy with a gross basic salary of 65000£ in LIS . So you will end up commuting during several years, this will turn 5/3-5/4 into 6/2-6/3 and it will cost you 1000£/month in accomodation, travel and food.
Fixed pattern: there is contimous pressure to get rid of the fixed pattern for new joiners and upgrades. Commuting on a flexi roster is a nightmare.
Share schemes have been very profitable over the last couple of years, but shares dropped from 7 to 3£ about 5 years ago, making these schemes worthless. So don't count on them.
Tranfer lists for uk regional and continental bases are becoming longer every day, count 20 to 25 years from joining, if you are looking at a LHS in LYS, TLS or NC
Conclusion: If you are not interested in LGW think twice.
Pay is not bad as mentioned before, but some other advantages need to be put into perspective.
Home every night: as a captain, only if you live around LGW, as that is the only base at which new commands are offered, unless you are happy with a gross basic salary of 65000£ in LIS . So you will end up commuting during several years, this will turn 5/3-5/4 into 6/2-6/3 and it will cost you 1000£/month in accomodation, travel and food.
Fixed pattern: there is contimous pressure to get rid of the fixed pattern for new joiners and upgrades. Commuting on a flexi roster is a nightmare.
Share schemes have been very profitable over the last couple of years, but shares dropped from 7 to 3£ about 5 years ago, making these schemes worthless. So don't count on them.
Tranfer lists for uk regional and continental bases are becoming longer every day, count 20 to 25 years from joining, if you are looking at a LHS in LYS, TLS or NC
Conclusion: If you are not interested in LGW think twice.
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From: The Troposphere
WTF are they up to? 7000hrs TT 320/21/30, 757/767 rated, assessment passed. Sim check passed. "We are delighted to welcome you to the flight ops team as a First Officer" email received, but NO WORD OF ANY CONTRACT. That was 3 weeks ago...and waiting.
They have wasted my time and money, and I'm *&**((&ed off.
They have wasted my time and money, and I'm *&**((&ed off.
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From: Earth
SusanBoyle since you are so hacked off with being successful I suggest you contact them to tell them to shove their job up their arse as they've wasted your time..........but I bet you won't 
Last edited by Stone Cold II; 22nd August 2013 at 19:06.
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From: in da club
asessment deferred
Has anyone else by any chance managed to book an assessment day for non type rated, only for it to be cancelled and deferred? No information about when it would be deferred to at this time.
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Failed after Sim ride
Any feedback would have been appreciable after the 737 sim.
Anyway....i would have rejected any flexi contract proposition.
Good luck for the others...
Any feedback would have been appreciable after the 737 sim.
Anyway....i would have rejected any flexi contract proposition.
Good luck for the others...
Last edited by nicob; 23rd August 2013 at 12:32.
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From: The Wood
Unfortunately you wont be given feedback at most airlines - it's an assessment not training. If you have any kind of experience you'll have a good idea where you went wrong. You can't be right for everyone, don't get disheartened.
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I agree. It should be pass - you're good enough for us, welcome on board.
Or, fail - you're not quite up to grade this time. Try again in a while.
To offer 3 different contracts depending on "how you did on the day" seems a bit odd.
After all, what are they going to say to the regulator when an incident occurs?
"He was one of the better ones, so we gave him a real job. We can't believe he crashed"?
"He was average, so we gave him a real job with less stripes and less money. We are surprised he crashed"?
"He wasn't quite good enough in the group assessment or sim. But we gave him a shed load of debt and a temporary contract with no guarantee of where his next pay check was coming from. But, we cant really be surprised he crashed"?
Is this what the easy trainers and captains have "fought" for?
It's an obvious divide and conquer tactic.
Or, fail - you're not quite up to grade this time. Try again in a while.
To offer 3 different contracts depending on "how you did on the day" seems a bit odd.
After all, what are they going to say to the regulator when an incident occurs?
"He was one of the better ones, so we gave him a real job. We can't believe he crashed"?
"He was average, so we gave him a real job with less stripes and less money. We are surprised he crashed"?
"He wasn't quite good enough in the group assessment or sim. But we gave him a shed load of debt and a temporary contract with no guarantee of where his next pay check was coming from. But, we cant really be surprised he crashed"?
Is this what the easy trainers and captains have "fought" for?
It's an obvious divide and conquer tactic.
Last edited by Narrow Runway; 23rd August 2013 at 19:57.
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From: Netherlands
To my kowledge everybody is getting the contract through CTC initially.
You can read it on the BALPA website:
BALPA | CASUALISATION - BREAKTHROUGH IN EASYJET
The first people offered a permanent position are the current Flexicrew already flying for Easyjet.
Correct me if I am wrong.
You can read it on the BALPA website:
BALPA | CASUALISATION - BREAKTHROUGH IN EASYJET
The first people offered a permanent position are the current Flexicrew already flying for Easyjet.
Correct me if I am wrong.
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From: N/A
@Mike - yes and no.
Yes Flexi guys are slowly being put on the permie contracts.
Yes NEW cadets out of flight schools will initially go onto CTC contracts.
However this whole thread is about the Non Type rated guys with 1500TT+ which have the slighlty different contacts on offer.
Yes Flexi guys are slowly being put on the permie contracts.
Yes NEW cadets out of flight schools will initially go onto CTC contracts.
However this whole thread is about the Non Type rated guys with 1500TT+ which have the slighlty different contacts on offer.
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From: United Kingdom
There is such a lot of drivel being written here. I have laid out exactly what the contract is for UK contracts in previous pages here. There is absolutely not 3 different contracts depending on how you do on the day. There is one contract which you can take or leave. If you do not like it, thank you for your interest, but please stand aside as their are literally hundreds of people desperate to take your place.