Jet 2 Recruitment!
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What are the commuting possibilities? My wife is not interested in moving to the UK...
Sigma is claiming that there are opportunities for a permanent contract...any truth in this? And if so, full time or part time?
What can Jet2 offer that Norwegian or FR can not?
Sigma is claiming that there are opportunities for a permanent contract...any truth in this? And if so, full time or part time?
What can Jet2 offer that Norwegian or FR can not?
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Where is your home ?
If the forum has an idea of the airports you can commute from then I am sure the advice given will be better.
If the forum has an idea of the airports you can commute from then I am sure the advice given will be better.
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Surely if you are rated on type and have experience on type then there is no need for all the computer tests and stuff.
I can understand all the testing if pilots are non rated and the airline is going to spend their money on a rating for the pilot. They want to know that the pilot will have the ability to pass and they are not wasting their money. But to have it for rated pilots does not make sense.
I can understand all the testing if pilots are non rated and the airline is going to spend their money on a rating for the pilot. They want to know that the pilot will have the ability to pass and they are not wasting their money. But to have it for rated pilots does not make sense.
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That would be making the Fatal Error in assuming that airline management apply any logic into anything they do. I've got 4 commercial types including heavy and one more business jet. I'm buggered if I'm doing all that stuff just for a summer contract!
If there's more on offer then its a different story. I don't see that a compass test proves anything, one way or the other, my daughter would probably be better than me at the computer stuff but she can't land a 737 onto a short cross windy runway at night in LBA. Does anyone know the definite terms?
Which other airlines in the UK fit the bill?I can't think of any???
Not Ryanair surely?
If there's more on offer then its a different story. I don't see that a compass test proves anything, one way or the other, my daughter would probably be better than me at the computer stuff but she can't land a 737 onto a short cross windy runway at night in LBA. Does anyone know the definite terms?
Which other airlines in the UK fit the bill?I can't think of any???
Not Ryanair surely?
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Whilst numbers and experience on a CV theoretically make the applicant a "known quantity" the truth can be startling different. I agree that basic aptitude testing for experienced guys (and gals) is a waste of time.......however, put some "experienced" operators in the sim for 15 minutes and a very different picture emerges. Not only can handling issues come to light but overall application (or not) of NOTECH's is highly telling.
Does the Jet2 recruitment process involve a sim check?
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Does the Jet2 recruitment process involve a sim check?
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I'm assuming that, with the lack of accurate information forthcoming it must be pretty bad?? Anyone??? I tried the on line info at jet 2 but it keeps telling me page not available.
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I wonder why Jet2 require all the foreign pilots to convert their JAA/EASA licenses into UK one? It seems to me useless for the summer contract applicants. At the end of the contract I would have to convert it back if I don't intend ( or I am not offered ) to work and live in the UK...
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I believe Norwegian are still recruiting DEC for basing throughout Europe excluding "core" (Norway, Sweden & Denmark) so ALC,LPA,AGP,LGW & HEL with two other bases due this year, deal is worth €120k plus food, hotac and free commute, plus ID travel for family & friends on NAS network, no bond, sim assessment required basic PC check, you will need to be 737 rated classic or NG but classic only used in core now.
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Or...
they will offer what BaronBlue said, then after you have resigned from your present employer they will change the offer to a fixed term summer only contract through an agency.
they will offer what BaronBlue said, then after you have resigned from your present employer they will change the offer to a fixed term summer only contract through an agency.
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And now CTC advertising for 757/737 crews (assuming its Jet2!)...how many more agencies are getting involved in this!?!
I also see they are advertising for Aircrew Manager - anyone know where Captain Brown is going: up/or out?!?
This is a big aircrew employer in the UK, low-cost is accepted these days, it seems secure, I understand it makes money but come on guys, you could be an employer of high quality...Instead of a standing joke!
I also see they are advertising for Aircrew Manager - anyone know where Captain Brown is going: up/or out?!?
This is a big aircrew employer in the UK, low-cost is accepted these days, it seems secure, I understand it makes money but come on guys, you could be an employer of high quality...Instead of a standing joke!
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It's a cracking firm to work for. The crews are friendly, the scheduling isn't fatiguing, it's easy work. The company is growing & making shed loads of cash.
It's enough to keep me from going to one of the Gulf carriers anyway.
It's a cracking firm to work for. The crews are friendly, the scheduling isn't fatiguing, it's easy work. The company is growing & making shed loads of cash.
It's enough to keep me from going to one of the Gulf carriers anyway.
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CTC involvement.
Can't understand this under supply of crew for the summer. As far as FO's are concerned, surely they could have foreseen this problem and got some cheap guys/gals from the sausage machine! 
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If they are so desperate for crews does that mean they are under-crewed? I know that sounds like a slightly daft question, but it is my understanding that if a company is under-crewed the CAA flight ops chaps start to take an interest (which they do in situations like this) and that it has implications for the AOC, or withdrawal thereof. So I suppose my question should be: is the AOC under threat?
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They are short because they wouldn't offer sufficiently high Ts&Cs to attract the right number of suitable calibre people in an appropriate timeframe. Capitalism 101. Market Forces cut both ways.
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Lets hope they recruit some of the rated experienced guys I know of without subjecting them to awful contracts and tests. If not then hopefully a recruitment drive to get in experienced TP pilots into the RHS, thus getting the proverbial food chain moving enabling us 500 hour chaps a shot at their turbo-prop jobs.
Oh wait, that's a pipe dream isn't it?
Oh wait, that's a pipe dream isn't it?
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I very rarely swear on these forums but you're talking crap & on very dodgy ground by implying withdrawal of AOC.
Jet2 has a number of aircraft from outside operating for them this summer because they know they can't crew the duties required as it stands. In order to be able to comply with EU261, Jet2 has a number of crews on Airport Standby throughout the network from 0500z-2000z in addition to units based in mainland Europe that can get pax to/from their destinations with minimal delay. All these extra duties require extra crews as coverage.
Also Jet2 has recruited mainly B737 F/O's to replace FO's that have been promoted to crew the extra aircraft they've bought & some that have left the firm. In addition to those crews, Jet2 will be redeploying the GLA & EMA B757s to NCL, LBA & MAN over the next couple of years, replacing them with B737NG's. The B757 crews based at GLA & EMA were offered either a base transfer or fleet transfer. Most opted to transfer to the B737NG fleet & stay at their home bases. Some opted to stay on the B757. I think Jet2 are getting at least 4 more airframes over the next 12 months.
So lots of recruitment & lots of training to fuel Jet2's steady expansion.
I very rarely swear on these forums but you're talking crap & on very dodgy ground by implying withdrawal of AOC.
Jet2 has a number of aircraft from outside operating for them this summer because they know they can't crew the duties required as it stands. In order to be able to comply with EU261, Jet2 has a number of crews on Airport Standby throughout the network from 0500z-2000z in addition to units based in mainland Europe that can get pax to/from their destinations with minimal delay. All these extra duties require extra crews as coverage.
Also Jet2 has recruited mainly B737 F/O's to replace FO's that have been promoted to crew the extra aircraft they've bought & some that have left the firm. In addition to those crews, Jet2 will be redeploying the GLA & EMA B757s to NCL, LBA & MAN over the next couple of years, replacing them with B737NG's. The B757 crews based at GLA & EMA were offered either a base transfer or fleet transfer. Most opted to transfer to the B737NG fleet & stay at their home bases. Some opted to stay on the B757. I think Jet2 are getting at least 4 more airframes over the next 12 months.
So lots of recruitment & lots of training to fuel Jet2's steady expansion.
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What a shambles.
They deserve to lose a truck if cash through cancelling flights through this shambles.
And still this compass testing bolx goes on, my mate who has 22 years command got turned down on it.
If this is HRs idea, they deserve to be frog marched from the building.
They deserve to lose a truck if cash through cancelling flights through this shambles.
And still this compass testing bolx goes on, my mate who has 22 years command got turned down on it.
If this is HRs idea, they deserve to be frog marched from the building.
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I agree. Compass is definitely the wrong system.
There's nothing wrong with experience, references, training reports & a good word in the right ear.
I agree. Compass is definitely the wrong system.
There's nothing wrong with experience, references, training reports & a good word in the right ear.