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From: Sunnydale
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From: Next door but one
any chance we can knock this esoteric nonsense on its head? Thank you.
If i cared wether i was paid £ 2.93p per hour or £3.42 I dont think BA would be my choice. You're never going to be rich on todays TnCs.
If i cared wether i was paid £ 2.93p per hour or £3.42 I dont think BA would be my choice. You're never going to be rich on todays TnCs.
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From: somewhere between Miami and Havana
If I'm being brutally honest, I don't have much formal education, so I don't really know what "esoteric nonsense" means, but this is the most amusing bit of the thread in many, many moons.
If 2.93 vs 3.42 doesn't interest you, save yourself the aggro of applying, dude, cuz that's the kind of $hit that battles are fought over at BA.
Best wishes with your application and your career.
Cheers
Buter
If 2.93 vs 3.42 doesn't interest you, save yourself the aggro of applying, dude, cuz that's the kind of $hit that battles are fought over at BA.
Best wishes with your application and your career.
Cheers
Buter
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From: Bandit Country
DEC Gatwick
Mate on the 380 at EK just advised me that there might be a small window of opportunity to go DEC 320 at Lgw later this year. Told him to keep smoking the fat one and stay out of the sun 
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From: england
[QUOTE]Why shouldn't there be DEC Captains at LGW? If no one's applying and there are vacancies, it can't be ruled out?/QUOTE]
Maybe its a symptom of the poor T&C's down at LGW? At what stage would you start objecting to new pilots joining on inferior T&C's to you? When they start paying to fly?
Maybe its a symptom of the poor T&C's down at LGW? At what stage would you start objecting to new pilots joining on inferior T&C's to you? When they start paying to fly?
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From: UK
Mate on the 380 at EK just advised me that there might be a small window of opportunity to go DEC 320 at Lgw later this year. Told him to keep smoking the fat one and stay out of th
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From: Manchester
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From: Botswana
Why can't people get it through their heads that, although Vueling, Iberia and BA are part of the same group (IAG), they are completely separate companies with different business models etc! I know it's a rumour network but the scaremongering on here is quite frankly something ridiculous. I think the likely things to be happening are the removal of the complimentary bar on short haul and the outsourcing of engineering etc not completely changing the way short haul operates.
Isn't it a rather lazy rumour anyway? New BA CEO is ex Vueling so BA Short Haul simply has to be turning into Vueling!
Isn't it a rather lazy rumour anyway? New BA CEO is ex Vueling so BA Short Haul simply has to be turning into Vueling!
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From: UK
I think a stick to beat senior first officers into taking short haul commands is far more likely. A reduction in the pay point freeze would do it. Bring it down to paypoint 5 and then open up a supplementary bid and the problem will be solved overnight. In my opinion, if they start employing DECs, the entire sytem will break down resulting in far too many undesirable consequences for the company.
Junior trash
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From: UK
GS-Alpha - they'll need to sort out the failure rate of LH SFOs coming over to the 320 for their commands first. It's over 50% - allegedly!
There are very very few.
The fact the shorthaul operation hasn't collapsed ought to be a bit of clue. They'd be at least 50 Captains short.
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From: Button Moon
Can't say I've looked at this in my relatively short time in the company but as an aside, my previous operator had a 67% failure rate and were proud of it. The mind boggles! They've since re-written the command assessment process into yet another shambles and are paying a heavy price with people leaving in their droves.
I hope this isn't the road BA are going down. It's a grim path leading to some painful places for all involved!
Sorry, I'm adding to the drift off topic here. Back to the subject at hand, I hear recruitment numbers for 2016 have been upped to north of 400! It's going to be an interesting year if that's true.
Evening All
2W2R
I hope this isn't the road BA are going down. It's a grim path leading to some painful places for all involved!
Sorry, I'm adding to the drift off topic here. Back to the subject at hand, I hear recruitment numbers for 2016 have been upped to north of 400! It's going to be an interesting year if that's true.
Evening All
2W2R
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From: The Home of the Gnomes
Why shouldn't there be DEC Captains at LGW? If no one's applying and there are vacancies, it can't be ruled out?
It came quite close in the late 90s for EOG on the old Dan Dare contract. Suitably experienced folks were getting commands with around a year or so in the company. Strangely, the EOG contract changed for the better fairly shortly afterwards, later becoming SHaG....
BA have always recruited "Captains" (appreciate that can be seen as a cliche). In short, your seniority allows you to bid for a command. If you are senior enough, you then do the command course on your chosen fleet. IF you pass, you become a Captain. Most do. Some don't.
67% of candidates failing is a good selling point if you're not trying to recruit people to pass it in the first place......
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From: South England
Assessment
Hi guys, I've just been offered the dep long haul assessment for next month. Wondering if anyone has done this recently (December/January) and can share anything they recall regarding the latest Maths/English/Aptitude. Cheers a lot.
