BA Direct Entry Pilot.
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From: The Winchester
MaxShr
the potential for change in the bidline system AND SH working their socks off it really is an interesting proposition.
Good luck with the assessment but given the state of flux with Bidline at the moment I'd recommend that any successful applicants have a very critical and careful look at what BA's rostering system looks like at the end of this summer before signing on the line - especially if you value having more than a weeks notice of your days off early in a month and/or have ongoing family commitments such as childcare (be aware, if you are not, that generally under current Bidline there isn't an underlying pattern of days on/days off). Under the temporary (?) arrangements announced last week we won't know our confirmed August rosters until 25th July at the earliest, so this patch up of Bidline is a bit of a horror story for anyone who has made plans or is trying to make plans for activities outside work.
it's a long term career which I think will pay off as I wish to go long haul.
in short haul for quite a while because it takes a long time to dig that tunnel that allows you to escape to long haul, if that's what you want (i.e. years at least, decade plus probably). Regardless on where you plan on ending up you really do need to seriously consider the life style issues and problems associated with BA short haul before making any decisions. BTW to give you some idea here's a video of a BA short haul pilot finally making the transition to a long haul fleet - I know regardless of what I say successful applicant will sign on the line regardless, I'd probably do the same....but please don't pop up on the forums in a year or two under another name complaining that rostering was better at Easyair or Ryanjet.....you've been given a heads up....
Last edited by wiggy; 23rd June 2014 at 09:12.
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From: The Winchester
Supposed to be hats on in public, though many hats do seem to go mssing and uniform stores ( another long story) are very slow at getting replacements
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Maybe, some customer surveys seem to say otherwise and I believe following recent changes hats are back "in" at at least one other major UK airline.
Must admit being ex-Mil the hats are fine by me, especially as it hides my grey hair... and it's very a useful place for storing ID, keys, rank slides, pens et al when down route......
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I hate head-wear! (out-dated, pointless nonsense that I can assure you customers belonging to the 21st century don't give a damn about).
Must admit being ex-Mil the hats are fine by me, especially as it hides my grey hair... and it's very a useful place for storing ID, keys, rank slides, pens et al when down route......
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is the wearing of a hat absolutely mandatory
No sick notes for that either.
out-dated, pointless nonsense that I can assure you customers belonging to the 21st century don't give a damn about
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In my last company (before I retired) we had a chief pilot who was a bit of a stickler about the wearing of hats. Imagine his chagrin when the management introduced a new uniform and decided that hats would not be worn nor would they be issued. I don't think he ever totally recovered from the shock. Mind you, as someone has already said, the hat was a useful receptacle for holding your car keys, ID Card etc etc on a layover.
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Incidentally, I haven't seen or worn a uniform in the simulator since I left Mrs Windsor's employ in 1978 (and I have spent thousands of hours in the box - usually in the back examining). Nor have I seen any other airlines wearing uniform in the simulator except that I have a very vague memory of seeing a Gulfair crew coming out of the box in Crawley in uniform about 30 years ago. It would be interesting to hear of which other airlines wear uniform in the sim.
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As you tick boxes on the application, type rating, disabled, M/F etc etc you earn points. If you're registered disabled you earn 10000 points and are eligible for an interview - some European ruling thing!! So the higher the points the closer to the top of the pile you are. The recruiter then goes into the application and reads through your essay answer and grades them is several piles: Suitable for BA, Review, Reject.
Only after all these filters have been applied you'll get your email to invite or PFO. No news is either good news or a PFO will follow in due course. The date you applied will have NO relevance!
Only after all these filters have been applied you'll get your email to invite or PFO. No news is either good news or a PFO will follow in due course. The date you applied will have NO relevance!
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If you look back through the old DEP thread some of the questions were answered on there.
As I understand it applications are put into 3 piles. 1) definitely yes, 2) definitely no, and 3) maybe. The 1's will get a quick invite to interview, the 2's a quick PFO and the 3's will be reassessed after all the 1's have been invited and the numbers still required looked at. i.e BA may want to interview 10 applicants for every post available. If they get the numbers with all 1's then the 3's will be PFO'd. If they don't have enough 1's then the best 3's will get an invite.
As far as interview slots go, more are constantly added. There will be enough slots for those invited. Keep checking the web site.
As I understand it applications are put into 3 piles. 1) definitely yes, 2) definitely no, and 3) maybe. The 1's will get a quick invite to interview, the 2's a quick PFO and the 3's will be reassessed after all the 1's have been invited and the numbers still required looked at. i.e BA may want to interview 10 applicants for every post available. If they get the numbers with all 1's then the 3's will be PFO'd. If they don't have enough 1's then the best 3's will get an invite.
As far as interview slots go, more are constantly added. There will be enough slots for those invited. Keep checking the web site.
