BA Direct Entry Pilot.

[pudoc]

Originally Posted by wiggy

Standing by to be corrected but I thought U.K. government had said it would continue to recognise “EU licences”, certainly in the event of a negotiated Brexit.

They have said that but some companies aren’t taking the risk. I don’t think it’s guaranteed yet and the CAA are still working on it. So I’ve been told anyway.

[wiggy]

Originally Posted by pudoc

They have said that but some companies aren’t taking the risk. I don’t think it’s guaranteed yet and the CAA are still working on it. So I’ve been told anyway.

Understandable given the circumstances (whatever they turn out to be )

[lansen]

Was invited to an assessment (777/787 DEP) and given the opportunity to schedule an appointment. When I however tried to book that assessment, no available dates were shown. In fact, the page is basically blank. Does anybody else experience this issue?

[zerotohero]

Originally Posted by lansen

Was invited to an assessment (777/787 DEP) and given the opportunity to schedule an appointment. When I however tried to book that assessment, no available dates were shown. In fact, the page is basically blank. Does anybody else experience this issue?

i have the exact same issue. I thought it was a browser issue so I downloaded google chrome but apparently you just have to keep refreshing the screen at 9am for newly released slots a friend told me? Seems a bit poor to me so was thinking to phone and check.

[pudoc]

It's completely normal, they usually email you once or twice a week around 9am saying "we've released new dates". When you get that e-mail they'll all be gone within hours so be quick.

[papajulietpapa]

Hello there,

Anyone here doing the BA simulator assessment soon wanting to go in a sim with an instructor before to get ready ? So we can split the costs ?

PM me if interested.

Thanks a lot.

[papajulietpapa]

Hey try again if you are going to do the simulator soon. Not sure yet which fleet I will apply for.

[Nauti]

Originally Posted by lansen

Was invited to an assessment (777/787 DEP) and given the opportunity to schedule an appointment. When I however tried to book that assessment, no available dates were shown. In fact, the page is basically blank. Does anybody else experience this issue?

Out of interest, do you have hours on the 777/787? Thanks in advance and best of luck.

[Nauti]

Originally Posted by The Foss

I have a frozen atpl and was offered 787 about two months ago if that helps.

I think it more depends on your experience, type etc, as I know another guy that was offered SH and was told they couldn’t consider him for long haul.

It could be that they unfreeze people during the training?

Hi and apologies for the questions out of the blue,

Did they offer you SH before LH? At what stage/how did you indicate that LH would be your preference? And which role did you initially apply for (DEP/A320 DEP/777/787 DEP etc)?

All the best and thanks in advance.

[Reversethrustset]

Provided long haul and short haul is available your offer is based on your simulator performance.

[Mansnothot]

Originally Posted by Reversethrustset

Provided long haul and short haul is available your offer is based on your simulator performance.

That is the official stance from BA. Although I would take that with a pinch of salt, it seems like they’ve just put that in place so people won’t moan about getting SH cause they can just say it’s due to performance. As always, they will just place you where they need you, if they happen to need to fill a lot of SH slots and you perform very well in the sim, you still might get offered a SH position.

[Reversethrustset]

Several of my base colleagues, including myself were successful at the sim stage and their experiences along with mine is they got offered SH/LH based on how well they did. Of those that got SH they said "Yes, it could've gone alot better, not sure if I've passed" whereas those who got LH said the opposite. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just stating what happened in our instances.

[lansen]

Originally Posted by Nauti

Out of interest, do you have hours on the 777/787? Thanks in advance and best of luck.

Yes, currently flying the 787.

[kendrick47247]

Originally Posted by lansen

Yes, currently flying the 787.

Sent you a PM

[Nauti]

Originally Posted by lansen

Yes, currently flying the 787.

Great, thanks for the reply.

[Nauti]

Originally Posted by The Foss

When I applied I don’t think it was split like that, it was just DEP. I had mentioned I wanted SH LGW at phase 2 and 3, and also on getting the news I’d passed the sim check. They then offered LHR 787 so I asked again if SH LGW was available, and got that instead later the same day! As a side note, they did say they don’t usually accommodate requests, but as what I was after was usually less popular they could do it on this occasion, so can’t hurt to ask.

Thank you for the very thorough reply. All food for thought. All of my hours are A320, though I do more than meet the requirements for LH that I see in the job descriptions etc. Not sure LH will be an option for me (sim dependant of course) but I'd be more than happy with SH LGW.

[A340Yumyum]

Originally Posted by The Foss

I had mentioned I wanted SH LGW

Have you been to see a Dr recently?
;-)

[burnable gomi]

Does BA have status pay? Same pay no matter what fleet you are on? If so wouldn't short haul get you senior much more quickly and therefore more control of your roster?

I'm trying to compare salaries. What would a 5/10/15/20/25 year BA captain earn on PP24 and PP34?

[wiggy]

Originally Posted by burnable gomi

Does BA have status pay? Same pay no matter what fleet you are on? If so wouldn't short haul get you senior much more quickly and therefore more control of your roster??

It’s what you are actually able to get control of that’s the problem...and still a bit of an unknown with JSS.

Compare and contrast the grumbles we hears about short haul rosters that have umpteen days of consecutive work and a nasty mixture of “lates” and earlies” vs. the grumbles about having to four or five trips in a month, three of which are HKGs and therefore not getting a weekend off....(not making that 3 HKG in a month grumble up BTW, it was made publically by a junior 380 P2 recently)

Different strokes, apples vs. Oranges etc.

[738BusDriver]

How long is it taking to find out after stage 3?

Hi all,

I did stage 3, 3 weeks ago and haven’t heard from recruitment team yet. We were told we would hear within 2 weeks. Anyone waiting a similar time?

Thanks.