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Came from purple coloured turbo prop operator this summer and despite missing the friendly faces in the crew room, no regrets at all. Have much more time off, feel more looked after. Some may say it’s not the best job in the world but it definitely suits me. The control over the roster is unbelievable, junior bidding aside I have much more control over my home life.
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The control over the roster is unbelievable
Well I guess in fairness roster stability might be improved, that is a common claim, but “control”??? Even if control (define) was good relative to the purple lot that’s all moot looking ahead not that far into the future....
Anyway folks, on that subject don’t forget, last ever BA Bidline Stage One bid due out tomorrow
Anyway folks, on that subject don’t forget, last ever BA Bidline Stage One bid due out tomorrow
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didn’t get to do one
i appreictae JSS may change things too but even with the worse, I feel much less fatigued than previous outfit.
I guess my requirements are a lot less, my home life felxibile so my JSS commands will be short.
Didnt mean to start a war , but from coming from somewhere where the workload was high and control was low, just trying to point out that I’m glad I made the move, and it’s not all doom and gloom. My initial post maybe should of come with a warning that this post contains something positive, alert the managers. Anyone looking to come to BA from a similar background I’d reccomend coming. After all this is a BA recruitment forum, not a winging about BA forum.
Im happy to be in a better place, but I’m sure you’ll all try and convince me otherwise
i appreictae JSS may change things too but even with the worse, I feel much less fatigued than previous outfit.
I guess my requirements are a lot less, my home life felxibile so my JSS commands will be short.
Didnt mean to start a war , but from coming from somewhere where the workload was high and control was low, just trying to point out that I’m glad I made the move, and it’s not all doom and gloom. My initial post maybe should of come with a warning that this post contains something positive, alert the managers. Anyone looking to come to BA from a similar background I’d reccomend coming. After all this is a BA recruitment forum, not a winging about BA forum.
Im happy to be in a better place, but I’m sure you’ll all try and convince me otherwise
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Perhaps so, does that mean now I have a little perspective, that others may have lost?
Regarding blind line, that totally suited me. Swapped most of it to get things to work for me. Also a seeded blind line worked for me too. Whilst I realise I’ll never be in Cape Town every Monday to Friday I’m happy with what I get. Money’s good for working extra hard and I’ve had much more useful time at home.
Having a preference is a new thing to me, and most others from a previous airline. By not having a choice (blind line, fallback, max trips) it’s no different to what I’ve come from. But instead there’s a warm meal in front of me and a bit of job security. It ain’t all bad folks!
Regarding blind line, that totally suited me. Swapped most of it to get things to work for me. Also a seeded blind line worked for me too. Whilst I realise I’ll never be in Cape Town every Monday to Friday I’m happy with what I get. Money’s good for working extra hard and I’ve had much more useful time at home.
Having a preference is a new thing to me, and most others from a previous airline. By not having a choice (blind line, fallback, max trips) it’s no different to what I’ve come from. But instead there’s a warm meal in front of me and a bit of job security. It ain’t all bad folks!
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Efarto the point is seeded blind lines are gone. Forever. Say hello to Kuwait, Lagos, Abuja, Riyadh etc every single month. You’ve swapped duties? Show me an airline that doesn’t allow you to do that. I know for a fact we could at Flybe, I was there too. I’m not trying to rub it in but life is about to get really, really s*** for junior people. That absolutely is relevant information for recruitment going forward and a BA recruitment thread.
How do you know what the worse will be if you didn’t participate in a dry run?
Given you didn’t have you had a look at the results of the dry run and got an idea of what work pilots of your seniority ended up with?
As for being less fatigued now, well that is a good thing no doubt but it is a consequence of rostering under Bidline. Maybe we can revisit this conversation after 6 months under JSS where, as our esteemed colleagues have pointed out, there are no more blindlines, seeded trips, etc, and much more scope for much more efficient utilisation of assets (us).
Fundamentally I’ll be honest and say I think it is a bit misleading to start encouraging people to “come on in, the water is lovely,” based on rosters worked under a very shortly to be defunct rostering system...
I guess my requirements are a lot less, my home life felxibile so my JSS commands will be short.
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Agree with many of above. Suspect like many of us I’ve kept my mouth stchtumb on this thread re further gen whilst we still digest the results. I, like others joined the firm to be told bidline that was trumpeted about so much during the Q and A was going. Well that was a nice start...
Others still have a choice. I think this is serious, and folk shouldn’t under estimate how this may feature on their wish list. Whilst we have to be accurate and empathise with new guys, all we have seen are practices with the system - but, we are all making educated perceptions of it (emphasis on that bit). It would be false if we gave outside folk the idea this will definately all blow over and amount to just a minor change.
I’ve flown LH elsewhere and, also at the small regional airline mentioned above (a while ago now). Can only say people must have worked in some really **** places if they think those dry run LH rosters look ok. Either that or they’re new to LH and have never flown anything other than BLR rosters.
LH tends to get people after some years. I’ve had benefit (?) of some LH rosters that featured reversals like those on the dry run. They will total you over years. Fecking awful.
I’m looking to exit stage left. Seems to be a case of “too late now”. It won’t get over turned. Thoroughly regret joining and actually quite annoyed about it all. I joined this outfit having just left one firm where the senior Gods sold the juniors down the river.
Anyone thinking of joining look yourself in the mirror and say the words lifestyle and health. Ask how important they are to you and your family. Basically right now, anyone who tells you they KNOW are misleading - they’re working off old and outdated info (bidline is dead). All of us, right now are essentially estimating. It comes down to how safe are these estimates. Read between the lines in the above posts is all I’d say. Suffice the evidence is pointing that these are the two things you MAY WELL give up.
Lifestyle & health.
HEALTH WARNING - NON OF US HAVE FLOWN ONE OF THESE NEW ROSTERS YET.
Others still have a choice. I think this is serious, and folk shouldn’t under estimate how this may feature on their wish list. Whilst we have to be accurate and empathise with new guys, all we have seen are practices with the system - but, we are all making educated perceptions of it (emphasis on that bit). It would be false if we gave outside folk the idea this will definately all blow over and amount to just a minor change.
I’ve flown LH elsewhere and, also at the small regional airline mentioned above (a while ago now). Can only say people must have worked in some really **** places if they think those dry run LH rosters look ok. Either that or they’re new to LH and have never flown anything other than BLR rosters.
LH tends to get people after some years. I’ve had benefit (?) of some LH rosters that featured reversals like those on the dry run. They will total you over years. Fecking awful.
I’m looking to exit stage left. Seems to be a case of “too late now”. It won’t get over turned. Thoroughly regret joining and actually quite annoyed about it all. I joined this outfit having just left one firm where the senior Gods sold the juniors down the river.
Anyone thinking of joining look yourself in the mirror and say the words lifestyle and health. Ask how important they are to you and your family. Basically right now, anyone who tells you they KNOW are misleading - they’re working off old and outdated info (bidline is dead). All of us, right now are essentially estimating. It comes down to how safe are these estimates. Read between the lines in the above posts is all I’d say. Suffice the evidence is pointing that these are the two things you MAY WELL give up.
Lifestyle & health.
HEALTH WARNING - NON OF US HAVE FLOWN ONE OF THESE NEW ROSTERS YET.
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Efarto the point is seeded blind lines are gone. Forever. Say hello to Kuwait, Lagos, Abuja, Riyadh etc every single month. You’ve swapped duties? Show me an airline that doesn’t allow you to do that. I know for a fact we could at Flybe, I was there too. I’m not trying to rub it in but life is about to get really, really s*** for junior people. That absolutely is relevant information for recruitment going forward and a BA recruitment thread.
Kuwait is swappable Free dry cleaning and breakfast can’t be that bad. Folk love Lagos for the lack of nights rest needed and I’m sure Abujah is just lovely this time of year. Sure beats a 6 sector day.
That at aside if I wanted to travel the amazing popular palaces I’d of applied to mixed fleet not DEP. Still happy to fly an amazing machine with mostly great people. Why does it all have to be bad?
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I’m so sick of new joiners coming in and telling us how wonderful it all is , it has changed since I have been here AND it will change agin !! I am fatigued constantly and I can’t wait for my lifestyle to be f#cked under the new roster system
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Over and out.
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Wireless has made some of the most consistently brilliant posts I’ve ever read on this forum over the last couple of weeks or so and he has completely nailed it again with his last post.
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Sorry to chime into your reply. You make some points that are very good to respond to. If you don’t mind me asking, you sound quite new to LH?
The problem is...some things are just not tradeable commodities. And selling ourselves as such under a Faustian bargain is terribly misguided however well meant in eagerness to display positivity. Its like catnip to business owners. We really shouldn’t help them line our early boxes. Between them and the regulators they already think Pilots cry wolf about lifestyle and stress and can be bought out by a new jumbo, a few dollars and a half baked FTL scheme. Non of us are Egyptian Faroes. We can’t take that stuff with us.
New equipment, nice destinations. All tend to be currency amongst people very new to LH. It’s no accident they rarely feature in the dailies of folk doing it a few years. Is that any coincidence? Ask why. It is no accident.
I’d venture further, if their personal life, and health balance is safe, then those of course can be a source of side pleasure. But they are not trade-able, and in many of us those little extras become eclipsed very quickly by more pressing issues.