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Old 10th Jan 2015, 14:18
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I think you've got to bid for part time working, so it's done in seniority order, if it's available.
Correct, and AFAIK nobody is getting "aspirational" part time until late summer/autumn because of manning levels.
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Old 10th Jan 2015, 15:54
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Whereas RTR part time is available pretty quickly, so if you have kids under 18 it's readily available.

The Aspirational Part Time at BA is either 1 month on, 1 off, or 2 on, 1 off. Is means large blocks of time off year round, so a great contract!

I am a 75% Part Time Long Haul SFO at BA (21 on, 7 off) and love it!

It's the standard BA advice, but here EVERYTHING is done on seniority, so get in at the earliest opportunity. If you are coming here, you are coming for a full career, so take the earliest offered course, rather than hold out for one you really want.
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Old 10th Jan 2015, 18:01
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Absolutely agree re seniority. I joined BA during the big recruiting push of the very late '80s. I took a month out between leaving my old employers and joining BA and I reckon that cost me around 50 - 70 places in terms of seniority and probably at least 6 months in time to command. That's not a big deal, because there are some real horror stories - if you find yourself just the wrong side of the divide if the music stops due to unforeseen circumstances you can find that a delay in getting a joining date can cost you dear...
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Old 10th Jan 2015, 18:33
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Re 'seasonal'. At the risk of stating the (very) obvious, this is a scheduled airline. Granted there are summer and winter schedules, but what is winter in N Hemisphere.... you get the idea. Businessmen travel all year round, BA wants to make money by selling business seats to the USA and all round the world. You'd be surprised if you knew BA's most single profitable destination!

Having said that there are charter flights as well but these also go on all year round.
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Old 11th Jan 2015, 18:08
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Sad :(

18 months in the holdpool, 2 years wait for it re-opening, then 3 months solid work .... and there's the PFO -
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 13:06
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I've been invited to interview but no slots are available (been the case for days now). I continue to receive the automated reminder emails. Assuming everyone upto the interview stage is experiencing the same?
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 13:12
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About 10 crews worth of 744 flying being ditched, to be replaced largely by about 6 crews worth of 777 flying.

In these days of cheap oil, one might reasonably ask why this is happening?

(This before we 'parked' a 777 into a hangar!)
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 13:28
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So what will happen to all those offered 747 courses? Are some still going on to it or are they going to go to the 777 instead?
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 13:35
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Is it the same story for the Planned Airbus courses after April? Would it indicate swimming again for those successful in the Sim from this point on?
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 17:55
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I don't mean to be rude guys - I know this is a rumour network and everything. Any chance you could keep it to facts rather than conjecture please? I'm starting in a few weeks on the 747, and really don't want to be hearing that the massive plunge I have taken in resigning my current position could be changing into something completely different, unless it really is going to happen.
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 19:10
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i think your place on the 747 should be safe, but you might not get the relative seniority cushion you were expecting
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 19:17
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Keeping it to 'facts'!

You've accepted a job with British Airways. Any time for the next 5 years, (including the period before you join) BA have every right to decide on which fleet you will fly.

But of course you knew that already!
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 19:48
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Of course I knew that - I just wasn't expecting it to change before the first 5 minutes have elapsed.
I'm just asking for people to bear in mind that for some of us, a lot hangs on any changes to what has been offered and perhaps bear that in mind before presenting unknowns as hard facts.
Thanks.
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 20:32
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Seems like this is a fairly significant change of plans for BA. Any ideas what's behind it?
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 21:07
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for some of us, a lot hangs on any changes to what has been offered and perhaps bear that in mind before presenting unknowns as hard facts?
Mate, you're joining(?) British Airways. The only 'factual' information you will ever receive is what happened yesterday!

EVERYTHING else is somebody's guess, based on somebody's estimate, built on somebody's prediction, predicated on the whim of an idiot! Once a butterfly flaps it's wings in Mongolia, the whole plan is sewage!

Recent history shows us our union is the same!

Please forgive those here attempting to pass on the most ACCURATE timely information to anyone interested. Something you object to, just because it gives you indigestion!

CC

The answer you are seeking may well be found in the relationship between BA and CTC, which was to provide a significant proportion of Airbus training!
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 21:13
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Reading this thread, forget "horses for courses" it really has become "whores for courses".... I can smell the ambition & desperation from here. I used to work for BA, I left back in 97, too many "arse crawler" PC types even then. The sages are right, it's certainly not for everybody!
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Old 14th Jan 2015, 21:28
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I've been looking but can't find it. Can anyone post the pp34 scales in full? The current overtime rates? Etc

Ppjn is not too helpful.

Thanks
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Old 15th Jan 2015, 01:27
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Originally Posted by 4468
The answer you are seeking may well be found in the relationship between BA and CTC, which was to provide a significant proportion of Airbus training!
Are you implying that CTC are now not providing a significant proportion of the Airbus training?
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Old 15th Jan 2015, 08:06
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Yes, a bit cryptic that, 4468! Care to elaborate?
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Old 15th Jan 2015, 12:53
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Whatever has caused the re-calculation, there are now 100 less pilots required for this year, so more like 200 new entrant spots rather than the 300-odd previously planned. That's pretty much the gist of it. Apparently.



Until they change their minds on Monday/1st week of April/whenever. If you already have a start date I wouldn't worry too much. Probably.
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