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I see TUI now have a new DFO from TCX, hopefully he doesn’t bring in his best friend the Group Managing Director of Thomas Cook, would be such a tragic if TUI is led the same path TCX was by Flight Ops that have been in the press regarding their handling of pilot strike and pilot fatigue.
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I see TUI now have a new DFO from TCX, hopefully he doesn’t bring in his best friend the Group Managing Director of Thomas Cook, would be such a tragic if TUI is led the same path TCX was by Flight Ops that have been in the press regarding their handling of pilot strike and pilot fatigue.
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Flown with several FO's in the last few weeks that are fleeing Ryanair for Tui, several ready for command.
Didn't know Tui were so short. How many are you looking for?
Didn't know Tui were so short. How many are you looking for?
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Hi Mixmaster
What a load of tripe. No good deed goes unpunished on social media. The truth is that BALPA actively sought to provide help, instruction and opportunities for Thomas Cook Pilots post the collapse of that fantastic airline. The TUI CC has acted to support the speculative acquisition of market share and talent. Time to Command was already down to 4.5 years, that's aside from the obvious practical issues in getting many new aircraft in the sky by May 2020. Taking the "fight" to Jet2 and easyJet
So let's stick to the up sides. The ex Thomas Cook Pilots are being added to the very bottom of the Date of Joining Seniority List and that was post an all TUI Pilot Bid. Current TUI Pilots are going to get more opportunities not less: 40+ command courses this winter alone. A weeks is a long time in UK Aviation, it was ever thus, so let's see how this ambitious expansion goes.
For my money I wish the new joiner Pilots a long a fruitful career within the travel giant TUI Group
Best regards - Captain Leo Nugent TUI CC / NEC
What a load of tripe. No good deed goes unpunished on social media. The truth is that BALPA actively sought to provide help, instruction and opportunities for Thomas Cook Pilots post the collapse of that fantastic airline. The TUI CC has acted to support the speculative acquisition of market share and talent. Time to Command was already down to 4.5 years, that's aside from the obvious practical issues in getting many new aircraft in the sky by May 2020. Taking the "fight" to Jet2 and easyJet
So let's stick to the up sides. The ex Thomas Cook Pilots are being added to the very bottom of the Date of Joining Seniority List and that was post an all TUI Pilot Bid. Current TUI Pilots are going to get more opportunities not less: 40+ command courses this winter alone. A weeks is a long time in UK Aviation, it was ever thus, so let's see how this ambitious expansion goes.
For my money I wish the new joiner Pilots a long a fruitful career within the travel giant TUI Group
Best regards - Captain Leo Nugent TUI CC / NEC
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Time to command in TUI is more likely to be measured in decades as opposed to years for any new joiner starting now.
Morale is fairly low amongst FO’s at the moment with career progression set to continue at a snails pace.
IMO you’d be better off at any other UK airline in terms of time to command, including BA and Virgin.
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I’ve been invited for a digital interview also. This must be a new part of the selection procedure as no one seems to have any information on it. So not sure what to expect.
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Time to command in TUI is more likely to be measured in decades as opposed to years for any new joiner starting now.
Morale is fairly low amongst FO’s at the moment with career progression set to continue at a snails pace.
IMO you’d be better off at any other UK airline in terms of time to command, including BA and Virgin.
Morale is fairly low amongst FO’s at the moment with career progression set to continue at a snails pace.
IMO you’d be better off at any other UK airline in terms of time to command, including BA and Virgin.
Whats the FO base, what’s your yearly total gross?
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Question comes up with 3 mins on timer to think about it. When the timer runs out it starts recording (video) and you have 2 mins to say your answer. I had only 3 questions in total. You get one “practice” question to record before the first real one, where you can play back the recording to see how awful you look and sound!
Best of luck.
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FO 5 years in rank £79k
command suitable FO after 5 years in rank £86k
Expect on average 12-15k in duty pay.
Pilots that wanted to, earned a healthy sum in overtime this year ("Flexi") due to the crazy post covid restart of airline operations. I know many sub 5 year FOs in the company this year that will clear 100k.
Take all this with a pinch of salt though, I doubt the new jobs on offer will be full time and therefore the salaries deducted accordingly.
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Can anyone add more information about realistic time to command when considering the existing age demographic in the company? (I see the comment above about it is likely to be measured in decades)