Jet2, Tui Or Ryanair?
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As a long term prospective employer you don’t have to look much further than the three airlines very varying loyalty to those recently employed/ in holding pools, and response to the challenges the wiser airline community currently face in the near to mid future.
from very good sources I understand one of the following statements can be linked to each of the OPs identified three airlines.
Airline a) cutting and carving crews with abandon.
Airline b) informing those in the hold pool they are no longer needed after assuring those passing assessment they were needed (meanwhile continuing to assess further candidates)
Airline c) securing everybody in employment and keeping promises and looking to mitigate the challenges by offering crews part time/unpaid summer leave/varying flexible Agreed options
It may be possible to determine who A who B and who C are, I also understand C also owns their own hotels, ocean liners have good loss of licence/PHI benefits as well as concessionary travel amongst many perks. If anecdotal evidence proves to be true then there’s a varying degree of loyalty to newly started/holding pool individuals
it’s fair to say low cost suits some people, but there are many benefits to a more upmarket airline that others may enjoy. In simple terms do your research in each case and ascertain how you want to be treated through your career. And how desperate you are for the left hand seat. Prob 24 months difference for the right candidate from the more basic low cost airline/ to the less low cost airline cheap and cheerful holiday/ to the more upmarket airline/tour operator.
from very good sources I understand one of the following statements can be linked to each of the OPs identified three airlines.
Airline a) cutting and carving crews with abandon.
Airline b) informing those in the hold pool they are no longer needed after assuring those passing assessment they were needed (meanwhile continuing to assess further candidates)
Airline c) securing everybody in employment and keeping promises and looking to mitigate the challenges by offering crews part time/unpaid summer leave/varying flexible Agreed options
It may be possible to determine who A who B and who C are, I also understand C also owns their own hotels, ocean liners have good loss of licence/PHI benefits as well as concessionary travel amongst many perks. If anecdotal evidence proves to be true then there’s a varying degree of loyalty to newly started/holding pool individuals
it’s fair to say low cost suits some people, but there are many benefits to a more upmarket airline that others may enjoy. In simple terms do your research in each case and ascertain how you want to be treated through your career. And how desperate you are for the left hand seat. Prob 24 months difference for the right candidate from the more basic low cost airline/ to the less low cost airline cheap and cheerful holiday/ to the more upmarket airline/tour operator.
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Ryr just had their pay proposal in the UK voted down.
In the proposal was a payrise of about 0.7% a year for capts, and a huge 80,000 cut for new upgrades over a period of 8 years...
They have thrown their toys out the pram so badly, they have forced STN and EDI bases to a 5/3 roster at their latest attempt to threaten and blackmail staff to accept another paycut....
In the proposal was a payrise of about 0.7% a year for capts, and a huge 80,000 cut for new upgrades over a period of 8 years...
They have thrown their toys out the pram so badly, they have forced STN and EDI bases to a 5/3 roster at their latest attempt to threaten and blackmail staff to accept another paycut....
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As a long term prospective employer you don’t have to look much further than the three airlines very varying loyalty to those recently employed/ in holding pools, and response to the challenges the wiser airline community currently face in the near to mid future.
from very good sources I understand one of the following statements can be linked to each of the OPs identified three airlines.
Airline a) cutting and carving crews with abandon.
Airline b) informing those in the hold pool they are no longer needed after assuring those passing assessment they were needed (meanwhile continuing to assess further candidates)
Airline c) securing everybody in employment and keeping promises and looking to mitigate the challenges by offering crews part time/unpaid summer leave/varying flexible Agreed options
It may be possible to determine who A who B and who C are, I also understand C also owns their own hotels, ocean liners have good loss of licence/PHI benefits as well as concessionary travel amongst many perks. If anecdotal evidence proves to be true then there’s a varying degree of loyalty to newly started/holding pool individuals
it’s fair to say low cost suits some people, but there are many benefits to a more upmarket airline that others may enjoy. In simple terms do your research in each case and ascertain how you want to be treated through your career. And how desperate you are for the left hand seat. Prob 24 months difference for the right candidate from the more basic low cost airline/ to the less low cost airline cheap and cheerful holiday/ to the more upmarket airline/tour operator.
from very good sources I understand one of the following statements can be linked to each of the OPs identified three airlines.
Airline a) cutting and carving crews with abandon.
Airline b) informing those in the hold pool they are no longer needed after assuring those passing assessment they were needed (meanwhile continuing to assess further candidates)
Airline c) securing everybody in employment and keeping promises and looking to mitigate the challenges by offering crews part time/unpaid summer leave/varying flexible Agreed options
It may be possible to determine who A who B and who C are, I also understand C also owns their own hotels, ocean liners have good loss of licence/PHI benefits as well as concessionary travel amongst many perks. If anecdotal evidence proves to be true then there’s a varying degree of loyalty to newly started/holding pool individuals
it’s fair to say low cost suits some people, but there are many benefits to a more upmarket airline that others may enjoy. In simple terms do your research in each case and ascertain how you want to be treated through your career. And how desperate you are for the left hand seat. Prob 24 months difference for the right candidate from the more basic low cost airline/ to the less low cost airline cheap and cheerful holiday/ to the more upmarket airline/tour operator.
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Passengers on UK Charter Airlines also have ATOL protection, which many members of the public, regrettably, have used of late.
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I guess the more aggressive business model company will likely cut you adrift more clinically as you are purely an asset to be used and abused. With a great view from the office window of course! In the same circumstance as present news I think you can plainly see who would cut you adrift at the slightest challenge to the airline, then who you may have slightly more loyalty from and who would actually keep you as far as practicable. The proof is in the three respective actions recently. I understand my account to be reasonably factual as I’ve sources in all three airlines. It’s there it’s as factual as I can be. It appears to be happening thus .
We all have differing circumstances, outlook and life experience. And view of the future. With this in mind and considering the chance of which outfit has a stronger long term future, the truth is nobody really knows. However you may also, have to factor in the OP question about the three B737 outifits and relate summararily the potential from the non B737 operators who are aggressively currently muscling into the charter/package holiday market. EasyJet are a very strong and wealthy airline and in the three quoted airlines I think it’s fair to say, and I stand correcting here, are looking to enter the market somewhere in a similar position to Jet2. I’m no expert but my understanding is that Ryanair are still a point to point low cost operator.
However, If RYR/Wizz et al also look to follow ezy move, and look for reach further into this area of opportunity by business model amendment then you may well have 4 airlines now in the lower echelons of the holiday package market (don’t quote me on this.... and if MOL is reading - you don’t need to go here it will cost you too much money. Honestly) 🙂 then all vying for the same hotels same routes trying to expand continually. That would become quite a cat fight god forbid it happened.
Ill be honest on a personal travel level then the days of me buying stand alone stuff has plateaued. I still do it in certain circumstance but have gone back to the full covered package in recent times. For reasons stated in a post above
Interesting times indeed. It’s certainly time to do very far and wide research when looking to select your career airline. I still maintain being treated right with respect and humility is important to many people. Some will accept anything under the guise of company propaganda. But Conversely many will have the ability to see outside this.
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Massive thread drift but TUI and particularly Jet2 have little to fear from Easyjet or God forbid, Ryanair, entering into the package holiday market.
It's called customer service. The latter two dont have any. They are fine to get a cheap return ticket to a city of your choice but no way would any sane individual trust their yearly family holiday to be run be either of them. For sure they will be cheap, but you will get what you pay for.
It's called customer service. The latter two dont have any. They are fine to get a cheap return ticket to a city of your choice but no way would any sane individual trust their yearly family holiday to be run be either of them. For sure they will be cheap, but you will get what you pay for.
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Update!
Here is a quick question for all of You:
Is anyone hiring as of the last week? Ie, Has any of You been on courses that has been canceled etc?
I know there is a slight delay , especially in larger airlines, but quite frankly, any airline that has not stopped ANY hiring until further notice must be severely out of touch with reality.
Same goes for upgrades.
Good luck to all.
BTW
I took a rather dead end job in 1989 as an instructor and finally got my Class3 Instructor , as opposed to some of my more picky classmates in Gimli that only hung around places with twin aircraft.
I knew the economy was slowing down.
Found out what Resession was like ,the hard way, and here we go again!
Its all about economy and longterm goals,,,
Regards
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Is anyone hiring as of the last week? Ie, Has any of You been on courses that has been canceled etc?
I know there is a slight delay , especially in larger airlines, but quite frankly, any airline that has not stopped ANY hiring until further notice must be severely out of touch with reality.
Same goes for upgrades.
Good luck to all.
BTW
I took a rather dead end job in 1989 as an instructor and finally got my Class3 Instructor , as opposed to some of my more picky classmates in Gimli that only hung around places with twin aircraft.
I knew the economy was slowing down.
Found out what Resession was like ,the hard way, and here we go again!
Its all about economy and longterm goals,,,
Regards
CptB
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As a long term prospective employer you don’t have to look much further than the three airlines very varying loyalty to those recently employed/ in holding pools, and response to the challenges the wiser airline community currently face in the near to mid future.
from very good sources I understand one of the following statements can be linked to each of the OPs identified three airlines.
Airline a) cutting and carving crews with abandon.
Airline b) informing those in the hold pool they are no longer needed after assuring those passing assessment they were needed (meanwhile continuing to assess further candidates)
Airline c) securing everybody in employment and keeping promises and looking to mitigate the challenges by offering crews part time/unpaid summer leave/varying flexible Agreed options
It may be possible to determine who A who B and who C are, I also understand C also owns their own hotels, ocean liners have good loss of licence/PHI benefits as well as concessionary travel amongst many perks. If anecdotal evidence proves to be true then there’s a varying degree of loyalty to newly started/holding pool individuals
it’s fair to say low cost suits some people, but there are many benefits to a more upmarket airline that others may enjoy. In simple terms do your research in each case and ascertain how you want to be treated through your career. And how desperate you are for the left hand seat. Prob 24 months difference for the right candidate from the more basic low cost airline/ to the less low cost airline cheap and cheerful holiday/ to the more upmarket airline/tour operator.
from very good sources I understand one of the following statements can be linked to each of the OPs identified three airlines.
Airline a) cutting and carving crews with abandon.
Airline b) informing those in the hold pool they are no longer needed after assuring those passing assessment they were needed (meanwhile continuing to assess further candidates)
Airline c) securing everybody in employment and keeping promises and looking to mitigate the challenges by offering crews part time/unpaid summer leave/varying flexible Agreed options
It may be possible to determine who A who B and who C are, I also understand C also owns their own hotels, ocean liners have good loss of licence/PHI benefits as well as concessionary travel amongst many perks. If anecdotal evidence proves to be true then there’s a varying degree of loyalty to newly started/holding pool individuals
it’s fair to say low cost suits some people, but there are many benefits to a more upmarket airline that others may enjoy. In simple terms do your research in each case and ascertain how you want to be treated through your career. And how desperate you are for the left hand seat. Prob 24 months difference for the right candidate from the more basic low cost airline/ to the less low cost airline cheap and cheerful holiday/ to the more upmarket airline/tour operator.
this sounds like you are trying to sell things to yourself, based on a decision you made. Did you recently join, or are planning to join TUI?
Upmarket airline? The passengers are the same bog-standard mix you get on any European airline. They get on, have a drink, buy a bit of food and duty free. Then they get off. Sounds a bit pretentious to pretend otherwise. ‘Upmarket’ would be flying in First or Business on a full service airline.
Regarding securing people’s futures... they didn’t about 10 years ago. And like all airlines they’ll do whatever they need to do this time around. Some guys who joined recently are being forced on to a fleet they didn’t want (permanently) after being promised something else. Just like other airlines do.
I wasn’t aware of B telling the hold pool it wasn’t needed, but I will enquire this week. Sounds like a load of rubbish.
More fake news and misinformation probably.
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“With the greatest possible respect,
this sounds like you are trying to sell things to yourself, based on a decision you made. Did you recently join, or are planning to join TUI?”
Not personally, but for balance person giving me the lowdown may have this angle.
“I wasn’t aware of B telling the hold pool it wasn’t needed, but I will enquire this week. Sounds like a load of rubbish”
Maybe a wise move go ask the question prior posting publicly. I have it on good authority they dropped people like a hot potato. ‘after assessing, placing in a hold pool then confirming - the job no longer exists’ happy to be corrected should you find out different. Again I may be off the mark happy for you to correct me if this is the case.
this sounds like you are trying to sell things to yourself, based on a decision you made. Did you recently join, or are planning to join TUI?”
Not personally, but for balance person giving me the lowdown may have this angle.
“I wasn’t aware of B telling the hold pool it wasn’t needed, but I will enquire this week. Sounds like a load of rubbish”
Maybe a wise move go ask the question prior posting publicly. I have it on good authority they dropped people like a hot potato. ‘after assessing, placing in a hold pool then confirming - the job no longer exists’ happy to be corrected should you find out different. Again I may be off the mark happy for you to correct me if this is the case.
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Maybe a wise move go ask the question prior posting publicly. I have it on good authority they dropped people like a hot potato. ‘after assessing, placing in a hold pool then confirming - the job no longer exists’ happy to be corrected should you find out different. Again I may be off the mark happy for you to correct me if this is the case.
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Would not have thought this a few weeks ago, but, if I had to choose between these three in the current climate, I would delay that choice as long as possible. To misquote, 'it's only when the tide has gone out, do you discover who isn't wearing a swimsuit'.
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Maybe a wise move go ask the question prior posting publicly. I have it on good authority they dropped people like a hot potato. ‘after assessing, placing in a hold pool then confirming - the job no longer exists’ happy to be corrected should you find out different. Again I may be off the mark happy for you to correct me if this is the case.
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Well, two guys I know in the pool haven’t been told that. If true, and it’s the ones with minimal experience, then I feel sorry for them. I can’t see the benefit of any company dropping them from the pool. I know how it works at Company B, and the pool isn’t picked from based on date of interview - they pick on suitability, experience and availability to name but a few criteria. There’s really no benefit in taking them off file.
challenging times ahead for all airlines. Hopefully the negative effects don’t impact any more people than absolutely necessary.
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Out of curiosity, does anyone know what Jet2 are doing with their crew during this period? It's been quite public what TUI and Ryanair are doing but, unless I've missed something, very quiet from Jet2?