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Hello All,
Has anyone received a start date recently for NTR FO position. I completed my assessment in January and received a call confirming that I met the benchmark and would be contacted in due course, after which I was placed in the holding pool. However, I recently received a generic email requesting my base preference and notice period. Additionally, upon checking the portal, I noticed that my application, which had progressed to the interview stage, is now listed as "under review," indicating a regression in the process.
I'm curious about the typical wait time before receiving a start date. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Has anyone received a start date recently for NTR FO position. I completed my assessment in January and received a call confirming that I met the benchmark and would be contacted in due course, after which I was placed in the holding pool. However, I recently received a generic email requesting my base preference and notice period. Additionally, upon checking the portal, I noticed that my application, which had progressed to the interview stage, is now listed as "under review," indicating a regression in the process.
I'm curious about the typical wait time before receiving a start date. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
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Ditto, passed NTR FO assessment at start of Feb. After the initial success email, I received a generic update email last week trawling for people who were able to start a course in April. Unable due to a 3 month notice period. Out of interest, I've asked for LPL as a base first choice. So far that's the only update i've had.
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Hi guys ,
can someone please provide the take home monthly figure for an Airbus captain ? I’m not sure how much you get in flight pay etc…. On top of your basic .
is it still competitive after EasyJet pay rise etc..
can someone please provide the take home monthly figure for an Airbus captain ? I’m not sure how much you get in flight pay etc…. On top of your basic .
is it still competitive after EasyJet pay rise etc..
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Can you still join EZY as DEC in the UK these days? I thought the cadet production line put an end to that?
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Take home depends on how much you want to put in to your pension.
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My hours for last winter; Oct 40 Nov 54 Dec 32 Jan 65 Feb 49 Mar 59. A fair number of unused standbys there as well, also the schedule is much less punishing, earlies not many before 6 and lates usually finished by 9/10.
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Unusual to have 65 hours in Jan? I guess your base has a lot of Captains taking months off in deep winter. Even as a trainer that’s high for Jan.
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You also might want want to consider that anyone joining as an Airbus non-trainer skipper will not do anywhere near the average Jet2 hours for a couple of summers, as most of the sectors are training to put guys in place ready for the ramp up in deliveries in winter 25/26.
This is great if you want an easy roster, but not great if you value sector pay over lifestyle. Since you stated money was the bigger factor you may be better joining a high-hours loco such as EZY or RYR.
You also might want want to consider that anyone joining as an Airbus non-trainer skipper will not do anywhere near the average Jet2 hours for a couple of summers, as most of the sectors are training to put guys in place ready for the ramp up in deliveries in winter 25/26.
This is great if you want an easy roster, but not great if you value sector pay over lifestyle. Since you stated money was the bigger factor you may be better joining a high-hours loco such as EZY or RYR.
I’d say this winter was higher than average, we are doing more winter sun routes than pre Covid. I also had minimal leave over winter as I took it during summer. (Highly recommended)
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I've heard unpaid leave is offered over the winter. This has two results 1) the people who are working, are working much harder 2) huge amounts of standby for those that are working, to further incentivise taking the unpaid leave.
Could anyone confirm?
Could anyone confirm?
The winter leave has been a pretty good deal, take two months off lose only one months pay, so effectively it’s half paid winter leave not unpaid winter leave. It doesn’t generate more standby, if no one had winter leave there would be less flying to spread around between pilots so even more people on standby each day.
I Think the poster who listed winter flying hours was actually an easy jet pilot, if their posting history is anything to go by, hence the high number of hours. My highest was 40h in November and lowest was 8 in January. But that’s on the 737, as has been said there’s a lot of training happening on the airbus so low flying hours in the winter for non trainers. But that’s always been the same if you’re in a base with a lot of training captains, at least on the 737 fleet.
I Think the poster who listed winter flying hours was actually an easy jet pilot, if their posting history is anything to go by, hence the high number of hours. My highest was 40h in November and lowest was 8 in January. But that’s on the 737, as has been said there’s a lot of training happening on the airbus so low flying hours in the winter for non trainers. But that’s always been the same if you’re in a base with a lot of training captains, at least on the 737 fleet.