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For comparisons sake, I’ve just looked at my logbook and brought up a report on the last 6 months. Just a shade over 100 hours flying in the last 6 months. That’s 737 LHS with nothing other than normal annual leave taken at various points etc
Definitely a lot of standby in the winter, but being used is rare. If you can manage to live full time near your base you can pretty much go about life as normal? But I can understand that for those who need to travel to secondary accommodation near their base, lots of standby is a pain
Definitely a lot of standby in the winter, but being used is rare. If you can manage to live full time near your base you can pretty much go about life as normal? But I can understand that for those who need to travel to secondary accommodation near their base, lots of standby is a pain
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2) I’ve had far more days off in winter months. They haven’t given minimum days off and the rest standby. Again, maybe that’s base dependent due to spare numbers. I don’t know who told you standbys were done as a deterrent to stay full time… sounds made up!
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'Definitely a lot of standby in the winter, but being used is rare. If you can manage to live full time near your base you can pretty much go about life as normal? But I can understand that for those who need to travel to secondary accommodation near their base, lots of standby is a pain'
I'd feel a bit hard done by if I'd taken a month off at half pay, and then speak to a full time colleague and find out he'd only worked a couple of days!
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Your colleagues, who haven't taken winter leave, will work around 20 days on full pay. You will work no days for half pay.
I don't see your problem.
I don't see your problem.
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Congratulations on the offer! I'm sure you'll get another suitable opportunity if you keep them updated. Can I ask, when was your assessment day and what base did they offer you?
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I do find it bemusing that some people are so very pro or so very anti J2. Surely we can all agree that one persons dream could be another’s nightmare?
quiet winter, I love it. But I live close to my base and go about standby days pretty much as normal, just with uniform ready and an awareness when making plans that there’s a chance I might end up in work. Often part or half of the standby is finished by the time I wake up.
that said, I have a few mates who hate the quiet winter and would love to be far busier.
if you have the long haul dream, you’re not going to scratch that itch here. If you commute large distances, that could get difficult with standbys and runs of duty etc. whereas BA, with their long haul or short haul touring rosters could be ideal.
a few mates of mine joined BA recently, some absolutely love it, some not so much. As with every other company, what suits some people will be awful for others.
depending on what you’re after, J2 could be a dream job (or not). The key is maybe knowing what you’re after in a job….?
quiet winter, I love it. But I live close to my base and go about standby days pretty much as normal, just with uniform ready and an awareness when making plans that there’s a chance I might end up in work. Often part or half of the standby is finished by the time I wake up.
that said, I have a few mates who hate the quiet winter and would love to be far busier.
if you have the long haul dream, you’re not going to scratch that itch here. If you commute large distances, that could get difficult with standbys and runs of duty etc. whereas BA, with their long haul or short haul touring rosters could be ideal.
a few mates of mine joined BA recently, some absolutely love it, some not so much. As with every other company, what suits some people will be awful for others.
depending on what you’re after, J2 could be a dream job (or not). The key is maybe knowing what you’re after in a job….?
