I last sent a CV in at start of November. They replied if I hadn't heard anything by four months later to send another CV as they don't keep them longer then four months. Worth sending another one in?

Why are they so bad? Can you elaborate for us Mr Kipling? Go on share with the group.:ok:

Cheers

Just have a re-read of the past few pages.

Its all the same stuff, rosters, basing, lack of progression, t&c's in general and rosters again.

;)

Has anyone been called for an interview / heard of anyone else attending? or do Eastern have enough in-house candidates to cover what's needed?

A bit strange this one. Various sources seem to be certain they're recruiting, but they reply to incoming CVs with a standard 'not recruiting' email.

I think the 'in house applicants' theory is probably the best answer. Which, of course, they are perfectly entitled to do.

EK

Any update on numbers heading to Jet2, the talk of a mass exodus seems to have gone very quiet?

There was no mass exodus, only 3 or 4. Jet2's offer left a lot to be desired to be honest.
Eastern is a good company (relatively speaking), just low pay and un-certian rostering.

Amidst the chaos of this outfit. Has anyone been for interview recently? Which fleets and bases were offered or talked about?

Has anyone non type rated been offered the Emb135 at interview stage?

Well they certainly wont be offering the Southampton base....cos that's closing again......again.......again!!

Relocate at your own expense, and they have just moved people down there two weeks ago!........Errr sorry were closing the base again and you have to move back to bandit country...IE Aberdeen or Wick. Or you can leave?

The choice is yours!

Thank you Eastern. :mad:

Well, SOU lasted about a month this time, 6 months the time before and a bit longer the time before that! Where the remenants of ASW fit in is anyones guess.

I cant work out if we are short of crew, or short of aircraft. I suspect we are short of aircraft, and crew hours are wasted shunting people around the country to get to them.

Really interested to hear what people are hearing at interview, the company strategy has become more and more bizarre in the last few months.

surely with Easterns recent purchase of Air Southwest and the impending closure of Plymouth airport things are not well at Eastern?! Recruitment might not be needed!

Well, I've heard Aberdeen called many things in my time but "bandit country" is a new one on me! Guess I'll need to round up the horses in case of an injun attack! :rolleyes:

Yeah surprised about the closure, since the numbers have been very good. Even crews being shunted off during positioning flights for passengers.

So I think they will be using the Saab on the SOU route because the numbers have been good but still no base.

But surely these Saab's are too busy on the IAC routes. And I hear that they have been getting into trouble by Chartering the standby Saab when it is supposed to be covering the other Saab's on IAC routes...Naughty Naughty!

What are they planning? Cant figure it out.

Someone must have some info.....:ok:

....Injun attack!! Yeah BMI:E

Bring your own benefits....

The more enterprising skippers have the "Five Hundred" club. I aint getting outa bed on my day off for anything less.

Calls to me when I'm off duty are normally ignored, but if you want a bit of sport answer not with hello, but "Sixty Quid Please", if they say no then hang up. Plan C is to buy a mag mount taxi cab sign and offer tourists a cut price airport transfer in the hire car.

What the ASW crews make of this Jumble sale of an airline is anyones guess.

I'm not sure what happened in Italy with the Embraer, anyone care to share?

Its no good I have to add to this thread :\

I don't know why Eastern pilots are always moaning.

You have the charter contract if you want to sign it which pays ... well nothing extra, but you get to spend 20 days away in a row in mediocre hotels (if crewing have remembered to book you one).

Also you get to drive all the latest very small cars when you are tired so you will get the feeling of how safe they are when you crash them. You get to test your stamina with maximum duty hours and sometimes more. You get the option to travel off roster when you have done too many hours.

Some perks other crews don't get include paying for your own train fares, hire car fuel, taxi's and mobile phone and only having to wait 3 months to get the money back. What other companies will refuse to pay you your night out allowances if you have been too busy to fill out the paperwork or just forgot because you are too busy trying to catch up with company paperwork on your occasional day off?

If you are lonely on your day off or rest period crewing are more than happy to ring and talk to you, as is the management and ops. You are never alone at Eastern!

You get to watch cabin crew in tears because they are tired or have just been told they aren't going to get home for their day off tomorrow.

Or gaze in awe as the bloke who owns the company takes his Spitfire for a circuit and burns more money in an hour in fuel than many of his employees earn in a week.

Then of course there are the crew meals, well the lack of them, at least you get to eat passenger left-overs if you are on a charter, something I am sure BA pilots dream about! Yummy!

So cheer up, things could be worse! Well when I say worse I mean better!

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L.... Very well said Wetdream.

I can confirm all of the above is true!

Only 3 months, that's really quick for Eastern!

Cheers.:ok:

Who's running Eastern these days? I mean, hands on day-to-day running.

Hard to say really. The chief pilot down in Humberside seems to get involved in absolutely everything and trusts no one. He micro manages, but that's could be because 80% of the people in the building are overworked and / or undertrained and / or incompetent.

The people who actually make it all work are the crews. Working days off going into discretion etc. All for crap money.

Anyone who discredits the 'seniority system' (for all its faults) and BALPA (for all their faults) should read this thread.
Its been a ten year race to the bottom and Eastern, by the sounds of it, are very close to it.
My sympathies, but if you can get out, do, you will at least have a couple of years before you start to complain about the next employer!! We are all in the same boat, I just have a better quality cabin!!

I wonder if the owners read this forum?

As eastern for most isn't a career airline I think people just put up with it all and are wanting to leave.

Which is a dangerous situation; they are going to lose a lot of experience. That doesn't seem to bother the management too much. Just look at the two very experienced Saab pilots we lost this winter. Both nice guys too. Interestingly both prepared to speak up too. Obviously the management want yes men and women.