or ramping up for the B747-800 !!!....................:rolleyes:

Anybody had any start dates yet? Or info on when start dates are expected to be offered?

Many thanks

I fly the 330 at the moment, any mention of further recruitment on the Busses? Thanks.

EXEZY No nothing mentioned, I believe the current round of recruitment which is now complete was looking for somewhere in the region of 40 FBW FOs in anticipation of the arrival of the first of the 330s. Thats probably it for 2011, but they have a lot of 330s coming over the next few years so Im sure a requirement for rated guys, get yourself on the careers section of their website and sign up for job alerts. A

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i think the final figure from within is 48 new and welcomed chapies and chapesses.

for courses starting in jan onwards

Anyone had a contract or start date through yet...?

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a mate of mine is starting in jan and then there will be a break until april where courses will resume, i am led to believe.

might have something to do with returning the sabbaticals, i think.

just a guess, but all will become evident shortly i am sure, more important issues at the front in VS at the mo with the WX in the UK and more recently on the eastern US sea board.

Nice one, cheers for the reply!

Could someone within VS tell me what percentage of their flight pay, sector pay gets taxed? Also what is the overtime rate if you fly more than the 750hrs a year

Thanks.

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I was reliably infromed that recent interviews held for VA of 10 booked for interview only 3 turned up

Does anyone have a start date yet or any clue as to when start dates may be offered? I understand xmas and new year holiday's delayed things. Just keen to start planning things!

Happy new year :ok:

No start date for me yet. More courses in April apparently so expecting a call any day. Happy New Year! :ok:

Brian Fantana,

If you're joining, I think you'll find that any offer to fly overtime will not go down too well with your new colleagues. Virgin is a 750 hours airline.

Anyway, to answer your question, the rate is not (and should not be) good enough to be worth exceeding 750 hours. If the company need you to do more than that, they can hire extra pilots. That will bring down your time to command. See, everyone's a winner!

Eye off the ball.

Thanks for the reply, but you have not really answered the question. What is the OT rate – in figures please.
The company has an OT rate, so do people work OT? I assume some do, some don’t - personal choice.
Surely movement and retirements at the top end of the seniority list would be more likely to reduce command time, not a surplus of newbies at the bottom end. :ok:
Anyone know what percentage of flight pay, sector pay gets taxed?

Some do, MOST don't...

To be completely honest mate and i've asked a few other guys as well most of us don't actually know what the current rate is as the idea of doing any overtime in the current climate is pretty unattractive. There isn't much goodwill amongst the pilot workforce at the moment unfortunately.

Someone will dig it out for you eventually but Eye Off The Ball's view is shared by myself and most of our colleagues.

Cheers

Anyone know what percentage of flight pay, sector pay gets taxed?

Hi Brian,all of it gets taxed.

Days off working for F/O's is about £100 pd.Yes,derisory.

15 years to command,sure you want to commit to that.

Business papers are betting that Sir Richard will relinquish the reins this year.

To whom? What's going to happen to the new joiners when that happens?

I think you'll sense an "atmosphere" if you do join,and it's not the one they'd like you to think you'll find

Thats great,thanks for info and the replies.:ok:

BF

if you really are from san diego like it says on here I wouldn' t exchange that for any london based 747/340!!

Is that a bite?

Didn't realize pilots were so disgruntled at Virgin at the moment. My mate seems happy enough on the 340 fleet. I think things will settle down once Branson finally states his intentions after the DB review.