You won't last p!ssin time the way you put away the gin.....best of luck in your retirement I'd say the money won't last long:{

kind rgds B

The IMF are knocking. Just wait 'til they get the foot properly in the door in downtown Dublin. One of the first acts will be to force the sale of all State assetts - a common prescription for other countries they've 'assisted'.
The remaining 29% (or whatever) of Government Shares in EI will soon hit the market. Guess who's waiting to snap them up!

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Could prove a very short lived adventure for the Ryanair Refugees.....

Is anybody else having difficulty with the following critical part of the application? I heard it is even more important than having a A-320 rating.

Uncle Wiggily,

I thought it was mandatory for an A320 rating :E

I HOPE YOU ARE WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!! I REALLY HOPE YOU ARE!

IF THIS HAPPENS, AND RUTHLESS; GREEDY; STAFF-HATING; O'LEARY GETS HIS SHARE, THE AVIATION INDUSTRY IS TRULY AND UTTERLY :mad:!

With regard the English Proficiency requirement - not come across this before - English is my mother tongue, JAR issued licence but no mention of a 'Level' just says "Language Proficiency: English" on my licence.... do I still need an ELPT certificate?

Muchos gracias!

VFE.

Hi there,

I had that too so I asked one of the guys I work with and he said that the hightest level is 6 so thats what I filled in...

Hey guys,
Just curious what are the chances of getting the Washington Dulles base if you are able to live and work in the United States? I have a US and EU passport.
I am currently working for a European airline but wouldn't mind heading back the the US.
I am not type rated on the Airbus but I have 2000+ hours of 4 engine jet time. Thanks in advance.

Thanks REDARROW777.

VFE.

Imagination
 

hey Mavrick 777

I truly am with you but my friend the IMF will sell off as much as it can and shamrock will be pretty high on the list. "oh but the EU wont let it" me arse they they dont have a say the end of the Shamrock is nigh my friend......

None I`m afraid as the 330 nor Dulles are on offer. After a few years maybe, if the base is still around. Sorry!

Pat

Re A330, Dulles and any other base
 

You need to understand that AL is a seniority based airline. That means that in order to change fleets, seats or bases you need to have in a bid and for it to be accepted by the company. These are taken purely in seniority order at the time the bid closes out. If someone ahead of you on the seniority list doesn't want to bid for something then your number may well come up. There are also base freezes which the company imposes on you.

The only exception to the rule is when it is in the interests of the company to drop any freezes to fill up seats.

I would hazard a guess that the Dulles base is now over a year old. There was very little interest in anyone moving across at first as generally the T&C's were extremely poor, particularly on the FO side. The company went down as far as the most junior FO on the ROI seniority list before it got the numbers it needed. There are rumours of a 2nd aircraft going in there shortly. We don't know whether this will be filled by ROI pilots or if UAL will get to fly it. Another unknown is how many FO's would now consider shifting to the US in order to get 330 time and get away from the recession and quite possibly the mother of all budgets looming. Taxes could quite well become prohibitive in Ireland with the IMF in town. It would be generally fair to say that morale is low amongst the FO's with very very long time to commands coupled with poor pay and conditions and continuous industrial relations strife hanging over their heads. Therefore getting on the 330 in order to improve your CV could well be seen as a sensible way out for many. Time will tell.

Unfortunately your US visa is worth nought unless your seniority number comes up.

Could and Would are different things.
These are extreme times - the future of the EU hangs in the balance. The Germans and French have a LOT of money tied up in Ireland and would like it paid back. Their taxpayers are sick of bailing out the stupid Paddies.If it isn't, they won't be bailing out the next PIIG to go sick.
High ideals about 'competition' were fine when Europe was awash with money.
Not anymore.
Reality bites.

Has anyone had an invite yet? I know the deadline for applications still has a couple of few weeks left but someone mentioned earlier that some people have been invited already. Any truth in these rumours?

+1 anyone contacted or invited?!

Best rgds

Interviews taking place as we speak. Case of waiting now to see who's lucky enough to get called!

Any chance for unrated low-timers ?

Irishone. Do they intend to see it out till the 10th December, or have they selected all the people they want to see at this time? Thanks

I don't know to be honest SW1. I'm in the same boat as everyone else looking for an interview! They are interviewing unrated low hour people though...

Question is, what about rated people? im sure they are not short on applications with "desirable criteria". Where are you hearing the info about NTR low houred guys? Has your FTO submitted guys or something or another grapevine thing? Cheers