@ Flaperon, yeah my apologies I am on the Boeing and giving probably more specific gen for that fleet, which I heard was where most of next summers recruitment will be. When I say GLA thats the base which is very short for Boeing drivers as has been the case at NCL. They seem to look for people to go to these bases.

I would say on the Boeings @MAN operating 75/76, at least 3 flights per week. A LOT of night Turkey flights and I mean sometimes three on the bounce. If you operate 767 you may get the sharm night stop, either a clear day, or just the bullet. The clear day off down route often takes five days out of your roster and is a welcome break. Toronto bullets are a killer but its sounding like they are gone. In years past 767 has done week Sanford standby's to cover A330, so something may crop up again.

I did 5 standby's this summer and was called out for one, given 12 hours notice.

Flaperon is your man for southern base info, all I will say is Manchester is a bit hectic throughout the summer, and a nice relaxed pace for the other 8 months. BTW the day off payments can be very lucrative too!!

The outside Airline we used last summer was a Lithuanian outfit called Aurella, and its going to be them next year.

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I've tried to access the recruitment site,but it always has a 404 page not found message at thomas cook canada site.Anyone else having this problem?is the recruitment closed for canadian?

A question to the guys that work at Thomas Cook,
Can 3100GBP be expected monthly net for someone with an ATPL and typed?
Secondly, say you get upgraded in year 5 (for example), do you go on year 1 Captain pay, or slide to year 5 pay?

Thanks for anyone who responds and good luck to all that apply. :ok:

YYZ

With an ATPL you would go straight in as an SFO which gives you about 49k starting and with the allowances on S/H you can expect another 4-600 permonth before tax, more if you get to spend time out of base. On top of that there are day off payments which are excellent, especially if you were on the Boeing last summer. The payment can range from £400 - £850 per day and you can often expect AT LEAST on of these per month in the summer season. If you are on the Airbus at a main base progression to L/H will be on the cards and this can be very lucrative and can add about an extra 1K after tax to your take home. To give you an idea on a good summer month as a new SFT on S/H, take home can be about 4K+. Rgds command pay, the union passed a deal where you dont jump to the bottom of the Capt scale when you are promoted but I am not too sure how this works.

Best of luck to all who apply, its great fun and there are some cracking guys and gals on the line :ok:

CABUS,

Thank-you for your reply! Much appreciated.

Although you should be aware that 70 fo's have just been added to the seniority list making 300 total these are the guys who have bided their time for the past 2 years with summer only contracts.
It would be highly unlikely that anyone joining this summer would be kept on at the end of summer 2011.
you should consider this if you are leaving permanent employment for a contract job which may take 2 summers to join the back of a long list!

Does anyone know the reason for the latest recruitment? Friends from within tell me CP Newsletters indicate no change in fleet size...

pool positions? What does this mean?

On another note do they give you a choice of basing if successful at interview? Can you take the option of going into a pool until base comes up?

I had a chat with a management Pilot the other day. At this stage they want a 'pool' of suitable guys for the new year. I understand the way in which the Airline runs is based on Tour ops requirements. Lets say over the next month (crucial time) sales for package holidays snowball (excuse pun) for next summer due to the cold weather, tour ops may approach the Airline asking for another jet to be based at place 'x' or they may say we need an extra Sanford rotation on a Saturday. The Airline are very flexible in that they will move the Aircraft around bases to fill in gaps and increase capacity as is needed. So you may presume they just ave no clue what is in the pipeline but suspect a need for crews at short notice and it is much better to have these guys primed and ready to go. Incidently bookings are prticularly bouyant at present.

From the gist I got its a bit wait and see into the new year

Looks like the website is now closed for applications. Massively over subscribed, or have they had a change of heart?!

I can imagine that since last Friday when it first appeared on their careers site, theyve had a massive amount of intereset from both Boeing and Airbus rated guys. Someone earlier mentioned a starting date of lae January/February time so lets hope they start calling people soon.:ok:

Still looks open to me.

Yeah it showed nothing about an hr ago.. but seems to be back... WEIRD

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Is there a rumour that they might purchase 737-900s?

TCX selected the A321 a couple of weeks ago which is great news! So hopefully no 737's.

i've not had anything apart from the 'thanks for applying' email, but 'be prepared' is always a good motto, so anyone know anything about the likely recruitment process? Interviews? assessment days? Sims?

Thats from ppjn, not sure how accurate that is. Also is the 44 orders for new aircraft, now clarified as Airbus, true? That would mean they are looking for a fair few drivers:ok:

yeah - saw that - just wondered if anyone had anything more up to date?
44 new aircraft eh! Thats quite an expansion is it not? or are they replacements?

however I'm pretty sure that the 321 is no replacement for the 757 on things like sharm and some greek stuff, unless you want to leave 1/2 the bags behind or tech stop on the way back :E

Hi guys,

The new order is for across the group and will mostly be replacements for the aging 757 fleet which is becoming bit of a major reliability issue at TCX and other 757 carriers. One only had to return yesterday due to bleed air problem.

When it comes to the 757 vs A321

Performance/speed not everything. Reliability and fuel costs are!

So (again!) we have two conflicting peices of information on this thread.

Someone stating that there's no expansion in fleet. Others speculating on 44 orders.

Good ole PPRuNe!! :-D

Anybody know any more about all of this? I would imagine numbers applaying are in the 1500 range as was the case with other airlines opening their recruiting doors recently so good luck everyone!

VFE.