Does anyone know the split of people that were recruited? I know that Monarch were after a balance of TR'd/Non TR'd, CTC and Mil but does one group particularly outweigh the other?

Have the Type Rating courses begun already? I've heard that they have courses running until next spring.

What about guys with a TR? What kind of training will they need? Or do they effectively just go straight onto the line with a bit of line training?

From memory 3rd CTC, 3rd rated and 3rd military/TP

10 a month from Sept, and length of training varies but Monarch have in the past not had a problem giving type rated guys a full course and many training sectors if needed.

Having said that I would think type rated guys will get a tech refresher and about 2 weeks of ground training Sep, CRM etc before approximate 10 line training sectors.

Cheers Mesh,

I guess alot of it depends on the requirement for crew going into the winter season. The guys already qualified with a Bus rating can get into the line fairly quickly so I would imagine a start date after Christmas for TRd chaps would make sense. Whereas the remainder starting a few months before should have them line training at approx the same time for the run up to Summer 13.

have any of the guys who were listed as 'hold' or 'hold for interview' had any further communications?

No further communication at this stage. It could be a while!

Interviewing is on hold now for a few months as this winters' courses have been filled.

Keep the faith guys, it may be a couple of months but we currently believe we need to recruit more than the initial 100. We will be looking at ongoing courses all year. We have employed permanent ground tech instructors to prove this. Good luck

Is there any indication at all as to when interviews will resume?

Is any of this recruitment due to expansion ( filling a bit of the baby void ?? ) ? If this is to replace guys leaving, where are they going to ?

The first one BigBad! 100+ being recruited would suggest a fairly impressive exodus!

Turnover of Pilots in Monarch is very low.

I was part of the last great exodus to pastures new, the turnover is a little higher than it traditionally was but then again MON still offers a lot more in terms of career satisfaction than easy or ryr.

Starting 22nd..!
 

Anyone starting on the 22nd Sept.......!

Do you mean 22nd Oct? The 22nd Sept was yesterday! :8

Thanx fansfail...... I do mean 22nd Oct lol ....... Anyone starting then??

Any further news?
 

Has anyone placed on hold received any further information?

The guttering thing is I thought they weren't offering Luton as a base... and then I found out it was possible... man do I feel like I've missed the boat...

Looks like it's onwards and upwards with FlexiScrew for the foreseeable future!

Good luck and a big congrats to those (especially turboprop guys - you've waited long enough!!) who have been offered jobs!

I don't think anyone will be forgotten about, I was impressed with the levels of communication by today's usual employer standards! Things will be winding down for Christmas and I understand courses were filled until April 2013. Expect something late Winter/Early Spring!

I would agree with JB at the moment. We currently have all we need booked onto courses unto April. At the moment that's that, we are now bidding for various base issues which will take us upto christmas. Usual settle in Jan, then I think we will start to tweak the FTE which has been muted to increase. We are still negotiating aircraft, I believe more base news etc so hang in there. As those who are coming to us know we don't spend months interviewing. More a case of turn up Monday, hour interview, job offer within two weeks and start date, sorted.

@mesh, just read on the monarch thread about the 8 A320/321 arriving for summer 2013. Has the recruitment so far already accounted for this with the courses filled to April or would further numbers be required?