No COMB was for ShortfinalFred I sent a long message regarding my positive experience as a recent'ish DEC

Any idea how much the bond is for the type rating?, its a real shame that we in the UK and Europe have to do the type rating again, I've over 10,000 hours in command of the A320 but not flown it since 2012 so as far as I know it' a full type rating again?👎. I'e already done two 737 type ratings in my career but that was a 20year + gap, I believe the Americans don't have to do this on an FAA license, just enough to pass a proficiency test, not a full rating?

From my understanding only extra training is required between 3 and 5 years under the latest EASA rules, after 5 years its a full type rating

In that case, why don't you go renew the rating off your own back, and apply to Easyjet as a current rated A320 pilot where you don't need to fund a full type rating? Lack of recent hours on type might be your undoing, but worth a shot.

Next intake
 

Many thanks to you FlyboyUK for the very helpful PM. Pprune at its best as a source of information and support. Thanks again.

Has anyone of the TR guys been called for autumn yet?

Yes, I have seen that too. A lot of Recruitment going on.

Anyone out there been offered a UK FO DEP on 100 % recently ?
Anyone in the hold pool for UK FO DEP ?

Guys, what is the take home pay of a SFO in one of the French regional bases? I hear the contract is quite good

Hey ,does anyone have the latest info on the first stage online assessments? any tips would be appreciated.

Including sector pay around 97k euro gross per year, plus performance bonus and discretionary shares.

The taxation can change a lot depending on family situation (married/not married, kids, etc).

The question was about SFO contract, I honestly didn't put the effort to check what the entry contract is.

Can't you join as SFO like in Germany/Spain or FO like in Italy?

EZY assessment
 

Hi Guys,
I have my interview for DEC position next month, all in one day (non tech assessment, group exercise, individual interview and also SIM!!).
Could anyone provide the latest contents of the non tech assessment and the sim profil?
Thanks a lot

Hi lfrk,

I went last week for NTR DEC.
sim: from edinburgh SID normal takd off no fd no ap. FO from EZY but acted as a sand bag.
Then a bit of manoeuvers to get the a320 in hand, basically climb/descent with a given ias, 35 bank turn at given ias....
Then hand fly ils raw data

Positioning at fl350 LOFT frm EDI to LGW. Medical eme, divert to MAN. The objectives is to check the managment skills so I gave control to the FO.

Back to LGW EZY office. 30mn presentation of ezy and the test team: 3 pilots and 2 hr.
Then 30mn group exercise: given an A4 with the description of the exercise. Quite vague on purpose. 30mn to solve the problem. We had to build 4 tunnels to carry a vehicule, all with restrictions and limitations.
Main objectives: check your participation, leadership and management.

Later, 45mn hr interview. Advice: gather as much info as possible on ezy, the core values and organisation. They will check your motivation on that.
3 scenarios for a STAR discussion. Prepare these carefully.

And then good by to catch the flight home😉
I hope this will be useful. The day is VERY relax and fun. They are all pro so be careful, behind any question lies a snake.... Stay relax and try to enjoy, a smile does not cost much but can make the difference.
At last, you will get a thorough briefing before any task so they are not trying to trick you. They tell you what they expect frm you and what they want to see.

The Easy way 😊

Exactly the same as what I went through in January. The day is designed to catch your personality and leadership style. Raw data flying in the a320 would be the only way to prepare for the assessment, something I personally didn't do and don't think would've done me much good, as they cut me more slack for never having been in a a320 flight deck before.

Like previous poster said, it's all very relaxed and aimed at having a nice day out. Nervousness would probably be your worst enemy. They trust you can fly a plane as a DEC (okay you have to actually show it by doing some turns and climbs/descends during 10 minutes). Seemed to me that they are just trying to weed out bad personality fits (could immediately identify 1 in the group exercise: "what you're doing is wrong, I'll show you how they want it to be done"...)

Good luck!

Many Thanks guys!!

Is the sim assessment conducted on 320 or 737 for NTR FO? It seems to change from times to times....

DEC NTR Bond
 

Does anyone have any knowledge of the rumoured 4 on / 4 off roster that is allegedly going to make an appearance at the UK bases (i.e. it is definite)? thanks.

How is it wirh AMS base? İs there a long waitinglist? Which base would you guys recommend to apply for while waiting for AMS base to come up?

Regards

And lets say everything is in your favour, how long then to come up? When getting the upgrade, will there be again a basechange?

If you are FO you can have it straight away, if you are lucky. Also any other base, actually. I have no clear statistics, but a course mate or mine joined MXP straight away as FO and got a transfer to AMS in about one year, for example.
You can bid for a specific base for the upgrade once you have a certain amount of hours and time in the company, and when your name is on top of the list for that specific base, you go for the command, and if you pass it, you end up there. Or like most you can upgrade in LGW as soon as you have the requirements, and then wait to transfer as a Cpt wherever you want, also according to the waiting lists.