Yes and I have heard it from a source that the people they are going to recruit are not those where English is their mother tongue......

I'm sorry guys, maybe I missed it, but how's the Type Rating paid by the applicant? Is it in form of bond or direct bank transfer? :ugh:

@Rhino, could you give us a bit more info? Where did this info originate? Any ideas which nationality will be preferred?

It is simple WX man,

BALPA wrote a nice and quite reasonable letter on behalf of their members but the board are just not interested, in fact they have decided they quite like the Ryanair model ergo lets recruit some nice desperate Europeans.

Ryanair....stab you in the front.....easyJet.....stab you in the back....

easyJet's plan is for the vast majority of the pilot vacancies to be filled by rated pilots with in excess of 1000 hours on type, then there will continue to be CTC cadets, PARC and now a small number of none type rated ex military and a few none type rated ex civilian guys.

*Source internal news letter (Jan 2013)

So if that's the case why did they even bother advertising for non type rated? What a waste of everybody's time. :ugh:

Why? Market research.... Don't know if it will change anything at all but the new CP is from Qatar, see if has any ideas of his own?

However, it is BT that seems to have the say on where the pilots come from.

Does anyone know when calls will start going out?

Been told the call/email will be within a month of the application being submitted.

Interviews are going to be conducted for rated guys first (they are considering rated as meaning TR 1000+ on type) once they have worked through that they are looking at ex mil / non rated civilian.

Within a month of submitting your application or a month of the closing date for applications? True, the confirmation e-mail received said a month, but perhaps the lucky people trawling the applications will take 4 weeks from the 10th before shortlisting.

Anyone else got an invite to do some online assessments?

Nothing here yet. Mine still just says 'Application Received'. Then again, I'm in the non type rated category, so I'm sure it will take a while to filter down to unrated pilots.

Nothing yet... I'd reckon it will take some time. Is it common for them to have online assessments?

Super pilot,

Congratulations on your successful progression through the process!

May I ask, are you already Airbus rated?

Just checked my status, like the previous posters, it states application received.

I am one of the very many non Airbus rated applicants.

Looking at SuperPilot's profile his is indeed an A320 First Officer. This would match up with what the company have said internally they are looking for.

Yes, I'm rated but totally unprepared for such tests which appear to be typical flight school entry type tests. As I've lost hope in this industry of late, I need a bit of practice and motivation before I'm going to attempt them. :\

No news here. 2300 TT and 1200 PIC on the C17

Is it still possible to view your application on the Easyjet website?

Got invited too.
Deadline is 7th may.
No idea what is this about.
looks like its a new kind of test.
Could it be something similar to compass?
Rated on the 320.
Would be nice to hear something from a current easy driver.
Good luck to all.

Is the link to CTC?

I wonder if they're getting them to do it and will send the unrated candidates through CTC?

Any ideas how much CTC are charging for an easy Airbus rating?