ALC
 

Which type do you think ALC base will have next year?

Concerns about the website
 

I applied via the website about a week ago. I have heard nothing , not even an acknowledgement. I am 737 type-rated and uk based.
It took me about 15 or so attempts to get through to the relevant part of the website. It kept telling me that the 'service selected not available' or similar. It sure was hard work getting through and registering my details on this site. Is this normal?

re:Concerns about the website
 

It took me 3 attempts to register all info they wanted,I found their save as draft function not to work for me,in the end did all info/attachments in one sitting.Got emails confirming straight away after that.

Nightstop - The -300 is the most likely for ALC

8eyes - Would suggest dropping them an email or calling them to make sure they received your application. Might also be good to pass on to them the fact that the website isn't working properly.

JET2.COM
 

Hello everyone!!!

I WOULD LOVE TO GET A JOB WITH JET2.COM. However, my JAA ratings (IR/ME) are not valid. Although, the license is valid and I can renew it anytime. The only reason I didn't so was the money. At present I am flying with an ICAO license in Asia. I have more than 1000 hours total time and experience in both turboprop and jet.

Do you guys think is it a big problem to be hired after this inconvenient?

Will appreciate a lot your feedback. Thanks a lot!

Good luck to all of YOU! :)

jordi

With about 2,000 applicants with current ratings and with far more hours I would say you don't stand a chance, but then that's only my opinion. All you can do is apply and see what happens.

Our 757s are like George, the Blue Peter tortoise (a rather elderly creature who hibernates during the winter). Indeed, you are more likely to see a pig flying than a Jet2 757 during November to March!

If the figures are anything like those that Daddy-Oh has posted, I daresay recruitment has started early on that fleet due to the limited number of available training sectors during the winter?

Hmmm....will see the next prog

Anybody had a interview or phone call yet?

Just out of interest, for a new joiner non type rated FO with 5000-6000hrs including wide body, how long would it be for command?

Non-TR DEC and FO Recruitment Jet2
 

Trigger it would depend on which fleet you went on & your abilities. Jet2 is a Meritocracy not a Seniority based Democracy.

Antonio Montana
 

No interview yet, but my application has gone from "application received" to "under review".

I have no idea if that is a good sign, or an ominous one.

Obviously, I hope it is a good development.

What category are you in NR?

'Seniority' has nothing at all to do with democracy, but is actually a 'tyranny of the seniors'.

Well done to Jet2 if they don't use that antiquated system but use meritocracy instead! Trigger, it looks as if your experience would count, unlike in a 'seniority based' tyranny where it wouldn't count a jot and you would be as relevant to the organisation as the cadet straight out of flying school!

(Apologies for butting in on this thread, but this is one of my favourite 'hobby horses'!!)

Thanks Narrow Runway
 

I hope that's good news.
I still am on application received.... I too hope this is good.

You'd need at least two sim checks with command potential indicated before you'd be able to go for command assessment. So at least 6 months.

I don't think the two sim check thing is a condition now, although you need 6 months in company post Final line Check before you can apply so you'll have two sims under your belt anyway.

Trigger - I have the criteria in front of me.. They are:

3000 factorised hours
Unfrozen ATPL
6 months/first OPC post FLC
A minimum of 6 months and 300 FLT hours with the company post FLC on type

It's a great company to work for, i'm thoroughly happy to have made the move! Big expansion for the next few years so your likely to get the base you want within a year or so. Rumours are most of the expansion is happening at EMA and GLA for next year. Also, 757 going to ACE for this winter (12 DE Commands and 24 DE FO on 75 fleet) and ALC staying open for winter too.

Nice. But will they really get the numbers for the LHS. Truthfully RHS positions are a lot easier to fill. I guess there comes a cut off point regarding experience v required need.

Thanks

My application is still " received "

Non type rated FO 4000hours +

Anyone else "received " or "under review" ?

Good luck

Type rated F/O mines is still under review for the last three weeks...

Fingers crossed :)

Website Application
 

Mine has just changed from 'received' to 'under review'.

See what happens next ...

That's what mine says, just checked. Anybody else?

Good luck

FO, NTR, no jet-time...probably just going (gone) into the "non-urgent PFO" pile!

Thanks for all the info MrHorgy! Great post...
I heard that jet2 is a good company to work for. Any idea what a direct entry FO would take home each month incl flight pay and what a DEC would take?
I know these have been posted before but just curious if there have been any changes..also are most contracts full time now or still part time? :ok:

DEC take home is somewhere between 4.5 and 5.abitk/m. Depends on which base and what time of the year. Add 5% to that as of next April.

Both contracts on offer this time around.

Dear Lord

Are they strict on at least 6mths in company before a shot at LHS?

Or do they need experienced guys? 10k TT 6k b756, b738.

PH,

Apply for DEC if you have command time, if you go in RHS it is as Mr Horgy posted a page back.

Mine is still "Application Received". NTR , 700h jet.. We should hopefully hear this week as its the end of the 4 weeks processing period... Fingers crossed, good luck to all

could they even consider someone with a totally different profile such as :
DHC6 Captain with 4500 hours total, 1500 PIC almost all of it on the DHC6 - the 300 hrs or so of flight training ??

Very curious to hear how such a pilot is "regarded" by the Airlines ??

Thks

I was in your situation once and everybody said the same thing to me: 'You really need to get some jet time'. It really annoyed/frustrated me at the time, but they were right.

If you want their advice (and mine), take a jet job in the RHS and have a bit of fun and then look for a LHS job/upgrade. That's exactly what I did and it was the best thing I ever did in my flying career.

A lot of people have tripped themselves up trying to take a short cut by going from LHS in a turboprop directly into the LHS of a jet. The vast majority of airlines of a reasonable repute will insist on jet hours before any move into the LHS.

Approach someone like Jet2 and say that you are more than happy to go back into the RHS and then after you have gained some jet experience, you would like to further your career and hope to be considered for a command. Most companies will react positively to that kind of approach. There will always be movement of crews in a company like Jet2 and therefore promotion prospects should be quite good.

I would suggest that they would be a good company to approach.


Good luck to you.

4 weeks on has anyone heard anything from Jet2 yet? My application is still showing as received. Are those with a status change to application under review all DEC or are there any NON TR FO's out there with applications under review?

Jet2 Ts&Cs
 

Hi Guys

Just a quick question regarding the flight pay for Skippers. I've had a sneak look on PPJN and it mentions a figure based on a nautical mile distance. How exactly does it work? Do you get an hourly rate or does it vary with nm from base?
If someone could furnish me with what a skipper adds to their pay packet each month through flight pay I would be most appreciative. :ok:

Thanks!

I would try and be patient.

They have big expansion plans requiring 100+ pilots and have probably interviewed less than a dozen so far. They were still advertising in flight this week so are still keen to get more applicants in the system.

Compass tests for experienced people have been dropped and they seem to have a much more professional approach to the whole exercise than previous campaigns a few years ago when it became a free for all.

Mine is also "Application Received" however the job status date has changed to 8th Aug which makes me think they had a look at my application the other day.

I am quite surprised to see that they are still advertising for positions. I though Jet2 would have been over-thrown by applications?

The initial sweep seems to have been for people who have a 75 rating, or people with relevant experience who can start quickly ie not in a job or redundancy pending, or people who live very close to an existing base. If you tick all or some of these boxes phone calls and interviews seem to be taking place.

Still Application received.
I live close to two bases, good hours on 73's Classics and NG and can start immediately.
Maybe I am doing something wrong?

Can only offer observations from my assesment day... knows someone at jet2 might also help.

I am in a similar boat as you guys. Type rated, living just down the road and been applying for years. Never heard anything in spite of chatting with the recruitment team. The application is nothing too in depth so I will assume for now that I haven't been ignored on account of my awful personality. Yet all this time I hear they are crying out for quality folks? Yet it seems good candidates (on paper at least) don't even get a look in. Do they not want people who have a genuine desire to work there for a long period of time and settle in?

nowt as queer as folk.

@horsebox and duir , have you guys already been interviewed for this round?? Applying for 2 years 1k plus on type heard nothing hr dont respond to my e mails anymore

FlyerGuy, maybe you should get your 'Yorkshire-ese' right if you are going to post here: it's "nowt" (what's the reason for having an apostrophe in t'middle of it?).

And wouldn't you think that there's a very strong chance that someone in a recruiting team (in any airline) is scanning the postings on PPRuNe as part of a filter for their recruiting? Might not have been the best of comments!!