When I did the test they used this I found on the website
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ps...SQGz-Au-iWM%3A |
Any guys on here entered the hold pool recently and waiting for an offer....?
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Anyone been emailed to come back within the 12 months had a reply yet?
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Question regarding CAP,
Sorry, after trawling through dozens of pages, I havent found a clear answer on this. But if you don't make CAP, what happens? |
If the company has built your roster, nothing. If you have built it using bidding, then if you are a long way short, your bids get wiped, then the company write your roster, and that's all. If you're only a bit short, say 5 hours, then they dock 5 hours pay that month. But you can always then pick up overtime to get that cash back, or not, depends how you feel.
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Hey guys
To add another question... I am in the middle of the assessment process (day 2 coming up) and looking for information on BA longhaul lifestyle. How would a 'typical' 777 roster look like nowadays? I couldn't find any recent posts about this topic. Any info is highly appreciated (days off per month, 777 vs other fleets etc) Take care everyone lhchris |
VxYx
if you don't make CAP, what happens? If you are building your roster = Trip line = then you must reach a specified monthly minimum by end of Stage 2. Used to be CAP - 15 hrs on Longhaul, (not sure where it is this week with the various alleviations that are in play, CAP -10?). If you don't get above the minimum then your line is "wiped" of trips ( hence this minimum level is known as "wiping level") and you become a Blindline holder (rostered by company, pay is protected). If you are successful in being above wiping level but are still below CAP after Stage 2 then: 1. If you are short of CAP with enough available hours in the bank from previous months to cover the shortfall then sufficient banked hours are withdrawn to get you up to CAP......but see warning 1 below. 2. If you are below CAP with insufficient hours in the bank to get back to CAP you are a "Nett Low Bidder"(NLBer) :bored: This is generally not regarded as a "good thing" and life now gets very complex ...one of several things may happen: If you are very close to CAP you may simply get away with roster being left intact and pay being docked, as Lead described. OTOH if it's a sizeable shortfall the company will add work to your line, or use a combination of removing and adding of trips to get you nearer to CAP ( that might mean ending up above CAP). (A very belated history note: This whole NLBer d..... dance was brought in about 10 years ago to stop people consistently bidding below CAP, month after month. The compensation was the introduction of the Aspirational Part Time contracts). Warning 1: Nowadays in any event the company can put extra work on your line at the final stage of roster build if you've left a nice gap (regardless of whether you've made CAP or not )... and Warning 2: Bidline is going in perhaps less than two years, so there's no point in getting too hung up on the details. |
I'm eligble to reapply again at the end of the month but unfortunately it appears the vacancies are no longer advertised. Anyone know if long haul recruitment will be opened up again in the near future?
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Wiggy,
A couple of months ago i was 40 mins below CAP with no time in the bank after stage 2 and was rung up by pre-ops to ask which other trip I would like. I told them I didn't want to do another whole day at work for the sake of 40 mins. I asked them to doc me 40 mins pay. They told me I had to either except another trip or be wiped as they don't doc pay anymore, so I told them to wipe me. In the end my blind was of less credit than the trip line they wiped. Go figure..... Regards |
binsleepen
Yep, I was aware of there's the possibility of a "return to blindline" if you're a NLBer but I was aware my post was getting so long winded that I'd already either confused most people or bored them stiff so left it out.... As for what happened to you ...please note I never claimed at any time that scheduling always use logic or common sense ( I know you that)!:ok: Out of interest are you able to say if they did the classic of wiping you but leaving you with most of your original trips? FWIW that's what happend to me last time I was wiped..... |
Once on a blindline, Can you book single day leave on the LH fleet?
And how easy/difficult is it to book a single day leave once the roster is out? |
You don't get single days of leave under Bidline on any fleet.
Annual Leave days are only granted in multi day blocks, with your dates known several months ahead of time. Trying to protect a single day from duty for whatever reason (e.g. concert, sport, family event) is very difficult, even for the most senior, even on Trip lines, unless that day is embedded in a block of annual leave or is one of the fixed days off at the front of a Reserve Line.. Once on a blindline, Can you book single day leave on the LH fleet? And how easy/difficult is it to book a single day leave once the roster is out? Once your final final roster is published you can see your working days and your days off. The assumption is you then plan your social arrangements to fit in with the published days off. At that late stage you can't suddenly try and book a leave day to get rid of a duty - if that facility existed it would be a very handy and very very popular way for pilots to get rid of nasty trips from their lines and it would be chaos in scheduling/current ops :oh:! Your last minute options if you really have to get a day off that has been clobbered by a published duty would be to: 1. Trip swap with a colleague or swap with an uncovered trip still held by ops ( but lots of caveats apply to the latter case) , 2. Ask scheduling if it is possible to cash the trip in against the hours in your bank, if you have enough, or, 3. In exceptional circumstances ( e.g. a family crisis, not because you've got tickets to something) the company may grant you compassionate leave. Protecting single days off has always been a problem when working Bidline and it has got much more difficult over the years. If you believe the promises :oh: single days leave, nominating and protecting single days off, etc, might be something that appears in a limited way under JSS. |
4. Throw a sickie (run the risk of entering/progressing through AMP stages).
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I hear rumours of direct entry captain on the A320 for those with type ratings, I find it hard to believe but any truth to this ?
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Question asked of the resourcing team only last week and the answer was a
definite no. |
TopBunk..
You may think that, I couldn't possibly comment :oh: In any event as you say it could have long term consequences. |
Exactly Wiggy!
I never did it, honestly, no really, I didn't (now retired). However it always remains an option. The problem is that if they know you having been looking at all options and none succeed, and then you throw a sickie ....... Sometimes it may be more advisable to remain below the radar! |
The problem is that if they know you having been looking at all options and none succeed, and then you throw a sickie |
Hi all,
I am due to attend the initial assessment soon. Just wondering if anyone has done it recently, by that I mean in the last week or so. I have heard on the grapevine that the Pilapt test (numbers counting down, flying cross-hairs with the joystick and the shapes and colours test) have disappeared? Is this fact or fiction? Can anyone help!? Thank you! |
A mate of mine has just got a direct entry long haul position and he only had to answer ONE question. It went like this: your roster says your flight departs at 2100Z, the station briefing says pick up time from the the hotel is departure time -1h25, time difference is UTC -6 hours. When will pick up be in local time? He got it right and now he's in! Amazing.
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