Widebody thank you very much!

Crew Visa; Who/how is this facility, Entry clearance, into Turkey for short haul, Russian, et cetera and indeed to other destinations where automatic entry is not in any privilege. I suppose this has a bearing on bidding!


In lay, how is entry arranged to certain Visa destinations, such as Turkey etc, at short notice especially for short haul for standby pilots and others?

Kirungi1

Try arranging the above post into some sort of sentence. You might get the response you're looking for.

PS Apologies if you typed that whilst completely leathered, that would make perfect sense:)

Cattivo; Grandpa used to be a master of executive briefs - maybe his influence!:} Thanks for guidance.

It's done with Gendec's and passports from my experience, and has no effect on bidding.

Cheers

AFAIK the only country that BA operate into that demands crew have a formal printed visa stuck in their passport is the good old US of A, so if you end up going onto a fleet that visits the States you'll have some admin to do during the conversion course and a visit to a nice embassy near you. Every ten years you have to jump through the hoops again.

Most everywhere else it's done a clearofconflict describes, you gain entry with ID and/or Passport by the simple fact that you are on the General Declaration and in the case of the PRC, the company submits your name on the quaintly titled waterguard list....

clearofconflict & wiggy; Thank you for your thorough responses :ok:

Application Questions??
 

Hey Guys!
i know that the applications closed today (8th June) i had the screen up with the required questions on my Macbook, but accidentally refreshed it and its all disappeared :/ Now getting to my point, has ANYONE still got a copy of those questions they wanted us to answer as part of our application? As i would have completed my licence conversion prior to the next open date, and would love to start preparing those answers beforehand to save time!

Cheers

PS: If anyone has any gossip on the next openning dates, i understand its prob a guess at most - but all answers appreciated :)

got my sod off letter today...very sad :(

Was that after the assessment day Manflx?

Very sorry to hear that. I have so many sod off letters dating back decades. I have kept all of them and my retirement project is to wallpaper my downstairs loo with them so I can read them while.........well you know. I probably have enough for your loo too! Chin up........you will get where you want to be. Good luck!:ok:

thanks , i will, got passed the assessment in 2008 but that only resulted in a years swim, since then been consistently told to sod off, 2011, 2014 & now 2015 without even attending crane bank again....puzzling to say the least

That is unfortunate, and makes the whole system look a bit naff- how have you got worse over the years? :)

Hi all,

BA is having a roadshow at at Gatwick for experienced airline pilots. Details and tickets can be found here: British Airways Flight Operations Pilot Recruitment Team Events | Eventbrite

Regards

I wonder who they're targeting.......

Anyone else got their initial assessment on the 24th of June?

Or anyone done the assessment recently, and know what to expect? Thanks! :)

If you're thinking of it, don't bother since comprehension is quite important!

The presentations are aimed at experienced pilots including those who hold type ratings on any of the aircraft BA currently operates or has on order. We are not seeking attendees who are low-hour or trainee pilots, but if you fall into one of these categories we'd be delighted to meet you at one of the other events we support including Pilot Careers Live, formerly the Flyer Professional Flight Training Exhibition.

They might have heard that there are alot of disgruntled Cathay Pacific guys and gals who are either 777, 747 or Airbus rated who might be interested.

Might be a few EK people interested as well.

What should make you wonder is why on earth would BA need to roadshows..? Not a good sign if you ask me

I went to the assessment (tests) yesterday and I'm non rated, with experience on a Biz Jet. I got the overall impression that BA are only really looking for A320 rated people and it seems quite strange that they have invited some non rated people for assessment. Still hoping to hear the good news next week, my fingers remain crossed!

How was the assessment flyboy1818? Just like the emails or anything out of the ordinary?

Best of luck!

While I'm not A320 rated, it doesn't mention you need to be to attend this seminar. So I might pop by...

Question regarding roadshows at Gatwick

A Flight instructor with 3000hrs, Non type rated, is it worth attending?

Too many hours to apply for FPP, not experienced enough for DEC as no Type rating. Stuck in between the two extremes.

Worth attending?

Capn,

I am sorry to say that this is probably not for you. On the bright side though, with all the recruitment that BA is doing, sucking in pilots from other UK airlines, there should be plenty of opportunities come the autumn as these airlines start recruitment for next year.

This will be just the first roadshow of many planned across the country. It should allow pilots to learn more about BA, ask a few questions and decide whether BA is for them prior to applying. It may cut down on wasted applications or persuade some to apply who thought they were not suitably qualified. A better understanding of BA and what it does or does not offer cannot be a bad thing surely (don't call me surely)

regards

I agree BB80s......why on earth should Britain's legacy carrier, hitherto regarded as nirvana to many British airline pilots, be in need of road Shows?? Could it possibly be that folks out there are waking up to the fact that the grass on the BA side of the fence is'nt actually that green after all? I could post a helluva lot more but it might come back and bite me in the arse. Do your research folks to get the TRUE picture of what life in BA is really like. Don't be under any illusions as to how hard the company will work you should you join. I'm not suggesting BA is a bad company to work for but things have changed a heck of a lot over last coupla years and definitely not for the better. Good luck :ok:

Find out all you can from people on the fleets you are likely to join, find out from people who have joined recently what life is really like. BA rosters are different from other companies out there - there has been much talk in BA comparing Easyjet and Ryanair rostering to BA rostering, little of it favours BA at the moment.

Longhaul is different but is "evolving", the EASA FTLs that come in later this year are likely to change LH rostering hugely. Life in BA is very different to what it was two years ago when Bidline still existed.

Juan & Sid - Wise words....

:=

Exhibit A: My 2010 paper copy of Bidline Rules..
Exhibit B: The latest Notice/e-mail entitled something like: "Work Coverage; this month's attempt to get a quart out of a pint pot...."

Bidline?

Ballots?
New System?

Even that is back up in the air! Ludicrous situation all around! :ugh:

I reckon the last remaining carrot to dangle is a DE Command at LGW.

binsleepen are you for real? I don't see AF, LH or KLM doing roadshows

Question
 

Hi all, does anyone have any idea what the " unofficial cut off age" of BA is ? Through the years rumours I've heard vary from 28-32, anyone able to corroborate ? PM me if you prefer...
Surely galley fm has heard something different as there always is an exception to the "rule"

There's no age limit. Lots of guys hired in their 30s, 40s etc.

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I'm due to attend initial assessment in mind July. 0 jet experience and now 30 yrs old, just 1800 TT.

I would argue that, simply put, BA is no longer the employer of choice for those who wish to fly SH and live in the UK. From my own perspective: I cannot be bothered with LHR, the roster is worse than my current airline (5/3 5/4) where I am flying less than 800 hours per year. The financial package is not appreciably different either from what I can see.

BA need to be competing on either remuneration or lifestyle to attract more type rated, experienced folk from the UK to their SH fleet.

Sometimes you need to see the forest for the trees! A look at both Lufthansa's and Air France/KLM's current balance sheet, drastic cost cutting and future aircraft order book should tell you a lot about why they are NOT doing 'roadshows'.

A little rumour is going around that a bunch of managers were off to SEA to have a chat with Boeing about a future order of a large twin jet. Wonder which one that might be? Willie Walsh has stated in the past that IAG will no longer be a launch airline. A policy that has borne fruit after the messes that were the A380 and the 787. He also intimated that the order of 16 A350-1000's was a 'stop gap' measure.

A fair bit of smoke and mirrors from the management has resulted in, yet again, a lack of flight crew for this summer. The company wants to expand but is currently struggling to cover the summer flying programme. The source of DEP's is being trolled through, there are few, if any ex-Mil guys coming through and the FPP programme is, currently, choc-a-bloc.

Retirements are starting up again, fleets are expanding and the company is pushing to find people to join. Is it really only and all about T's & C's?

Yes we are all working harder, yes EASA is going to throw the whole mix back in the melting pot but I for one welcome recruitment if it reduces CAP.

All IMHO of course. :ok::}

That is a huge "IF" there Wirbelsturm.

Granted. :{

LH command on 777 now down to nearly 1500. Looks like all the changes are finally starting to clear the log jam. Killing Bidline seems to have relieved the logjam caused by the changes to the retirement age. SH commands at 3100 too.

DEP Day 1
 

Dear all,
Happy to read an email from BA to book a slot for Day 1 of DEP :)
I am currently on duty in Asia and very concerned about not preparing properly with the lack of time I have in front of me. For the ones who recently passed this first step: how much time did you allocate to your preparation? Preferable web sites? In total how many tests the D-Day: Math/physics+numerical+verbal reasoning+2 computer tests= 5?
For Computer tests are pen and paper authorized?
Thanks a lot,
sandeagle (would love to increase female FO ratio within BA ;))