This is exactly something they're addressing at the moment with the upgrade process being modified and a support network being put in place to ensure those put forward for command have a decent chance of getting through. With 2500 hours you should be able to get in the process within a year or so with a couple of good sims.

many thanks for the quick response

They have so many roadshows dates in the next weeks,are they so desperate or what...

I'm not sure it's a matter of being desperate. I think it's just a chance to get as many 737 rated guys applying as it seems they'll only take NTR guys if they're desperate - it would seem they're not quite there yet.

I'm not sure how fruitful these roadshows will be. At EMA and EDI the only realistic chances of anyone moving to LS from other airlines based at these places are Ryanair, and they'll struggle to get anyone on a 5/4/5/4 pattern there to move to LS. I can't imagine anyone at Thomson jumping to LS. There's no point targeting EZY/TCX airbus drivers neither as they require conversion training and can't see what exactly would pull them to LS.

It just leaves out of work guys but the amount of out of work rated guys must be fairly minimal these days.

Maybe they'll bite the bullet and take on NTR folk. Here's hoping anyway! However I notice he ads do mention a fully bonded type rating if required, so who knows.

Hearty -

Not sure you are right with regards to FR pilots joining Jet2, there have been many over the last few years, and there is still a trickle of them moving over.

There are plenty of NTR pilots being recruited too, in both seats.

That's interesting to hear. I'm thinking about going along to the EMA one during the week. Anyone got any information as to what it entails? I've already submitted an online application and it has been under consideration for some months now, so I'm happy to do anything necessary to speed up the application and get an answer either way.

Just to clear things up for people...
 

They are recruiting TR and non TR for both seats, i have been to Leeds twice in the last few months for assessments etc. The whole process has been a bit long winded and the communication could be better but overall very friendly and straight forward. All of the pilots and recruiters I have met and spoken to have been very transparent and helpful. They are currently filling courses for Jan/Feb but will be running courses every 3 weeks i think until June so there is plenty of time to still interview and go through.

I will be joining in the new year and am very much looking forward to it. Hope that info is of help to some people. If anyone could enlighten me on the following it would be appreciated:

As an experienced joiner, circa 3000 tt, whats a realistic time to command?
If you join as an FO on the 75, could you spend 2-3 years in the RHS and then bid for a command on the 73? (this is what i would ideally like to do)
Apparently this 70% contract malarky should be for max 16 months... Is it likely to be shorter/longer?

All opinions welcome :ok:

I think you have to go through the SFO bit first but that won't be too long with your experience if you are doing well online and in the sim.

As said earlier the whole command process is being redesigned and it's a case of if/when you meet the requirements you apply. The big difference with the new system is that rather than being thrown in at the deep end with no help, you are now mentored and developed as you near command so success rates should be much higher. I would suggest that 757 experience is far more scarce than 737 time so that may be your trump card. That said when the 757 bases were moved they gave the crews the option to move or swap fleets to stay put.

70% is pot luck, some hardly any time others as you say 16 months.

Hi,

I had the "please wait four weeks" email 4 and a half weeks ago.
Anybody have any updates?

Thanks. Do you know if they were rated or non rated?

Rated or non rated
 

Mixture of both, a lot from Flybe

Anybody have any information on the selection day itself? Interview styles and sim check?

Thx

Could anyone kindly point me in the direction of details for the recruitment roadshows mentioned above?
Thanks

I believe the last one was at EMA on Tuesday. Details were on Jet2.com so check there for future ones.

Hi guys,

Just wondered about something, I apologise if this has been mentioned before. If we're looking purely at pay (not looking at other benefits/lifestyle at all), comparing Jet2 to someone like BA, for an experienced guy with 2000+ hours who could reach a command within 2-3 years if you include flight pay a commander at Jet2 will be on around £90k - £100k? (With a basic salary of £83k) In order to get this at BA if my research is correct this would take about 10 - 15 years or longer..

Am I correct in my calculations? If so this seems a far better option in regards to pay for someone in their 30's with experience, rather than going to BA to start at the bottom of a huge seniority list?

I can't answer in terms of Jet2, but at BA commands on the A320 at Gatwick are going very junior, currently about 4-5 years. However, it looks like that is going to drop further as there haven't even been enough bids to fill all the available Gatwick P1 slots this year. Heathrow is currently running at about 7-8 years for an A320 command. For long haul you're looking at at least double that, but probably even more. My last captain (I'm on the A320 at LHR) had been at BA for 18 years and expects to be able to get a 747 command by next year, 787 the year after that or four more years wait for the 777.

All that aside, at BA your take home pay isn't massively determined by which seat you're in. With allowances, a maximum pension contribution and a few other deductions I'm averaging a take home pay of £4,200 a month at the moment. That's as a first year FO. Many guys I know who are on long haul are making nearer £5,000 per month.

It's all a case of how your pay is structured rather than the headline basic salary.

Which is a captains salary at Jet2 and isn't going to go up at all (apart from the odd cost of living pay rise) thanks to the lack of increments.

Not heard any roster rants from Jet 2 crews recently, what's up, is summer over and now the only thing on the horizon is standbys and not coming to work for 6 weeks. :\

Pretty much spot on.

Most have simply resigned, with more in the pipeline to leave as BA, TCX and Thomson clear them out...

Getting paid 100% salary for not touching a plane for 6 weeks doesn't sound so bad, does it?

I'd say the lack of roster complaints is down to the significant improvement in the rostering and the increased crew to aeroplane ratio that we have had this year. There has generally been significantly less roster disruption this year than last year:ok::ok:

500hr/year J2 vs 800hr/yr BA = pay/hr very good at J2. Its all a question of what sort of lifestyle you want.

Any news on when this years applicants might hear anything? Or if..... The four week holding e-mail is now about 6-7 weeks old.

Received today responce about my application fro NTR FO , says they will not be progressing with my application.... No reason.
ATPL , >2000 jet above 50 tons

cheers

I had to log in to find that out as well.

1200TT, rated on 737 and everything

Oh yeah, four days of recurrent training at your own base. Torture.

Still, that's about a grand a day that month. :cool:

WHAAAT????
 

Friend of mine: current B777 skipper, more than 5,000hr PIC on type; 4,700 PIC on 767; 3,600 hr PIC 733; 1,000 hr on A320 and so on, more than 16,000 hr PIC on jet airliner over 50t...
Applied as NTR Captain.
He have almost 20,000hr TT, good records and...received - "will not proceed with your application"!!
What they are looking for?:confused:

Cheers

They are looking for people that they think will stay with them long term.. Most likely if you have family ties to the North of England then it will help.. It's a local airline for local people :}

Mind to elaborate?...
 

Hi 152
...a guy with this experience level is looking for his latest job, don't you think?
People over 50 tend to settle down...

So, are any none locals in the running still or is it just people with ties to the north. I'm still in the running but no doubt my application status will turn to PFO soon.

Good luck to all of you guys still in the running and congrats to those who've been successful. I hope it works our for you.

I agree with you fullforward. I wasn't entirely serious with my comment but it does have some truth. Google 'the league of gentlemen' and you'll understand what I meant..

At what point in the process?

Hi!
 

...five weeks after submitting.:ugh:

15 weeks since I applied and I've heard nothing since the email regarding them having a lot of applications to work through.

Hi Hearthy
 

Did you went through the online assessment?
Got the results?

What's your experience level and what you're applied for?

Good luck, mate.

2.5 years ago I went through selection, even completing a sim check with positive responses from the aircrew conducting the check. Only to spend 2 years in the holding pool. Only to receive a PFO just before this round of recruitment. This year I didn't even get an interview. I had a "you should hear in 4 weeks email" some 2 months ago. And that was the only communication since I applied in July. They really do a good job at making applying a painful drawn out experience.

You see the same complaints about recruiting year after year. Does nobody at Jet2 recruitment see any need to improve the system?

I've been applying for 4 years. I complained about the drawn out process you refer to (quite rightly) at a recent roadshow and I wasn't the only one. They will have good people turning their backs because they simply get fed up with the system.

Still waiting to hear back from them? Then you might take their full page advertisement in Flight International this week as a slap in the face!

Been like this for years. What a bunch of amateurs.

Take it as a lucky escape guys. Agree with above, amateurs!