Hi everyone,
I received a phone call that I've been through the selection process successfully, do you guys know how long do they take to send a contract and give you a start date, I'm a 737 rated FO.

Thank You

Thanks. My circumstances mean that I might miss the boat for S24 but I’m guessing the requirement will continue into S25 and beyond.

Congrats!

depends on OCC availability, your notice period and choice of base. Think training is just ongoing, so shouldn’t be an issue. Everyone heard back within 3-4 days of the success at assessment phone call. 75% got first choice base. Contracts issued within 24 hours of offer. I wouldn’t worry if you don’t get exactly the same time scale, as they’re very busy, but it seems to be a reasonably quick turnaround in general.

New postings for ongoing TR FO recruitment for B737 and A321 have gone live.

Base Availability
 

Hi all, I am wanting to join Jet 2 as a NTR candidate (Attempting to anyways). I am wanting either MAN or LBA base. Wondering if anyone can give me an insight into the availability of these bases and how likely it is to get them?

Cheers

Base availability is seat-dependent, I know earlier this year MAN was not available directly as an OCC captain, but the transfer list is relatively short and with Liverpool opening in May, a base transfer will be likely by then. As for LBA, it was an option for both FOs/Captains joining the company in June/July/August/September.

If both airports are equidistant to you, I would recommend LBA. MAN is a ballache to get from the parking to the crew room for all airlines based there and you have to factor in a good 30 minutes from the car park to the crew room. Whereas LBA parking is right in front of security. The flipside is that LBA is a more challenging airport and you'll probably be diverting to MAN whenever the weather is particularly horrendous.

Ah thats great thanks for your help (I am a FO). I am only 10mins from LBA and 50mins from Man, so hopefully LBA is available for me :)

Anyone know how long the base transfers are? Specifically Birmingham to Stansted. Understand it all depends on where the aircraft are being deployed but would appreciate if anyone knows base transfer times for the Airbus.

There aren’t any Airbus based at STN so your question cannot be answered.

As above, no Airbus at STN aside from the Titan/Hi-Fly seasonal leases. There are noises that STN is due to receive the Airbuses after MAN & BHX but rumours at J2 are often false prophecies!

The positive news is that STN & BRS seem to be the most undercrewed bases in the network and so there is always availability in both seats. STN especially due to the growth over the last few years and number of airframes.

I have a friend in the RHS, still waiting for his base transfer to BRS

yep not short of rhs in brs

Anyone know how long the base transfers are? Specifically EDI/GLA. Thanks

depends on your _ _ _ report

Confusing situation for me as an A321 type rated Captain who first applied a year ago...

Email received late August:

But then a month later, fresh A321 vacancies listed. If I try to apply again using the same profile, I can't because the application for the same position is still showing pending. Seems to be the only way out is to use another profile. Any ideas?

Thanks

Both myself and a former work colleague received the same email. Both of us had applied for Airbus DEC.

Thanks. Are your previous applications showing 'Pending' within the job portal?

Interviewed or just ‘applied’? If you interviewed you obviously didn’t make the cut this time but are invited to reapply after the nominal 12 month period. Work on any areas that were mentioned in feedback.

If you applied but didn’t make the interviews in time for this round of recruitment, then I would apply again but definitely mention that you have an application still pending. What you don’t want is to look like you’re trying to ‘fool’ the system somehow as a back door way in.

Good Luck, it’s worth knowing as much as you can about the differences between the Jet2 ethos and the low-cost model, and why it is that way.

In my case I applied but didn't get any further than Jet2 acknowledging my application. I'm 56 and haven't flow commercially since easyJet closed my base in 2020, so to be honest I'm not really expecting to get any further.

I would try Lauda. Soon to be needing captains. But if you haven't flown in over 36 months? You are going to find it difficult anywhere to be honest
Lauda won't be the best option after today's news

Any reason why you didnt take the offer of BRS or LGW that you would've been offered? Or were you BER

I was based in NCL. I didn't take LGW or BRS as I'd spent 6 years commuting in the past, and I'd had a belly full of it. Looks like it turned out to be a bad decision.

I think the reason your application was taken no further may have been the amount of mandatory training required (3 years or more away from the plane is a full type rating at our ATO). The other issue may be that you would need accept a base at MAN or BHX which would still be a commute. Management are understandably strict on the 90 minute rule for basing, as we can't afford the knock on effect of late flights due to late crew (happened in the past).

If you could manage to get a gig at another A320 operator in the meantime, I'm sure the recruitment guys would entertain another application once you're current. I know that we really need Captains on the 'bus fleet.

Could I ask how much sector pay does an Airbus Captain at Manchester or Birmingham earn on average? (full time). I imagine this will vary as more Airbuses are delivered?

Could I ask how much sector pay a full time Airbus Captain earns on average?
Apologies for the second post, new to this. Didn't realise moderators check every post.

At the moment, not much, as new Airbus pilots are sitting at home and just flying the odd sector to remain current once they’ve finished line training. Delay in Airbus deliveries means they are training aircraft for the foreseeable future.

I’ve been told to expect about £12k pa in sector pay, that’s as CP on the 737, but we are all paid the same. Sector pay, per diems etc. all detailed accurately on PPJN.

Thanks for the reply 737 Jockey:ok:

Hi all,
my current airline has a notice period of 4 months, which I think is fairly high. Would Jet2 be put off by such a long notice period?

Thanks :)

On my OCC we were all on 3 month notice period. We were issued with a job offer/contract very quickly after assessment with minimum time to accept as they’d scheduled our OCC to fit in with said notice period. Depends on training schedule/resource, but I doubt it’ll be an issue.

It would be hypocritical if they did - they apparently also demand 4 months ... and a (partly non reducing) bond for already type rated pilots! No thanks. Ain't it funny how they want OCCs to start pronto (you were all the standard max three months notice - that's nice for jet2!), but should the pilot want to leave jet2, it's a different kettle of fish! I know when I did some screening of CVs, 3 months notice - maybe ok, one month (fairly standard in EU) - top of the pile, 4 months, forget it.

So what your saying is that I am basically trapped at my current employer haha

Thanks for the reply. Hopefully not an issue :)

What start dates are people getting LHS, are they filling up a hold pool or giving quick start dates?

For me, start date was 7 weeks after passing the assessment, 3 months notice. DEC A321.

Year round Pilot recruitment has been confirmed in a recent meeting.

Is there a whatsapp group for the selection? dm is fine, cheers..

Hopefully those already in the pool get a start date soon

Does anyone here have some examples of rosters at jet2?

Preferably summer and winter to see the difference. I trawled through the comment but haven't been able to get a good indication.

It's a variable pattern roster for full timers. some pilots have taken a flexible working option that gives them a set pattern. Summers are busy, but it depends on base as to the number of hours you fly per month, expect somewhere between 70odd and 90odd, winters are quiet, even now with more flying than in the past, you won't fly much but will still be rostered standbys and reserve duties, these are sometimes stood down a day or 2 before if they can see that there is really no need.

Hope that helps.

My input - as someone that lives just on the border of the 1:30 commute time allowable by the company but chooses to rent a bolthole nearby for consecutive days of flying. Some crew commute 1:30 each way every day. I don't believe this is feasible long term as the fatigue effects on the body are unsustainable in peak summer roster periods (in my opinion having attempted it previously!)

Peak summer: (late June/July/August/early September) I generally manage 60% of the nights in a month in my own bed by driving up to start the run of duties day 1, and driving home after landing the final day. [~15 days a month of flying not incl. standbys]

Spring/Autumn: 80% of nights in my own bed a month. [~8 days of flying per month not incl. standbys]

Winter: 95% of nights per month in my own bed [~3-5 days of flying per month not incl. standbys]

Hope that helps. A word of advice though is that the company has been keen to make sure that those that live on the cusp of/outside the commutable distance as per the contract have made arrangements to stay closer to the airport before a flying/standby duty. There have been instances this year of delays due to crew pushing the limits on the 60 mile / 90 minute rule.

Hi everyone, would anyone have any tips for the interview and sim? Been quite some time since i have last tried for a new job