Thanks for the reply. Interesting as interviewed in October with sim the next day.Got a call the following day saying I met the benchmark but then radio silence ever since.

Yes I think they are slowly getting it together. I understand they’re getting 2-4 Airbus deliveries per month from Jan24 so I expect things will start to move fairly soon.

My call was for BHX base, not sure if MAN is any different. Understand EDI are getting Busses this year also.

Latest we've been told is 6 additional Airbus this year.
2025 is when the Airbus start to got to EDI.
Lots of deliveries from 2025.
Obviously subject to change

thanks for the info

And was that for Direct entry Captain? I know FOs getting called quickly but specifically interested in wait times for skippers. BHX my first choice of base as coming from down south.

yep DEC for me

I've seen above that 'year round' pilot recruitment is happening - but does anyone know what periods of the year I could expect to start an intake if successful?

I'd be non type rated, ex military, about 1500 hrs on multi engine, medium weight. Hoping for Manchester, Leeds, maybe Liverpool regardless of type if that info helps.

I have to give a years notice in current job so knowing periods when intakes are /aren't happening would be really helpful!

A year's notice? You wont be joining Jet2 straight from leaving your current employer if you need a year notice then. You best get used to being able to get at least 3 months notice of a start date. During the interview process they might ask you "when could you start", if you answer "my notice is currently a year", they wont hire you. Might want to investigate how you can leave your current employer within less than a year.

There’s an available route for joining Jet2 from the RAF, despite the notice period. I’m not sure of the eligibility criteria, but I’m sure the recruitment team would have an idea. It may be a case of the poster in question needing more hours or more service though?

Any idea on the Command Upgrade time for new joiners on the Airbus fleet?

I was under the assumption he wasn't still in active service, as he said "ex-military' but now you mention it, the 1 year notice does seem possible for military.

Just to clarify, I'm current in the military - and haven't done 20 years service so am not eligible for the Managed Pathway scheme. I'll have to apply directly for non type rated first officer.

I'm eligible to hand my notice in from July 2024, which would make me available to work from July 2025. However I can delay the notice to any point, but it will still be a year.

Hopefully Jet2 will let me apply with a long notice period, but if not, it would be really useful to know when during the year Jet 2 do their new pilot course dates- this will allow me to plan handing in my notice. In an ideal world I'd want to start a course September 2026, but I'm not sure if they only start intakes at certain times of the year.

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Currently I am pretty sure they are running an Airbus course every month for rated pilots, not sure of the numbers on the courses. By September 2026 this could still be the case as by then the NEOs should be arriving at a rate of two per month. As a guess assuming you join in September 2026 there should still be 60+ airframes to be delivered, more if the options are taken up. No airline I have ever worked for has 'set' dates for intakes, courses are programmed to meet a commercial requirement.

I'm not sure of the current holding pool expiry date, but I guess it's one year from interview. If that's the case, you might need to delay your interview until AFTER you've started serving your notice, so that you're still in the pool upon leaving the military. The recruitment team would know more, but I think they're probably too busy to answer individual emails. The big push at the moment is for rated A321 pilots, or those requiring a short course from 330s. Non-rated means you're likely to get on to the 737 if you're flexible with basing.

Either way, hope you find out what you need.

Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated! Current train of thought is to just put the notice in, and apply about 6-8 months out from my expected availability. If I end up in a hold pool, I'll try and find some other work to tide me over until a start date is offered.

Final related question, is Jet2 likely to be picky about how recent the last flight was? I've got the start of a plan to do some travelling for 2-4 months between RAF and starting, just wondering if that's a non-starters as I'll likely be out of a cockpit for 5 months before starting with an airline.

My coursemate’s last flight was early 2020. I dun think last flight is gonna be a problem.

Yep, also know several colleagues that joined last year that hadn’t flown for about 24 months due to Covid redundancies. You’d be competing a full type rating course in any case. Best of luck!

Plenty of jobs about and most airlines don’t seem concerned about the covid hiatus . A lot of colleagues haven’t flown since early 2020.

Hi there, just wondering if anyone who has recently entered the holdpool could give a rough indication on how long it took to receive a contract/start date? NTR and flexible with base.

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Hi, I was just looking for any gen on the assessment day and the sim profile if you have. Got my assessment on the bus for TR 320.

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