Jet2 Hold Pool
 

Hi All,

I'm trying to gauge the waiting time in the jet2 hold pool. Has anyone recently been offered a job after a wait in the pool? If so, how long did you wait and are you type rated or non-type rated?

thanks!

Are there many Non Type Rated Captains in the hold pool?

Jet2
 

NTR FO swimming now more than 6 months....

As one of the assessors (and it wasn’t me:=), I can assure you that we have absolutely zero influence on who gets chosen when, it is as much a mystery to us as the rest of you.

Try starting December, to be totally accurate.
Actually, to correct myself, try already started.

Any update on TR FO 737NG waiting times? 2000 hrs. Is there any demand at all?

Anybody know what are the chances of non type rated DEC recruitment opening next year?

NTR FO with 1000 hours completed the assessment in July - still swimming.

From what I'm led to believe from chatting to various pilots at Jet 2 & from other airlines Thomas Cook pilots have been given priority - especially with the fact jet 2 have taken on some of the ex Thomas Cook Airbus fleet (makes sense IMO as we already have jobs). Furthermore, with the acquisition of additional AC / routes etc they'll need to reassess where they need aircraft and crew i.e your base preference and experience will be a factor in when you get a call for a start date.

I also recieved communication from another airline saying that an interview that I applied to prior to Jet 2 has been pushed back as I am NTR and not available for immediate start.

However I do know a few 737 TR guys who have interviewed after myself and been given start dates early 2020.

Best of luck to anyone who is swimming / going for the assessment.

Out of interest, generally how long did Jet2 take to get back with a yay or nay after online application?

Non-TR DEC is always open. Just apply. If you pass the interview you're in the pool, which is emptied based on several factors. You may wait longer in the pool then a TR'd candidate and also based on your preference of base location.

Within a week for myself. The whole process happened very quickly, within 3 weeks the entire process including online tests, interview and sim were completed.

Mr Good Cat hits the nail on the head.

My experience of "pools" is that Captains (in employment) will swim whereas FO's won't wait long and jump out to other offers if they don't hear sometime soon.

Hello Jonny

Any ideas of any place in the UK where one can hire a 737-300 motion sim for practice

Ditto, so did i

Since the last few months, the B757 is now never utilised for recruitment sims, and the 800’s are usually too busy, so for the last few months the recruitment sims have been exclusively 737-300.

Lower amounts of forecast attrition have lead to an increase in the time/size of the hold pool is my understanding. Not sure how it works wrt start dates, I think as usual an element of luck and timing involved as I started 3 months after my assessment (NTR FO).

Has anyone done the sim assessment in the last few weeks that could PM e-mail me the sim profile, details etc and what is asked of in the sim assessment. I have an assessment in January and want to get some practise in. They’ve not sent me the details yet and I think are on leave until the new year. Please PM me and I’ll send you my e-mail address, thank you.

Latest announcement re B737 recruitment.

https://www.pilotjobsnetwork.com/jobs/Jet2.com

From a friend who works there, the 737 recruitment ceased is only temporary, not permanent.

Correct, it is suspended as the attrition rate is very low, therefore less recruitment than originally planned is required.:ok:

Does anyone have an idea of how many people are actually in the hold pool? Spoken to various people since my previous post and some have been in the pool since February - seems a long time?

I don’t know the answer to your question about how many are in the hold pool.

some people stay in the hold pool longer than others. The people in the hold pool will have been graded from their assessment day and their sim check, they will then be cherry picked from that, as well as their preferences, so if someone put that they only wanted an BHX or EMA base and someone else put any base, the one that had any base would be called prior to the one that was more restrictive if a GLA base came up.

This is not true

I've been swimming for more than 9 months, FO ntr, fully available to ANY base, after 8 months I moved to TUI and now I dont regret about my move

From a reliable source

The Boeing adverts will shortly taken off their website. All those who are currently in the pool will stay in the pool and will not be forgotten. They will be called eventually. Boeing recruitment is only on hold at the moment due to large number in the pool plus little attrition of pilots.

Good luck everyone

Cpt Jason
 

I’m very pleased you have a job, however perhaps you missed the first element of my reply regarding how people are fished out of the holding pool, maybe your assessment didn’t make you shine?

Technically, interviewing hasn’t stopped yet for non-A321 pilots. There’s still a few Boeing guys going through the interview and also experienced non-rated DECs.

I guess things will get back to normal once all the Bus positions are filled and the hold pool will continue to be built up and cherry picked.

This is wishful thinking but I'm curious if anyone has been fortunate enough to gain any insight (If there is any) to the phased return to flying within Jet 2, and whether or not that includes taking anyone within the hold pool?

I've been in the pool since July 2019 (NTR FO) but the last correspondence I received was March 2020. I'm sure Jet 2 have bigger concerns but just curious if anyone had heard anything 😃

Given that most of crew are on furlough they may not have lost many pilots. I would think that given the state of were we are at this present time the likely trawl of a holding pool is very unlikely.

it's just the way things are at the moment. There was I believe some noise about them taking on a apprentice intake, not sure if it was confirmed by anyone.

I hope Jet2 get back into the saddle and start their flying schedules soonest but can't imagine much movement on intake from the pool.

MrZed

By coincidence, I spoke to someone this morning who is very high on the list of those likely to be taken back. Nothing happening just now.

Some cadet pilots being trained by Ryanair in the U.K. this year, final destination unknown I am told, all very questionable no doubt, but if you are desperate enough might be better trying there. I’d make sure you have the right to live and work in the eastern extremes of Europe though and can live off a salary paid in goats.
Make sure you join a union if you do!

rotorwills

Some apprentices have been recalled this week.

Well that's really good news for all.

and with the UK's current stance on travel, it looks like there will be more joining them