VIRGIN ATLANTIC orders for 26 A340-600
 

Flight International magazine advert for A340 pilots this week.
getto it folks!!!!!!!!!!!!:ok:

Well I would if I had the A340 on my licence!

Any VS crew care to comment.....
How many pilots do Virgin employ and how many positions will this create over the next couple of years?

TBE.

For those of us that do qualify - does anyone know how much the joining bonus will be?

Mouths to feed, bonds to pay etc, you know the score!!

How many British airlines fly A340s?
Where are these pilots to come from?

Airbus Girl
 

Why do they have to be British?

Virgin currently employs about 600 pilots. The aircraft are crewed at a ratio of approximately 8 crews per aircraft, with roughly 1.5 FOs to each Capt. 13 aircraft would thus represent 104 commands and around 260 new pilot jobs. However, it is quite likely that some of the 9 A340-300s will be retired at some point in this deal, which would reduce those numbers somewhat - but the A380 is on the way also!

What joining bonus?

As per the third item below taken from the advert placed with Flight International:

"Competitive Salary+Excellent Benefits+Introduction Payment"

I would apply for for this advert if Airbus 330 or 320 rated as the next step is "Abridged" conversion courses for these types onto the 340 .
mebee a few guys from far east of middle east who want to come back to europe with 340 experience , but not many i guess so next step is 330/320 type rated guys for shorter conversion courses.

Hmmm - hadn't seen that. I've no idea what that might amount to - but I'll do a little digging!

As for converting A320/A330 rated pilots, we are already doing that - as well as B737/747/757/767 guys. It may be that this 'Introduction payment' is - currently - only available to A340-qualified people.