Easyjet Recruitment
 

Does anyone know of an email address I can contact someone on with a question about current recruitment?

Thanks

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1500 hrs / CTC Sponsored or sod off at the moment.

Unfortunately the organisation of the recruitment side of easyJet leaves a great deal to be desired. The website, which is the only source of information for would-be pilot applicants, is virtually never updated. A number of people have contacted the recruiters to try and correct this but absolutely nothing has been done. This is particularly embarrassing as this is the public face of the company. Consequently you will note from the website that the 'current requirements' relate to the end of 2004. If there is someone in recruiting reading this - please do your job and make the 'current requirements' be just that.

The only saving grace is that once you are in the company then it is actually quite good - but that is only one opinion!

I started filling out the online application despite the fact that I dont quite have 1500 hours. I've got 1250 with 1000 on a turbo prop about 20 tonnes so I thought I would start in anticipation of reaching 1500 hours.

This resulted in me recieving an email yesterday asking me to complete the form asap as they need people for the boeing fleet and have type rating courses starting towards the end of the year.

I just wish I had the 1500 hours! What I wanted to do is to email someone to ask if I could still apply as I should have 1500 by the time I start working for them and despite the fact I am a little short of the total hours I've got 1000 or a large turboprop!

Leo8

If they asked you to fill in the form . . . . . . . . fill it in , they have given you the answer . The industry is changing all the time, FR now advertising for non-rated pilots and they will pay for the rating ( allegedly).


EZY have had a few problems with the recent batch of CTC ad-initio guys , some of whom have been chopped , they will need to find replacements for them soon.

NF

Leo8
 

Do not worry...

Very soon the world is running out of pilots .....;)

Soon you are going to be flying jets and the conversion course will be paid by the employer!

Try Gulf Air, interviews coming up for non- typed guys in September and onward .

Cheers

Hi

What was wrong with the CTC guys?

Also, who are FR?

Cheers guys

FR = Ryanair.

Andy

Thanks for the replies guys!

I think I had better fill in the form. Nothing to lose really and the worst they can say is no!

Hi

Surely Ryanair aren't paying for non-types (low hour) 737 ratings?!!!

Bless the day when they need to do that.

Later

EJ
 

At 32 I was told I was a bit too old for the Easy Jet flight deck, as there is Captains as young as 25........best I go start collecting my pension......:*

In all fairness I wasn't offended, some airlines pitch for a younger team some prefer the more mature....when you're flying 4 sectors a day guess they want some young energetic lads/ladies.

Just filled in the form before reading this

Now 36 - so no chance!? Ageism seems a national plague!

Angelorange Im sorry if I put you off, I was only going by what an EJ Training Capt said to me, its by no means a rule/reg just what they generally aim for, so send of your application most definately!!!

How many of us ever fit the criteria exactly, thats only what they prefer.....for instance I like young, fit blondes but still accept the odd middle aged mum once and a while...:ok:

Age is NO problem!!
 

angelorange,

Don't be afraid! EZY needs pilots and I'm sure that, provided you pass the selection, your age will certainly NOT be a problem!

Leo, apply as they need 70 FO's for the Boeing fleet and they're short of 30 Captains for that fleet too.

Where are all the 737 captains (30) gone? Retired? New fields?

Some have left, some will have moved over to the Airbus, changed base etc.

Think there is a healthy pool of FO's to replace them but they can't release them for command courses as we're stretched!

Contract Captains anyone?

Also, if you get a choice of bases at the application stage, put down NCL as a preference. It's a good place to be, but they have a massive problem getting crews to choose to go there. If you volunteer early on, it may go in your favour.

Turkish777

The age thing is rubbish - do not be put off. I never had a commercial licence until I was 36 and never flew a jet until I was nearly 40. I am now an A319 captain at easyJet and loving it!

It is true that there are a handful of 25 year old captains but they are very much the exception. I cannot say exactly but the vast majority get commands in their late 30s and early 40s. Pilots at easyJet come from every walk of life and are all the better for it. The current practice of taking CTC guys is proving to have a few snags but it has to be said the vast majority I have flown with are a delght to be around.

The 1500 hour rule at easyJet is only there until it is not there! There is no such thing as rules for ever - if you are asked to fill in the form just ignore the so called rules and do it. If they need you the rules will change in an instant. Anyway, best of luck to one and all.

Thanks Norman, thats very reassuring, I wasnt starting rumours that comment I wrote did infact come straight from the horses mouth, a Training Capt at STN, don't wish to name drop as he may well be on here lol. Thanks anyway

Turkish 777-why was I successfull at 32, and that was not long ago.This training Captain story of yours is just b****ks and you know it.
Have a good one.

T777,

sorry, but I'm 36 now and have recently been offered employment with ezy, as well as a couple of much older people than me!!! :O :O :O

HORSE!!!! CHAMONE!:cool:

great !

i'm in with a chance then!

From what I heared from EZY collegues, they realy need FO´s.

Can´t believe, but I have been told that normal line captains have to fly as "non Flying" crewmember from the right seat???
So, good chance for FO´s probably at nearly every age!
BTW, is this "two line-captain operation" approved by BALPA?
In Germany LH tried it once, but this "two line-captain operation" was turned down by the German Cockpit association.

What is the benefit of paying two capt. salaries?
Aren't F.O.s cheaper?
This is obviously an expense they would like to eliminate.
Is it such a poor deal to be an FO that they can't get them quick enough ?
Strange days indeed!...

Dear all,

I'm quite surprised by what I'm reading now. EZY short of F/O? Good news but I haven't been called for interview yet. I applied more than 3 months ago. Ok, fair enough, I don't have 1500TT. My experience is 1300h TT with 1000h JAR25 jet. Do you think I still have a chance to be called or no way before 1500 TT?

Thanks for your comment.

Regards

Cleared ILS approach

Leo8, check your PM please. Thanks

Just a quick question for those in the know.
Are Ryanair and Easyjet in need of pilots? Will they accept a Canadian License? Finally what the heck is this user pay sim eval crap at Ryanair !?????
:*

in limbo i have heard of ryanair taking on FAA license holders so why not candian and the user pay sim eval crap is pretty straight forward YOU PAY FOR A SIMULATOR EVALUATION to see that your up to the job

Fun reading all this... I payed EZY a visit a couple of weeks ago in Ezy-land, I talked face to face with a young lady in the HR. She told me that there was no vacancies right now, but they interviewed 8 pilots every week to fill out the gaps from pilots retireing and leaving for other jobs. But there was no big need for pilots, and the biggest chance of getting an interview was having a recommendation letter by the HR from a hired pilot...

Well, thats what she told me anyway...

Comments on that, anyone?

Why any professional company employs women to vet pilots for employment is a question in itself.

BOLLOCKS

EJ have had to sub out flights due to crew shortages

the 500 hour multi crew requirement is still there, at least 2 days ago:suspect:

EZY are desperately short of F/O at the moment , a senior line trainer was recently sent to STN to work as an F/O for three days as " there just arent any anywhere"

A lot of the CTC wings guys got chopped , rumour is they are now coming back and that the line trainers have been told to go easy on them to get them through, a very poor state of affairs indeed.

NF

It may be true that EZY is short of F/O's but they must manage until now because otherwise they would change the requirements.

You can't apply if you don't meet the requirements because than you would have to lie on one of the questions of the application form.

JB

Nil further

exactly how many people from CTC got chopped?

Andy

Andy Miller

Couldnt say exactly , however flew with a guy the other day who had been on the same course ,and he reckoned that two on the course never made it out of the SIM , from that same group , i know for a fact a further four were sent back to the SIM after base/line training .

That a fairly high percentage from a normal course of 15-20 bodies .

As to the their exact status now , i dont know ; you would need to ask the guys in Alteon House , some of them are coming back and as i say , line trainers have been told to go easy on them to get them through .

N.F.

p.s. not having a go at the Cadets . It was hard enough for very experienced pilots to get through the CTC nonsense and checked to line , i am amazed at what some of the low hours people achieve.

Nil further, I do not know who told you that. Line Trainers at easyJet have NOT been told to go easy on the cadets. If it is indeed true that the few who did not make it through are returning for more training, then they will be treated the same as always and pass or not on their own merits. Hopefully they will get through this time. The standards are high at easyJet and will remain so.

Colonel

One of your former associates was going on about it rather loudly in LPL recently.

Regards
NF

The line trainers will most definately not be going easy on these cadets!

They will have to achieve the required standard whatever!

Will do their training with Senior TRE's. Overheard this in the Alteon building myself.