Anyone heard anything yet?

I believe interview dates have been set, so those shortlisted should be contacted in due course to select their preference.
For those put off by the F/O salary as opposed to the SF/O salary think long term and appreciate that as you get older and wiser(?) benefits First Choice offer like the Company pension scheme, private medical cover(your family also covered for a very reasonable premium), permanent health insurance(full salary paid for six months then 75% paid after six months illness,to retirement age if necessary),share option scheme and so on become very important. Personally I feel these far outweigh the perceived 'hit' some may take for three years.

I had a 'No Thank You' e-mail a couple of days ago so if you haven't heard it can't all be bad!

Yes I got a Thanks but no thanks letter too, just want to get out of corporate...

FCA now is not all it cracked up to be. In the good old days it was an airline that you could work for with pride and the management listened to the pilots needs.

Today, well lets say, you are a bum on a seat and your voice is unheard!

that was a few years ago............it's getting better I promise :)

Chadwick, That's not my experience at all and I joined recently. I gather things weren't quite so rosy a few years ago but there seems to be a concerted effort to listen to the troops at the moment and it appears to be working. Everyone I've flown with is fundamentally happy with their lot.

BTW, other perks aside (and there are quite a few) the holiday concessions can be excellent and which other airline pays 15% into your pension? As far as I know, Virgin is the only other. That is a massive perk - many other airlines are about 9%. Over a career that difference will mount up.

Hasher

Same here just hate this life style 24-7 standby

Chadwick,

Having been with FCA for over 15 years now, I think you'll find in general it is quite a happy content company.

Like Eye Of The Ball says, it has had it's hard times, especially noticeable to those of us that have been there when days were so different!

Much effort has gone into changing the pilot/company relationship - and I for one think that it is working. Granted, there will always be niggles and various hassles, but big changes have occured over the last 12 months and many smaller ones are still evolving.

We have a good scheduling agreement - block window protection to all flying duties, so you don't arrive back off one flight finding your home life turned upside down - again! As previously mentioned also, the extras, which many forget to look at, add up to a very attractive overall package.

It's not perfect - which employer is? People I fly with are generally happy, and we enjoy our days/nights work with minimal hassle. Prospective joiners could do a lot worse............

30W

What happend?
 

Got a reminder to finish my application and when I tried to get on the web-page, couldn´t log on. After a lot of fiddling and yelling at my laptop found out that the application had been canceled the very day that they send me a reminder...
Anybody else had this happen to them? Is there a way for me to finish that application?

Thanks for infos!

Last time I looked the on-line application form closed on friday 21 July 2006.

So maybe this is why you are having trouble, the web site is no longer displaying any vacancy for pilots.

Mr M

Afternoon,


Got an email this afternoon inviting me to interview - I'm delighted. This was after receiving an email last Friday saying thanks but no thanks! Found that amusing.


So to those that got the same 'thank you no' email - don't give up hope (yet).

Good luck to all.


L.

Lembrado

Very funny :D sorry but it did make me laugh,

anyway congratulations on getting an interview. Good luck


MrM

Congrats Lembrado, good on you and good luck.

Still No news, hoping that follows the cliche and is good???

You can't unfreeze your ATPL unless you do an ATPL skills test, which is effectively an LPC after you have completed all the other requirements.
See LASORS Section G for all the details.

For info, I did 460hrs in 5 months so I could unfreeze on my first OPC/LPC.
The hours are there, you just have to ask for them.

So, when you're sat trying to keep your eyes open at 0500 with 3 hrs left to run from a night Dalaman wondering why on earth you asked for all these extra flights, just think of how much it would have cost you if you'd waited another 6 months. (You also get a quiet winter!)

The same goes for all the cadet entry/CTC people out there, it's possible to do the hours in 2 years, not 3, but it helps if you don't take loads of leave!!

Yeeehaaa!!!!

Received great news today!!!! I'm invited for the interview!!!

Hope more people got invited! good luck everybody!

C.

Latest update given to inhouse Pilots
 

This from the company on the current state of recruitment:

_____________________________________________________

As the total number of applicants for our pilot vacancies for Summer 2007 topped 500, we decided on Friday to temporarily suspend recruitment to enable us to start to process some of the applications. It is extremely encouraging to see that there are not only a number of Boeing and Airbus type rated pilots that are interested in working for our Company but also that there are a significant number of pilots being recommended by you. There is a very good mix of experience levels and we certainly expect this years standards of recruits to be at least as high as the "class of 2006". Interview dates have now been set throughout August and September and Pilot Managers from both the management and technical teams will interview the 72 or so short listed pilots that will be offered an interview to fill the 20 - 30 vacancies that we are expecting to have by the start of next Summer.

____________________________________________________________ _

And in reply to this rumour:

Question: "It appears from our recruitment information that we have lowered our experience requirement for new pilots"

Answer: As you are aware we have moved our approach to pilot recruitment this year to an "on-line" system. We have set the screening requirements at a level that would exclude pilots who lacked a certain level of experience or suitable qualification whilst allowing us to view the details of those applicants approaching the minimum requirement and currently employed by other airlines. We have also allowed potential recruits to project forward their hours to the end of the year when we are likely to actually recruit them. It is unlikely that a pilot would be successful with just the minimum requirement and we expect the standard of recruits to be at least as high as the class of 2006.

Afternoon,

I applied right at the beginning of recruitment. It's positive to hear that some have interviews lined up already, but I alas, have heard nothing!

I have quite a few turboprop hours and certainly meet the recruitment criteria. Hopefully, no news is good news! Can anyone on the inside confirm that everyone that should have an interview has heard already? Is it just a case of everyone that is getting rejected just having to wait a while for the standard PFO email to be produced?!:ugh:

Good luck to everyone that got called up.

BB

Got an Interview
 

Evening,

Not bragging, just keeping everyone up to date. Got an email today inviting me to interview:) :) :) . Im extremely pleased and excited (not to mention quite nervous!) Not sure which interview date to choose, they go all the way through August, to the end of September. It advises me to learn about the company, so thats what ill be doing for the next month or so!!

Good luck to everyone else.....

Anybody else who still hasn`t heard anything? Sended the app form within 4 days of it going online.....:hmm: :hmm:

PGA - Unless your my freind from work (!) then there are a few people that havent heard anything yet. Strangely, with the same experience level as me.

Since people have been hearing randomly across the last few days, I wouldn't give up hope just yet. I certainly dont think that they are informing people in one hit, but seems people are hearing over the course of a few days.

Hang in there.:bored:

Oh, does anyone know in what form the interview takes? I believe from some others that its a fairly relaxed chat with some technical questions (although nothing too scary) thrown in for good measure. Can anyone confirm this?

Out of intertest, of those who have got an interview, what is your experience ?

Cheers

WW

:ok:

My experience level is around the 1000 hour mark, most of which is on heavy turboprobs.

Cheers,
BB

Congrats to all the guys who have had the invite, I still haven't heard either way!

Have the guys whom were unsuccessful all been informed?
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endofeng

@wigwag

1000TT 750A320

Got a no
 

I had my answer last week, saying thanks but no thanks- But we'll keep you on file for 12 months, just in case. So fingers crossed! My friends that applied all have about the experience as me (About 2000Hours, 1500Hours turboprop MTOW greater than 20t) We all got the same reply.

Not heard either way too, so keeping my fingers crossed.

Regards P.

Thanks Charger very kind :)

ww

I'm in too, and haven't heard either!!!! ohhhhhhhh dear!!!!!!!!

No news for me yet. Does that mean no news is 'good' news or 'bad' news !

blackcoffee - think you can treat your letter as a PFO - I got the same (400TT and no turbo/jet time!)...

not heard either.... 2500 hours of which 1500 turboprop. theres time yet i hope !!

I missed the early interviews, could somebody who got the E mail on the 25th and booked a slot straight away tell me what the first available date was?

Just trying to figure how many are in front of me !!

Hi,
I got the good news on the 25th I booked my interview today 29th for Wednesday 13 Sept 1400hrs, this was the first available slot. There was a list of times and dates only from the 13 Sept onwards. I hope this helps.

R18

Heard on the 25th also, booked my interview slot for late August. But, the first time I checked (soon after I received the good news!) the first interview slot was on the first few days of August - something like the 3rd. Cant remember exactly. When I actually booked the interview, the next day, virtually the whole of August was gone, only leaving September. Not sure what the situation is now though.

Cheers,
BB

Date of Interview..
 

Hello ramjett18..!!
Im on the 13th of sept aswell next after you..
Warm them nicely up for me and don´t piss them off :)

Hi Beeman
I'll do my best :) good luck to you and everyone else.

R18

Anyone else heard either positive / negative from FCA? The waiting is doing my head in...

Tubbs,

I have not heard anything from them either. How long do you think we should leave it before contacting them?

Also haven't heard anyhthing either way. Suspect they are either:

a. Cherry picking or.

b. Wading through a long list, slowly.

Hopefully, no news is good news!

KT