It seems the cogs are beginning to turn in the resource department. Rumours abound internally that we could see recruitment open ALOT sooner than expected. With recent good news & talk of city expansion, the upturn may finally be gathering pace.

Based on the letter us ex-hold poolers got a little while back, I expect a free-for-all is in the offing.

Nice to see this thread back at the top though; any positive rumour like this is good for morale...

JL:}

Who knows, but from recent communications it would seem that no preference will be given to those previously in the hold pool.
There is talk of a number of changes to the previous requirements, which could be one reason for disbanding the hold pool. At this time there is no indication of what these changes are, but in all likelyhood it is probably an increase to hours req. I'm sure more news will follow in the next month or so.

I happen to know for a fact that the pilot recruitment team at BA have been very busy this week discussing plans for Future pilot recruiment. However I have also heard that recruitment would not be until next year - anything can change though!

Good to see some positive news be it only rumours at the moment, what the industry needs!!!

Hopefully some of the Low cost carriers will get their act together and start offering some proper T&C's. :O

It seems DEP recruitment will open in the next few weeks. Apparently all recruitment will be for shorthaul at LGW & LHR, with initial figures of approx. 80-120 mentioned. Details to follow very soon.

That certainly sounds like good news. Shame they dispanded the hold pool only a month ago :{ Hopefully the T&Cs will be better than jet2s.

Regards

I think that's a given that the Ts&Cs will be better than Jet2's!!

Hey SkyRocket10

Just out of interest, where has this information come from?

MAB :ok:

it's a rumour doing the rounds at Cranebank and on company forums. I'd say it's probably more than a rumour though IMO

Better than Jet2's T&Cs! Are you mad? :E

Recruitment to start end of this year or early next year.Not quite sure on how many needed.Source - word of mouth.

Unless something has changed since last week, I would be very surprised if there was any recruitment in the next few weeks. My source is something of an authority on this. But, there are def plans to recruit from very early next year. Like I said before, anything can change.

Is it the case that only Oxford cadets are excepted by BA on the DEP scheme if your low hours? Or is it another myth like it seems to be the case with the jet2 recruitment!

I went on the BA site and in the eligibility section it mentions nothing about min hours or preferred schools. Anyone elaborate on this?:confused:

Vone,

The BA tie-up with OAA is in the distant past and there has been a change of recruitment manager at BA since (as far as I am aware) so all bets are off and it could be anything if/when cadet-type vacancies appear.

I was chatting with a BA crew the other day. 2 747-400's are being pulled out of the desert with a possibility of an extra two in the coming weeks. They reckoned things could gather pace rather quickly!

When DEP recruitment re-opens I believe the experience requirements will be higher than last time around (supply & demand!). The requirements during the last period of recruitment were for a minimum of 500hrs on company types, or 750hrs+ on heavy turbo-prop upwards.
Any low hour recruitment will probably continue as per the previous SSP scheme, which means recommended integrated cadets only.

Due to the aforementioned "supply and demand", anyone who was previously in the BA hold pool will have to apply all over again - start from square one! Previous hold-pool candidates are not being given any preference over new applicants. However ...... if you were a previous pool candidate, and reapplied, I can't help feeling that would be a sign of 'continued interest', and would be viewed favourably. Nevertheless, you would still be competing against all applicants for the limited places. Harsh, but there you go ........

BA to open DEP recruitment scheme on 1st October 2010, with all jobs being advertised on the Job website. Initially only Shorthaul DEP vacancies. Good Luck!

Well TQ if you are correct with your first post, then the silly season may just be starting again!

d and f :8