No news for me yet.

I've been told the same as punk666.

PFO from me from Zenon today.

Pretty much the same thing really, application on hold due to available spaces.
Seriously how many contracts were on offer in the first place and how many were recruited via the agency?

Looks like im going to be out of work till next year :mad:

I hear they have over recruited slightly for the 757, so not looking great for offers on that fleet. Can't commet on 737.

My PFO was 737 LHS.

Same email for me also.. lack of space for the moment etc. etc.

(737)

You don't actually believe that do you? It is a PFO, nothing else.

Depends what you've been told. Apparently there's a pool of 100 pilots who have passed the assessment centre and can be called on if there's any drop outs. Not sure if these are people coming by Zenon, or direct to Jet2.

Makes no sense. Why spend the money assessing 100+ pilots with no intention to hire them other than 'back ups'?

I interviewed in November, offered a job in December. Start in March.

Non TR DEC 737.

Chesty Morgan
I realise this is a bit nosey but, do you have Boeing time, and if not what is the nearest type to a 737 you are experienced on?

CC, nope, none. Emb 195 is the closest thing to it, or maybe the 146, from the inside anyway!

Same as Chesty. Interviewed early November, job offer late December, start in March.

Non TR FO 737

I applied as an experienced none TR (2500 all jet) in April and again in October 2011, hadn't heard anything other than the standard automated reply so decided to ring and find out what the crack was. Was told that things had wrapped up for the end of the year and would be reviewed again in the new year. Since then called again and was told by an assistant that 'recruitment has moved on but that's all I can say'.

What does that mean?

HR have been overrun by applications so give them a break. There are only so many hours in a day. Just be patient and you just may get the call you've been waiting for.

I think such a statemnent is more a reflection on you than on the HR department.... Grow up! :rolleyes:

It's a move I really want to make so I am very patient. I did initially apply in April last year though so would have thought that was enough time.

Fingers crossed eh!

Anyone on here from Jet2 who'd be prepared to answer one or two (probably) noddy questions?

Ex-mil stude in the redundancy pipe post-SDSR, licences complete and breaking out a few applications...

Assessment in Nov successful and told am on the list for consideration. Anyone from the company any idea how many of us are in the pool and for how many vacancies? Strange in these times to go to expense of mass assessment if no real intent to hire!
Fingers crossed!

A few years ago, Jet2 worked on recommendations, an interview with a couple of pilots, including the CP and with the head of HR. A simple verbal reasoning and maths test, and it seemed to work pretty well. The guys on the line (bar the crazy contractors) were good.

Today's recruitment process in overly long and protracted. There are countless numbers of HR people invloved. Jet2 is an organization which prides itself on low-cost in all it does; lots of HR doesn't seem to me to fit into that at all. It seems empire building is well under way. This is the same HR dept which has a odd interpretation of employment law when it comes to closing bases.

I know of several TR F/Os who have passed the assessment, but heard nothing. I know of a few who went through the same process last year, passed, and had to go through it all over again.

Recruitment
 

Hang in there guys they are taking all the X Box games they had for the interviews back to Comet in Oxford! :ugh:

Pennine Boy,

Are you suggesting that the COMPASS tests are not going to be used in the future?

If so, what's the new deal?

Don't leave us hanging.....

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Mate, that's hilarious....I nearly spat my beer over the laptop.

I can count the number of HR people inolved on one hand whilst giving the French an Agincourt salute! Lack of manpower (soz personpower) was precisely the reason pilots were pulled off the line and asked to help.

Thanks for the bellylaugh though....a cracker.

Do Jet 2 have any 737's at East Midlands?

cheers

We will have a 733 and crews from April.

I find it amusing that people on here and the agency admit they have over recruited for the 757 fleet yet they're still advertising for the position???

I am being very optimistic and hoping the rumours of people leaving for the sandpit is true so some of us can get offered positions.

Anyone on the inside know if, and how many Astraeus crew Jet2 took on and if it has greatly affected the possible offer of a position for those who passed assessments in late 2011.

From the horses mouth 6 contracts (4 fo's 2 capts) and about 8 in the holding pool for the 73 fleet.

Continue baiting, Master!!! (You been on the Stella again?!!)

punk666- do you mean that 8 guys from Astraeus are in the holding pool for the 733 fleet? Or that there are 8 people in total in the holding pool?

I think I know the answer, just need to be sure though.

I think majority are AEU guys, it wouldnt surprise me seeing as 90% were AEU at the interviews.

I must say that I am with Nearly Man.

I applied as an experienced and current FO for the 737. Did not even receive the courtesy of a PFO. From what I have heard Nearly Man, from people already
inside Jet 2, your comment is insulting to clowns!

Guiness for lunch!

Listen you dingbats, Jet2 is an excellent place to work. If people have such a negative attitude towards the company why bother applying to them. I think certain people should wind their necks in and if you have a job at the moment in the UK, be grateful. I can assure you there are a lot of not so nice jobs out there to be doing.

Lot of conjecture and second guessing here, which when it comes to airlines is a pointless and ultimately unrewarding task.

I interviewed late in the year and was successful, Boeing rated, not a huge amount of hours (1,000 TT)

I've found everyone I've dealt with to date (bar one) engaging, enthusiastic and friendly.

I also understand that a company that's always striving to keep overheads down consequently has limited resources. Which on one hand reinforces the need to keep on top of the financials with employees but also causes frustration at times at the constant "we're so poor" mantra.

It's safe to say in such an operation, when it actively recruits 130ish pilots last year and 80ish in the latest drive, those finite resources are going to be stretched. Now for 200+ pilots (of which you are getting emails from those on 150+ hours plus "I'll have my fATPL in 3 months time" to all those who have qualified in the past 3 years during the slump creating the backlog, to those with decent time from other airlines that have gone bust)

So what do we reckon? 400-500 cabin crew have been recruited as well to crew those extra aircraft for the 200+ pilots? For the reasons stated above then I reckon its safe to say that the recruitment team in total have been pretty stretched. When that happens then you can expect the odd thing here and there to be overlooked or put on a to-do list.

While I accept that on occasion it would have been nice to have had a bit more information and for those still in limbo, the courtesy of knowing either way, I'm not going to throw the toys from the pram. If this airline wasn't growing at 5-6% a year but more conservatively such as many others in the UK at present then I'm sure it would be much slicker.

If I want a letters through each stage in embossed and watermarked paper, then I'll continue to apply to BA.

Dream shiner
 

Believe me, when you've done 3 years low cost, you'll be wishing you had applied to BA.

Narrow Runway,

Believe me when I tell you that 6 years in still loving low cost.

Home most nights to share life with 2 young children and a wife that doesn't have to change the family routine when Daddy comes home. Spent plenty of time away in a previous life doing a job that was great, but for me the work life balance is bang on in this sector and company.

It would appear from previous posts that you had a less than happy time in this role. Glad you have found a better place......for you.

Horses for courses people.

Jesus wept mate, it appears you have an axe to grind, so on a thread that's ultimately optimistic you taint it with your personal preferences for nature of flying that suits you currently in your life.

For the record, I applied to BA and was given the PFO, not on embossed paper but by email within a week of attending which didn't leave me hanging and within a timely manner.

Jet2 are the only company to offer me a job in the current climate, so therefore I am grateful and as they say, beggars can't be choosers. However it helps that everyone I know who currently works for the company is very happy and recommended it as a place to work they enjoy.

This is despite the odd gripe and "could do better" with respect to a few bits and pieces - however every employer on the planet experience this from their workforce from time to time.

It'll be good news if they ditch the compass thing, alot of my old Aeu mates fell foul of that thing.

I would say that there would be more ex- aeu on the 737 side as by the time the company went bust, Jet2 was only recruiting through Zenon and for 73 both seats, 75 RHS.

I know of only 2 ex 757 poeple going there and they were interviewed in the summer/early autumn.

The rest of us are scattered across the world...

Shame, I really wanted an embossed water marked PFO to add to my collection:{

Thinking of leaving EZY due living away from home during working week. LHS.

Can anyone who works/has worked for Jet2 advise me if joining them at EMA is a good or bad idea?