A380: no to both. Have seen this years add for rated folks, but also advised to reapply from said e-mail from jet2. Suspect it may be only for 73 qualified people this year.

A 757 on the way for next year. Lord knows where Philip dug this one up from but it's on it's way.
Hopefully this means something for 757 guys out there?

Zenon looking for uk based 757 drivers thought it was Jet2

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So 70% is 31,500 divided out over 12 months is 2625 per month gross but you sit on your ass for 5 months although you will get 2625 to do it, correct?

Only if your year is 15 months long, yes. :hmm:

70% contract will work roughly 8.5 months with time off over the winter. I must admit I did think all contracts were 100% now with options being offered to take time off over the quieter winter months.

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Ya disappointed it's back to the 70% thing again with jet2. Based my months on an earlier post stating the contract is April until October which as you said doesn't make sense as that's only 7 months as 70% of 12 is 8.4

Hi,

I was previously on a 70% contract with Jet2 and worked 1st Apr - 31st Oct i.e. 58% of the year for 70% of full time pay. Virtually all of us on 70% were offered full time contracts at the end of the first year.

Regards

Well, it's better to be working for a Brits who act like Stalin in the UK as opposed to working for Brits with pretensions to outdo Stalin and A Hitler in the UAE.
Once you get into Jet2 you'll find a really nice bunch.

Nearly Man;
Could it be that you are missing us?: You could always come back.:ok:

Just wanted to know how rigid are they on the 300 hours in last 24 months, I still have a valid rating on the 73 with about 3.5k total on it (classis and NG mix), only I haven't flown it for about 2.5 years now as I've been on 'the bus'.

I realise they've swept up with the ex Baby drivers, can only think the rest are coming from Ryanair?

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Do Jet2 not do a sim check as part of the interview process?

Have everyone they plan to interview been called I applied 1k on type 1300TT no call as of yet :( , how many are in the hold pool??? and is it true the ones who do get in start in April..? Cant see too many from FR jumo ship to Jet2

No sim check

Yes, but two airframes are also leaving the fleet. The net loss of one airframe leaves a surplus of crew on the 757 fleet. All opportunity this year is for the 737.

The engineers told us recently that we have a 747 freighter coming, to be based at MAN, supporting Fowler Welsh. How we laughed!

Have any PFOs been sent out yet? I've heard nothing from my application (applied on the day the advert went up), I'd like to dare to dream no news might be good news but it's probably foolish to do so!

BoeingEurope, there are a lot of FR guys that applied and are being offered interviews.

Boeingman, I do miss you lot, some more than others :}

Last I heard you oly get 50% (of 70%) pay until you complete final line check that took a friend of mine from march through to end of August. Also no crew food and only £2 an hour FTP. You pay £18000 up front for rating and are bonded for another £8000 for line training.

This is all last years info so do stand to be corrected.

That said there is nothing else around so read the thread along side this .... "so you wanted to be a pilot".

All 757 FO recruitment (if any) for next year is summer only through Zenon, as it was this year. No permanent contracts presently on offer.

There were no 70% contracts offered last year. It was 50% pay during training although there was recompense when it became clear Line Training was taking a long time. Line training did take a long time because of the workload on the the Line Trainers. There was a £23000 non-repayment bond (decreasing over three years). There were no "up front" payments. Some are on a repayment bond which is markedly smaller in real terms (about 55% smaller in fact). "FTP" is not £2 per hour, Duty Pay (for every hour - flying or not - away from home base) is £2.10 per hour. Sector pay is from £7 - £10 per sector.

You did get one thing right though. There is no free crew food. You can however buy discounted food off the trolley or, better still, bring some fruit with you. Chances are you won't die of starvation between Leeds & Barcelona. If, however, you do then rest assured there is something in one of the books on how the rest of us deal with your scrawny corpse in flight. :hmm:

Jet2 is a good, friendly company that is going places. It's also a nice place to work. The pay is pretty good and the contract is fair. I wish those applying the very best of luck. I would say, however, that for those applying, a bit of common sense, initiative and application will pay far more dividends than asking bone questions of the Pprune Illuminati....

StopStart, just a small correction:

Sector pay is £16.80/sector minimum for short sectors. About £22 for longer ones and more for the longer longer ones (which I don't do so don't know exactly) Plus about £5/sector on top of that for more than two sectors.

If you're a skipper then yes, you are correct :ok:

Does anyone have any actual feedback from the day?

StopStart, sorry, duff gen. Didn't realise they were different.

Does anyone have any information as to wether they have called everyone for interview I heard there has been two rounds I have heard nothing yet , will it be a continious assesment process over the coimng months...??

No more info....? as to wether all have been interviewed still no call.....

Anyone have any info as to the current selection process?

Regards

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Has anyone who has done an interview lately heard anything back yet?

Can anyone give me some more details on a typical roster? Duty hours/sectors per month? Have been offered 70%, and whilst im 99% sure its a non starter id like to run the figures anyway!

MrHorgy, before you write the 70% deal off consider that, so far, pretty much everybody who was offered 70% to join has been upgraded to 100% at the end of their first summer with the company. Similarly, people usually get to their base of choice after the same period. The rumour mill tells us that the company still has significant expansion planned and consequently as an experienced FO, you could expect a command pretty quickly, subject to training results.

Expect between 500 to 700 hours per year on the 737 fleet, depending on base. Things only really seem to kick off in late May/early June and goes quiet come the end of October.

Six on, two off is usual in summer, winter can be absolutely anything - I've even had three off, one on, three off!

Artie is correct. Recruitment generally involves group exercise, psyco tests (not sure about the type rated for this one) and the usual 2 to 1 interview about aspirations, experiences, base preference etc.

If you do not get the base you want, it's pretty much guaranteed that you will after 12 months.

It is a nice place to work and things have improved over the past few years or so. 70% offered 100% at the end of summer etc, I guess it all depends on expansion. As Artie says the rumour mill is expansion. I guess we will all have to see.

Thanks Chaps.

Can anyone show me a summer roster? Just so I can get an idea on route patterns and work times. How many DUTY hours do you think you do a month? Do they ever ask you to work from another base?

I'm lucky the contract offered was for the base of my choice already, however I reckon 70% will work out at clearing around £2,300 after tax, which is roughly HALF what I clear at the moment at Ryanair :eek:

RE: Selection process - Jinkster has it on the head. COMPASS testing for half the day, a group exercise and an interview with 2 bods, one HR normally and the other operational. Nice and relaxed, make sure you read up on Jet2 and have a few interesting storied from the line up your sleeve and you'll be fine.

Mr Horgy, you are correct in your calculations....however it is very likely that after a year you will be 100%, if you are experienced and do ok then within a year you will be SFO (5k pay rise), and if you have command hours then very quickly you will get command. Also bare in mine that your uniform is paid for, car park pass, holiday pay, pension scheme, loss of license scheme, personal insurance, airside passes paid for, if away from base your hotel is paid for AND you get 24 hr allowances, transport to other bases if working away from base paid for and rostered in company time etc etc. Sick pay at full salary for the first 3 months then next three months half pay (after that the loss of license pay kicks in ). None of which i believe is covered with Ryanair? Do take all that into account when making up your mind.

Are there many night stops with Jet2?

Any ideas on the chances for a Summer 2013 contract being extended or made permanent? I know this has happened in previous years, but there seems to be a lot more talk of 70% contracts being offered this time around.

If it does get extended are you at a disadvantage wrt promotion etc, if you joined via the agency?

Any personal experiences of the Jet2/Zenon arrangement are much appreciated (also via PM maybe)

Have i missed the plane for applying for 2013?

Zenon just announced they are recruiting for them...

TVM BE, will contact them.

Any ideas on numbers?

Been out of flying for a few years but have 1500+ hrs pic, largely as captain and around 3,500hrs in total. Trouble is i'm ex-mil (4 jet and 4 prop) and have no type rating but would pay for my own if it would open the door? Would appreciate an honest appraisal!!

Wild blue wander

Ex mil is good for Jet2.com. Lots of ex mil pilots.

I am sure you will find one of your ex-colleagues works for Jet2.com :ok:

Thanks very much buddy, one has been on already.