BA and Virgin are set to recruit in the first part of next year so the rumour goes, the company I am currently on a contract with (small lo/co) will have to do some recruitment next year, Flybe are rumoured to be short as our Easyjet. EK have more roadshows this month which will surely lure more away to the sand over the winter thereby helping the UK market.

I agree i don't think there will be an explosive recovery, far from it I said an improving market which i think it will be over the next 6 months or so.

I can't see Jet2 being the only UK operator who needs to recruit in the next 6 months, if they are then i like many others, am in BIG TROUBLE!!!!:eek:

Has anyone got positive confirmation yet as to what packages they are offering? they seem reluctant to say on the phone also vague about interview structure other than it will be a full day affair :ooh:

My bet is that no one at JET2 knows what packages are on offer, as the variables are too many and no decision has yet been taken, as they don't know what experience is available in the job market and exactly how they propose to target the recruitment.
See my earlier post on last year's recruitment drive for experienced type rated pilots and the package offered and work backwards or forwards according to your experience/abilities etc.
The telephone interview was partly to decide whether you were a likely candidate for employment, so that any money spent on you on a further interview, would not necessarily be wasted.

70% pay - 70% bond/TRSS
 

If contract is for 70% then bond should reflect that - either by lowering notice/bond period and or amount for bond/TRSS.

Evidence of bond/TRSS amounts already exist for full time contracts. Reduced income contracts with tie in over 30% time should benefit from previous custom and practice.

Has anyone had a call for the assessment day following telephone interviews last week?

Jet2 Selection
 

Hi All,

Has anyone who has applied for B737 FO positions recieved any form of rejection notification yet, hav'ent heard anything from them and just trying to find out if this is bad news...

Cheers

Hi All,

Has anyone who has applied for B737 DEC no TR positions recieved any form of rejection notification yet, hav'ent heard anything from them and just trying to find out if this is bad news...

Cheers

They are interviewing today & apparently offering 70% contracts & bonding for type ratings but also asking if candidates are prepared to accept 70% contracts & self fund type ratings. The 70% offer appears to be standard & realistically becomes dramatically less than 70% of a Captains/SFO's/FO's salary as the majority of crews are on annual increments in addition to any pay award.

With the board saying "No more money for salaries" they are contractually obligated to honour the fortunates with 'annual increments' as part of their contracts. So the ones at the top get more & more & the new joiners get less & less of a finite pot. I guess it's a case of take what they offer & hope for improvement.

There seem to be plenty of interviewees though with only a few leavers to date.

Is it just me, or have some posts been deleted from this thread?

Anyway, my real reason for posting; has any 737 TR'd pilot had any kind of response, positive or negative?

I can see from earlier posts that Jet2 appear to be favouring fresh ATPLf's just now, but it would be a pity if local 737 guys didn't get a chance. All that experience and no relocation problems....

While acknowledging that 70% contracts aren't ideal, my personal circumstances just now are such that Jet2's contract is ideal, and I'd like to work there - seems friendly enough

;)

I was interviewed last week and had no response yet.

Seems from daddy-oh there are interviews today...

Anyone else had any news from last weeks telephone interviews?

TF, if you look at those who have had a telephone call, lots (most?) of them have experience of the line in some way or another.

I personally have 500TT (instructor) and have had no reply. No idea if this is good or not!

We wait and see......

EK

Thanks M & EK,

I read Daddy's post (useful info!) and from that deduced that Jet2 are (currently/immediately/first-instance) looking for people they can send of on a TR, financed by self-sponsor or bonding.

I have 500+ hours on type, and I know several former colleagues with similar backgrounds applied also... nothing for any of us.

Still, we live in hope.

:ok:

Hi,

I have just had the call setting up a 20 min phone interview tomorrow. I'm ex military with 3000hrs + mostly on 4 engine heavy jet with 650 capt, but no civil type rating. I applied for the 757 but would obviously accept either type.

Two colleages at work have both passed the phone interview and are going to the assessment day on Friday. They are both flying instructors with around 1000 hrs almost all single piston.

Regards and good luck to all

binsleepen,

Can I ask when your colleagues had their telephone interviews, or more particularly, how long was it between their telephone interview and receiving an invitation to assessment?

Thanks

binsleepen

VC10 from Brize?

Just had the thanks, but no thanks email from them.
Flying instructor....1500TT of which 300 Multi plus single pilot ops on light twin AOC.
Age - early 40's

Go Smoke,
Sorry to hear that; would you mind sharing your experience ie how far had you got? Paper sift, telephone interview etc?...

JL:}

Just had an email. Thanks but no thanks. 900hrs TT 500hrs on light jet. Also been a flying instructor in the past

Those of you with the No thanks
Did you say that you were happy to except the 70% contract?

169W
Now that would be telling. :=

JA.
I believe that they had their telephone interview at the end of last week and were rung yesterday to confirm their availability for Friday.

Regards

bisleepen
sorry first round on me!

Mintflavour

I didn't get the telephone call

TerraFerma

I am TR on the 737 with 1600+hrs, i have not recieved any news + or - only a confirmation email of my original application. As you say it would appear they are targeting either low hours or experienced Non-TR at the moment, they'll make more money that way!!!:sad:

Cheers

Maybe it's that non type rated joiners will take considerably longer to get on line than those with a type rating. Therefore non type rated joiners will be recruited first to start their way through the system, those with type ratings can start later in the winter and still be on line ready for the peak summer flying season.

Chaps, am I missing something here...

They state for direct entry FO:

A minimum of 1,000 flying hours, of which 500 hours must be medium military or commercial flying on rotary or fixed wing turboprop or turbo jet aircraft

Yet guys are applying with piston time only? Has the above requirement been revised?

First round I'm afraid. No telephone interview.

Finals19

If you look on the Jet2 website they are recruiting 5 categories of plilot including "Inexperienced co-pilots"

Regards

Apply and be damned CV. I would expect that they mean a Dash 8 or ATR sort of turbo prop, but they might not, and they might really be looking for a level of automation that traditionally didn't exist in lighter turbo-props, but now exits in VLJs the size of a small family car. Put your application in, and let someone else decide how to proceed.

PM me if you need a number for HR so you can ask!!!

JL:}

Following on from the terms and conditions above relating to the 70% deal, does anyboody have an idea on the total flying hours that we could expect during those 7 months?

Are Jet2 planning to use up the 900 hours in that period of time? In which case, we couldn't get another contract job anyway...?!?

Thanks
George

Based on this summer, didn't really start flying properly until May, hence only 6 months, done about 75 hours per month, so about 450 hours, so to answer your question, no they're not.

captgeorgekajo

How could you do 900 hours in seven months? the limit is 100 in 28 days.

Jet2
 

Good morning to everybody.I want to ask you, How much time did you wait until you received some information or the phone call from the HR department?I just applied around 2 weeks ago, but still nothing from them.Only the email from the website telling me that my application was sent.Can somebody tell me something new?Thank's a lot Best regards

thanks for the info Hans. i didn't know that.

Is anyone on the 70% contract now that can let us know how many hours you do?

To all those low hour bods that have received a telephone interview, do you all have a JOC as stated in the requirements or has anyone had a call without one ?

Hello all

Had the phone interview all ok, next interview for non type rated direct entry Captain 757 booked for this Friday.

I cancelled it as they wont give out much info over the phone other than it will most probably be for a 70% contract and you pay for the type rating. :=

Sorry but not that desperate.

Hours 10000+

Hmmmm. I know this is a rumour network but folks seem to have different ideas about the pay for TR or the possibility of a bond.

Can't really afford to live on 70% myself but would still go for interview on the off chance that something happens and the full-time one got offered. Other vague rumours about BA maybe starting up sooner than expected on these forums too...(not wishing to stir things up too much)...

JL:}

seems they favour ex-mil with TR or not, is the brass at J2 ex mil ?

Well, I hope it wasn't my phone manner that brought the selection process to a grinding halt at the phone interview stage but rather a couple of the questions I replied 'no' to which were........no, I would not relocate my family (to wherever) and no, I would not pay for a type rating (plus a 'rather not' when the 70% was mentioned although apparently, the whole contract package on offer hasn't been finalised yet, it says here).

So, as an earlier poster suggested, live in a Jet2 backyard and express your willingness to shell out for a TR. I had rather hoped that jet2 might just have raised its game above the levels of the other LCCs.

I'd be interested to know whether any who said 'no' to paying for the rating are going on to the face-to-face bit. BTW, email saying 'no thanks' was launched within minutes of coming off the phone - I was that good:*.

Of course, if everyone said 'no' to the TR then they'd have to rethink the gameplan. I don't say this from the luxury of being in a job; longish time unemployed, now.

Well done San Expiry.....i admire your strong will!!!