Jet2 Recruiting now
 

Advert on Flightglobal for B757/737 both seats. Is this an odd time of year or very forward thinking?

Believe it to be 'forward thinking/planning' - suspect they're (Jet2) getting a little head start on the others just about to launch their recruitment plans very shortly............

odd, the link to their website says no jobs available now?!?

They will be accepting applications via their website from the 24th of August so there's not much point in applying via Flight Global Jobs as I have just found out! It does seem to be a bad case of forward thinking which is rather unusual in an airline in this day and age!

Would any current Jet2 pilots like to share any views on their T&Cs, is it a happy ship, how are you treated by management and what is an average roster like?

Have tried a search but can't find any current details.
Many thanks

I suspect they're testing the waters, trying the same thing they did last winter just a bit earlier this year. Probably because those recruited on the cheap last time (part time/temp contracts) are leaving as well as a load of full timers heading for the middle east. Not surprising really.

Great news! I shall put an application in but will it be the same rubbish 70% contract they had this year?

Spoke to a captain friend of mine who is with them and he has heard they have had a bunch of request for references from the Middle East.

I would love to work for them but it would be hard doing so knowing I was having the piss taken out of me. (first officer here, 2800TT, B737NG&CL).

I have been here for nearly 5 years, and like any bunch of people who work together we moan about this that and the other. But most of us are still here.

The bases are great and there is a good variety. Blackpool, very much a flying club atmosphere as its a small but busy base. Edinburgh, not currently as busy with a nice bunch of people led by a popular base Captain and obviously next to one of the best cities in Europe. Manchester is getting busier and bigger with only the car parking a bit of a regular moan. Leeds, HQ and much busier. If you like the hustle and bustle etc and need to build hours, plus living next to some really nice countryside and towns then this is for you. Newcastle where i am based is a popular and friendly base. Again a great city next to some outstanding countryside.

As an F/O you will take home approx £2800, depending on the base and the hours you do. I average about 450-500 hours a year. At Leeds i guess nearer 700 hrs wouldn't be far wrong. I put in £250 per month into a pension scheme and the company matches it. There is a new loss of license scheme which can get you up to £1,000 per month for five years. If you go sausage side whilst in service, your folks inherit about £137,000 for the pleasure:ouch:

Regardless of base there is one common theme and i bet it's the same at most airlines, the folks you work with by and large are your good friends and are there to do a good job for everyone.

Good luck anyway:ok:

Tonker

I assume the £2800 is take home pay?

Hi Tonker - is £2800 net or gross?

Are these guys wanting rated people on the 73/75 or are they likely to take non rated but with experience as well?

Jet2 would suit me well I'm from Yorkshire!

The ad is open to both rated & non-rated

B757 & B737 Captains & First Officers ? Various Bases - 1400919926 - Flight Jobs

wow
 

wow..:D Can someone post please more info on EDI Cap. 737 roster and salary? Very curious as never been invited for interview last year when GSM went down..Now in the sand w new shinny type rating and a bond..But missing Scotland already..
Many thanks

This is good stuff! Not interested myself, but does anyone know if they are permanent positions been offered or that 'p!sstaking' summer contract?!?

The non-type rated recruitment is excellent, although I suspect the numbers may not be big but airlines desperatly short or with un-happy pilot work forces should be taking note...

Lets hope this is the trickle to the beginning of the flood gates opening...

About 47.5k then (give or take) Gross.

....assuming that you get paid this 12 months of the year.....

Hi guys,

Just applied via flight global, and attached CV etc.

However, on the actual Jet2 website it said that all Aircrew recruitment is closed until sometime in 2011!

Can anybody shed any light on this?

This is what the website says.

Regards

will they take rated experienced 756 fo's for upgrade to Captain? How short are they?

Blagh Blagh!!

They only want pilots with Turbo Prob experience. Sorry!

BackingBa,

Thanks for clearing that up, not too long then before it's open.
RTFQ on my part!

Do Jet2 require you to fund your type rating? Either way can someone detail the deal on TRs please?

Thanks in advance.

What about rostering? Days OnOff, etc, how likely to work days off...

So these positions are for pilots to be on line next Spring rather than this year then?

They must have ended up short because I had a call on a Thursday about 6 weeks go asking if I was able to start on the Monday, and could the agency put my details forward to Jet 2. Maybe they are having to go through the process of re-recruiting the summer only contractors for next year. Who knows. It will all come out in the wash!

People have already been taken on as a summer "top up", on short term contracts until Oct 31st. This latest recruitment seems more of a reaction to possible resignations than anything else. There is a lot of talk of the sandpit on the flightdeck.

If Jet2 are trying to beat the rush, they will have to be offering full time contracts and earlier rather than later starts. If not, surely there will be a lot of guys putting any potential job offer in their back pocket, and seeing what happens between now and next spring???

So, we're told Flightglobal ad is running with Flight International ad to run next month. First intake joining in October.;)
Jet2 have an arrangement with Oxford for ab-initios starting with us in January. (I guess they will being paying) Line trainers brace yourselves.:eek:
There are also plans to recruit from the RAF/Navy for next summer. Didn't see that one coming!:ooh:
And that's all we've been told folks.

Guys what about the Type Rating for DEPs? Is it payable by the pilot or a bond etc.?

Bond??? I once heard of this term, bond, a long long time ago. C'mon, man...cash up front!

They can f%*" off then, I'll stay where I am ;)

If they are after ex-Mil types next Summer, not confident they'll get that many if they don't go down the bond route rather than the TR...

In the past if you were joining without being type rated, you would be expected to join the Channex Type Rating Scheme.
In short you had to pay 20K for 737 or 17K for 757 upfront.:{
Jet2 would then divide your salary into 2 parts for 3 years - CTRS salary and Training cost repayment. The Training cost repayment part would be tax free. After 3 years both parts are combined to make full/final salary and taxed.:hmm:
As for mil types, I would think it depends how badly they want/need the job. Jet2 are pretty good at dangling the carrot.

Not sure whether the old CTRS deal would still apply. CTRS stood for CTC Type Rating Scheme, but CTC has been dumped and a deal done with Oxford.

Internal fleet transfers have been mentioned, but RE has allegedly told a few guys that these would be at the pilot's expense :eek: (so presumably zero takers on that one).

If we're after "rumours" I heard talk of 100 pilots required for next year. If that's even half true then something big must be on the horizon, "international recruitment" as they call it isn't going to account for that much attrition. Expanding East Mids? Glasgow? The mythical Southern base?

Oher rumours I have heard include cadet MPLs with a secondment to Eastern.

It's all hearsay and the company will continue to offer rubbish contracts (70%) until they are desperately short of crews. If they are hiring so many for next year then why have the guys/girls who have been working this summer on 70% not been offered anything more permanent? Because that is the future at Jet2 - work your arse off during the summer for 70% salary (6 days on, 2 off) and have 5 months off during the winter. Unless you are semi retired with no mortgage to pay why would you want this kind of deal?!

It looks like the future is to contintue to hire and promote people on part time deals, which means it is not a career, but mearly a stop gap.

As soon as other airlines start hiring then pilots are going to leave in droves and Jet2 are really going to struggle. This is probably why they are trying to build up a pool of people by advertising so early, striking a deal with Oxford and talking of recruiting military pilots. Maybe there are a lot of people already looking at the middle east and management have got worried? Who knows and quite frankly who cares? If you want a part time low paid job then look no further, if you want a career then look a lot, lot further!

So, after receiving an email from jet2 asking me to fill out an application on their website www.jet2.com/pilots from the 24 August, I go on the website to see that it still saying no more recruitment at this point in time, come back in september.

Maybe because its 0530 in the UK and im on the opposite side of the world right now.

I dont know :D

I tend to agree with Spikedog, a part-time job isn't a career. I wonder though if one can find any different with another UK airline at this point. The rewarding careers seem to be overseas, so it makes sense to look there rather than take a part-time job here and hope for better times ahead. Looking at some of the other threads there are some other opportunities in Europe and further of course. To each his/her own I suppose.

Where have you read this???? :confused:

Jobs.Jet2.com

Anyway I got the same email, so wondering when they will open the selection process...

Says come back in early september as they will then be recruiting for summer 2011

The website is open chpas. Last year's log in details still work. :D

Just gone in Jobs.Jet2.com and refreshed the page and came out and in again, and chose 'air crew' and all that and tried again and again, BUT:

Currently, vacancies for Cabin Crew/Aircrew are now closed but we would like to thank-you for your interest in Jet2.com. Please visit the website again in early September as we will be recruiting again for Summer 2011.
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