PFO's by early next week at the latest. Some applicants kept on file for future recruitment - thus the delay in getting emails out.

You didn't fall for their Airline Mentored Scheme did you. What a load of b@ll@ck*!
And as for the MPL; if that isn't an accident waiting to happen, what is?

So no one invited here? If so, what is your experience?

And what is "PFO"?:uhoh:
cheers

Please F*?! Off:=

1st question is a good one tho.......... Confess people:D

There's a few invitees if you care to scroll back through the last few pages. Can anyone confirm the earlier post that all would-be attendees have now been notified?

HW

Yes - from BACF HR

It seems that the selection criteria was based on a "minimum hours" requirement. Not that it came up in the job description, I think 1000 hours ME time was the minimum.

I got 1600 TT, 1100 in turboprop and I haven't received the call.... I don't think 'minimum hours' was the criteria. :hmm:

Maybe they have called everyone with the Christian name of Nigel first:8

Criteria - could be anything
 

Guys and girls, trying to second guess the criteria is utterly pointless. I heard yesterday that they had 1500 applications for the positions which they had to whittle down to approx 60 interviewees. Virtually every pilot from the Turboprop companies operating at LCY applied, as well as many type rated pilots (from the other regional airline that pays a lot more apparently) and also RJ pilots currently operating at LCY.

Now these pilots fit one or more of the following criteria:

1. 1000's of hours multi crew
2. Type rated
3. Jet Experience
4. London City Experience
5. European Experience
6. Command potential
I'm sure you can name others.....

The fact that so many have that level of experience, probably justifies PAPI-74's theory for selection criteria although they could just as well find 60 experienced 'Marks' or 'Living in London' or 'Integrated' etc.

Together with wanting a mix of low hour guys as well to keep a balance of experience throughout the company then these numbers reduce further.

The fact is there are so many of us TP guys out there full of hours and experience because we have been unable to move on, due to the static market, cadetships etc. There a plenty of jet pilots who believe the grass is greener or see a seat change opportunity or just better job security, and there are plenty of wannabees looking for their first job.

Add these three bodies of applicants together and you have one hell of a job sorting through them.

Finding the exact criteria is like the proverbial needle in the haystack.

First name Nigel?
Able to pull a fluffy white bunny out of your arse on demand?
Able to wear a hat so low that your ears stick out?

justanotherstat... Excellent summary of the problem we are all facing

No call for me either was very disappointed but understanding the size of the CV pile goes along way to ensure I don't get too disheartened. Pick yourself up, have a few beers and carry on :ok:

Second guessing airline recruitment techniques is fairly pointless but the old boy network is alive and well so maybe this plays a hand too :suspect:

When first got the "generic mail" I was confident and by reading the thread I was expecting a call...:8

I have the requirement ... type, Hrs, LCY eXp. ecc ...

BUT NEITHER CALL NOR email yet.....:{

Anyway good luck to all

justanothersat.................you have hit all the nails on the head except one: the unfathomable and usually illogical processes of BA HR.

There will undoubtedly be many very able, very experienced, first-class crew who will/have missed out on both Cityflyer and the Mainline selection due to the vaguaries of the above mentioned department.

Regretably, the day that touchy-feely HR 'experts' became involved in pilot selection was the day that it all became a word-processing lottery to secure a seat.:{

Here is a little trick
 

........................

QED

The reign of the touchy-feely, inclusive policy driven HR 'generalists' rule the roost.

Piloting, management and command skills - unitelligible concepts to the powers that now run airlines. Oh! What did flying aircraft have to do with airlines, again? Remind me - memo to HR.:ugh:

Just what I've been saying for years
 

Blue,

You've nicely highlighted what I've believed for sometime now.
Take 2 or 3 people with identical experience and the deciding factor will then come down to being seen to meet some artifical 'quota' of so called 'minorities'. Seen it in action a few times too, although obviously can't pove it.

Right, well I've booked in for my sex change operation next month and as of today have offically converted to the Rastafari Movement. Just need to come up with a suitable name and I'm sorted ;)

Did anyone get a PFO yesterday then?

NO PFO for me yet, hoping it won't come...

No PFO as of yet, but as I'm recently qualified, low-hours I expect that I and many of my peers are at the bottom of a fairly lengthy list...