Out of interest has anyone heard anything back from Virgin yet, with reference to their application for the First officer holding pool recruitment with a closing date of 21st March?

Is no news, good news?

Applied on the very first days but no news yet....TT 4500 A320 and A330 TR (2500+ on long haul).
Cheers
AB

Virgin interview day
 

Cant seem to get accurate info about Virgins selection day. Can someone please send me a link for some well needed insight!

Here's a useful link with some accurate "insight" to life inside Virgin Atlantic - The Reality and the Dream

I like it Heavy Operator! :D

Interview Day
 

As waddlers has stated, I also can't find any up to date information on the current interview/testing/sim ride process with Virgin.

Can anyone who has been through it recently shed any light on the process?

Many thanks

Spike

Well thanks Spike at least i know theres a sim ride involved!

I don't know if there is a sim ride. it looks like no one is giving anything away about Virgin's recruitment process for some reason!

I put an application in back in October...

Still haven't heard anything.


How is it that BA can get 1600 applications in 5 days and still manage to send a response to everyone, even if it's a no, within 2 weeks?

SharpClassix
 

It's because BA is run by people who:

A) Have a plan, and:

B) Know what they're doing.

Virgin is a shambolic disaster zone.

Same here Brian....A330 rated but nothing heard so far...

A330 rated...nothing heard either, no news is good news I guess. :rolleyes:

.... allegedly 14 pilots have just resigned off the 400 (almost certainly to go to BA), so there may be movement soon.

Big Wings

Any chance you could elaborate??

Hi guys,

Is there anyone who would be so kind to give a up to date sample of a 340/330/74 roster?

Cheers!

I hear that it's not just on the 400 that people are resigning either...

BIG WINGS said
allegedly 14 pilots have just resigned off the 400 (almost certainly to go to BA), so there may be movement soon.

Way off the mark, much less from what I know

Sringbok

where is your evidence? scaremongering for the sake of it shows a malevolent streak that we could do without. I have very little evidence, at the moment, of other than usual departures from the ranks.

If anything with new routes this year recruitment (and commands) will increase.:=

Check the date he posted..... This thread has been resurrected from about a year ago.

Yeehaa!!!!

A couple of Command positions will bring the approximate waiting time down from about 18 years for current joiners, to about 17 years, 11 months and 3 weeks.

Whatever the accurate figures (never known), it is a loooong time.

It will only get worse if the bmi deal goes through without a significant slot surrender to Virgin. I can see them stagnating out of Heathrow. Perhaps they'll look more to the regions for expansion purposes in the future & subsequently command time could come down.

3 wings,

Scaremongering forthe sake of it? How do you work that stating facts about guys resigning from either fleet is scaremongering is beyond me, am just stating facts, let's face it we are not talking about the mass exodus that FR is suffering!
Next time the seniority list is updated take a look for yourself and compare it with the previous one...

Bokkie,

Would that be the same seniority list that the "management" couldn't update during the 2009 redundancies? Because there was no "line" drawable as to where the redundancies would stop/start?

That was utterly ridiculous of the company to trot out that drivel, to those at risk of redundancy.

In fact, that was the single, final nail in the coffin for me. They just don't give a sh1t about anyone IMHO.

And I agree with you. Your comment about resignations cannot be seen as scaremongering. Surely if people are leaving, that's a good thing for job seekers on this bulletin board.

I wonder if 3 Wings is Boeing Fleet "management"? He shows the kind of logic to be.:ok:

I'm curious, what makes you think any slots should be surrendered to Virgin?

With regard to the regions, Beardy has moaned about BA's alleged monoply on certain Scottish routes out of LHR. Why isn't Virgin operating flights to Scotland, to improve the situation? Probably because Virgin is financially on the bones of it's arse and doesn't have the cash to run it's current operation, never mind new routes.

Virgin's business model has been looked at by potential buyers/partners and all of them have walked away - Singapore still cannot get rid of its 49% share. Virgin Atlantic is one very sick beastie.

So, what is the deal with the new airplanes coming on board in a few years and how might that impact pilot recruitment? Are the 787s and the A380s (if they do indeed arrive), expected to displace or supplement current types (i.e., will the 787s replace the A330s or even some of the older 400s)? Will there be a net gain in aircraft or will the fleet size remain near 2012 levels?

I realise many things could change but it would be interesting to hear more about the plan (if they have one)... :ugh::eek::8

MrBernoulli wrote

please back up your claim with facts. As for VAA starting routes to Scotland and the other monopolised BA routes, where do VAA get the slots from? You post without thinking; the bottom line is that if the merger of AIG and BMI goes through, the price of tickets to those airports only serviced by BA would increase.

Well, if, as it seems possible, LH closes BMI down, we'll see how quickly the Bearded Backside jumps into the loss making Scottish routes, won't we?;)

X-ray one,

From the slot pairs they've leased out as they have no need to use them - the "surplus" ones?

All good for him to bleat on. He finished off cheap flights from Manchester, then increased fares hugely on his Pendadildo trains when there wasn't any competition. My glass eye has a tear for his plight.