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Hi all!
On july the 3rd I had my assessment day 1 and I passed it.
I received a mail stating that no slots were available for day 2 and that they will be in touch with me soon.
Any idea how long could take that?

Regards

Angelo26

VJW	14th July 2018 15:08

Angelo how is it you were waiting for a day 3 simulator assessment December 2016, and now you're being made to start everything again? I thought you passed then and had entered the pool?!

klm1234

14th July 2018 19:45

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Originally Posted by angelo26 (Post 10196541)

I am waiting as well! I passed mine on the 2nd of July!

angelo26

14th July 2018 20:06

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Originally Posted by VJW (Post 10196575)

Angelo how is it you were waiting for a day 3 simulator assessment December 2016, and now you're being made to start everything again? I thought you passed then and had entered the pool?!

Hi!
Unfortunately i didn't passed the sim assessment and yes I have to do everything from the beginning.

Regards

Angelo26

Bjdm18

14th July 2018 22:25

Result day 1

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Originally Posted by angelo26 (Post 10196541)

Hi gents!

Recently completed my day 1 assessment. Does anyone know when you’ll get the result?

Cheers!

Mizar

15th July 2018 19:58

Hi All,

any recommendations on where to stay around lhr b&b, guest houses and so on for the ground school of the training.

cheers
mizar

NLP	16th July 2018 07:52

Hi Mizar,

I would reccomend the Premier Inn at terminal 4. It's the most convenient option imo. Get yourself a business account and the standby rate is £51,-. If you're lucky and book early you can get the non-flexible rate for £29,- (that's not via the business website). It's a 20 min walk to the training centre or 5 mins by car/bus. Rooms on 2nd and 3rd floor have fridges and irons.

wiggy

16th July 2018 15:59

I think Mizar will need his/her BA e-mail account to be up and running before he can get a business account..and I’d second the advice about checking the general public rates before making a business booking.

fullhouse

16th July 2018 19:27

Hi,

Does anyone know if on joining BA you are issued a company flight/nav bag?

Cheers

FullWings

16th July 2018 20:46

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Originally Posted by fullhouse (Post 10198340)

Hi,

Does anyone know if on joining BA you are issued a company flight/nav bag?

Cheers

Not now as far as I’m aware (I did get given a plastic one 28 years ago, so standards are slipping ;))

You do get a company iPad, which is much lighter considering the amount of charts it contains...

Thegreenmachine

17th July 2018 04:40

Has anyone been invited for a sim assessment? Please send me a PM if so.

wiggy

17th July 2018 10:24

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Originally Posted by fullhouse (Post 10198340)

Hi,

Does anyone know if on joining BA you are issued a company flight/nav bag?

I’ll admit for some reason :oh: that comment made me chuckle....

As has been said you get issued an iPad and a uniform, luggage etc is down to the individual...

VinRouge

18th July 2018 05:18

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Originally Posted by wiggy (Post 10198710)

I’ll admit for some reason :oh: that comment made me chuckle....

As has been said you get issued an iPad and a uniform, luggage etc is down to the individual...

you can claim tax back on flight cases as it's a business expense. Same with any active noise reduction headphones for use whilst deadheading or in augmented rest. Sun glasses too.

Speak to.your Balpa rep.

overstress

18th July 2018 09:49

VinRouge, I think that's covered by the BALPA negotiated FREA (Fixed Rate Expense Allowance) - no individual items will be claimable. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

wiggy

18th July 2018 09:54

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-man...anual/eim50051

(BA provide noise cancelling headsets on the flight deck)

As far as flight cases and HMRC are concerned, like overstress I've always thought that was covered by the FREA : "the industry wide FRE for airline pilots, and other flight deck crew (see EIM50052) does not include anything for items of normal luggage, although the pilot’s flight case is included"... that's from:

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-man...anual/eim50055

angelo26

19th July 2018 15:32

Hi all,
I have just booked stage 2.

P.s.
I have a UK CAA issued licence but I want to renew my type rating in Italy with an Italian SFE.
Do you know what forms and what documents will be requested by the UK CAA.

Sorry for the Offtopic.

Regards,

Angelo26

GetTheQRH

25th July 2018 13:21

The BA website list all their salaries as 'Competitive' which makes it hard to try and make any sort of judgement on when deciding to move there from another airline.

Does anyone know what the Year 1 DEP FO (probably LGW) salary is? PilotJobsNetwork says £58,864 but not entirely sure how accurate this is.
TIA

Dupre

25th July 2018 13:38

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Originally Posted by GetTheQRH (Post 10205780)

That figure is very accurate.

cessnapete

25th July 2018 14:15

I have a mate DEP on LH type LHR based, joined couple or so years ago. Nearer £70G now with all the add ons.

RexBanner

25th July 2018 14:32

Repeating Dupre’s Post the figure is very accurate. Yes all in you’re potentially looking at over £70k but that very much depends on many factors now that they’ve taken away the fixed flying pay. For instance sickness, multiple reserve periods that aren’t particularly busy, months with leave and/or pre-assignments, they’ll all dent your take home. Plus if you’re looking to buy a property you can forget borrowing against the variable elements of the salary any more (at least not until you’ve been with the company for two years and can produce twelve months of payslips and even then banks will only take into account half of it). So that figure is very relevant despite being seduced by the extras.

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