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Originally Posted by Enzo999
(Post 10508552)
There are other places to live than London! LGW get very few layovers 2 a month if your lucky. LHR many more. Lots of guys commute from LHR, but to be honest looks like a nightmare to me. Thanks for your help |
Originally Posted by AIMINGHIGH123
(Post 10508610)
Grime, crime and slime? Yeah if you believe all the media. Loads of lovely areas stones throw to LHR. Twickenham, Teddington Richmond lovely areas not too expensive. If you can afford it Chiswick, Kew are great. 15 mins to T5 or tube it in 30-40. No parking to worry about. |
Honestly have no idea why anyone would consider BA if Long Haul is not of any interest and you don’t want to live near Heathrow |
Originally Posted by Daddy Fantastic
(Post 10508738)
Sure I realise that but was just stating my dislike for London and not wanting to live there. If I did live back in the UK where would you suggest that is very nice to live and commutable to LGW and possibly LHR?
Thanks for your help |
Originally Posted by zero/zero
(Post 10508752)
Honestly have no idea why anyone would consider BA if Long Haul is not of any interest and you don’t want to live near Heathrow |
Is there anyone who can shed some light on the roster for longhaul pilots?
1 - Is it possible to commute from another country? 2 - If you live in another European country how many days at home (on average) would you have per month? 3 - Is it possible to pay taxes etc in the country of domicile instead of the UK? Thanks in advance for any information! |
Plenty lovely places to live in Surrey/Sussex too if you're aiming for a home-every-night base like LGW.
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Originally Posted by Tricia Takanawa
(Post 10508558)
be a company that you are actually proud to say that you work for, with a much nicer day out when at work, rather than planning a mission to Mars every report.
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Originally Posted by Stocious
(Post 10508840)
Plenty lovely places to live in Surrey/Sussex too if you're aiming for a home-every-night base like LGW.
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Originally Posted by flyingmed
(Post 10508833)
Is there anyone who can shed some light on the roster for longhaul pilots?
1 - Is it possible to commute from another country? 2 - If you live in another European country how many days at home (on average) would you have per month? 3 - Is it possible to pay taxes etc in the country of domicile instead of the UK? Thanks in advance for any information! 2 - You’ll be junior on the long haul fleets. Bear in mind that the junior guys are the ones getting JSS absolute disaster rosters of six trips a month with minimum days off in between (which I’ve no doubt you weren’t shown on any recruitment roadshow/day). Coupled with point 1 above you have to consider if this is really worth it if you only have two days off between most trips and you’re being forced to come back the night before your next trip due to the intimidatory attitude from BA management. Of course if you have staff travel with another airline then you’re onto a winner. You might end up with only five useful full days at home a month in this scenario. 3 - Yes. As long as you can limit your time in the U.K. to a maximum of 90 nights in the tax year. You’ll still pay national insurance (social security) in the U.K. regardless of your domicile. |
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Originally Posted by flyingmed
(Post 10508833)
3 - Is it possible to pay taxes etc in the country of domicile instead of the UK?
As Rex has said you pay full U.K. National Insurance, which may exempt you from some social charges on income in your country of residence. |
Originally Posted by zero/zero
(Post 10508752)
Honestly have no idea why anyone would consider BA if Long Haul is not of any interest and you don’t want to live near Heathrow |
The worst short haul job? Do 5 years and you’ll barely work a weekend ever again with your choice of earlies / lates / daytrips / tours. The days at work are so much easier compared to low cost, you just need to figure out how to not be bothered by the BA machine. I really enjoy it! |
Originally Posted by Enzo999
(Post 10508795)
In-between is slightly difficult because you are limited to the outer edges of the southern M25. So places like Epsom, Weybridge, Chertsey, Guildford! All very expensive. Once you know your base you can draw a 30 miles ring and almost pick anywhere. I can’t really talk about LGW but I live just west of LHR in Buckinghamshire, lots of lovely places out that way. Henley, Marlow, Amersham. Oxfordshire even Chinnor, Thame, Oxford. Basically follow the M40 or M4 out of London and most places are nice and a lot cheaper than the city. |
Originally Posted by flyingmed
(Post 10508842)
Lovely offer however I'd prefer to live abroad and commute to work. Prefer to fly than deal with London traffic!
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Originally Posted by WhatTheDeuce
(Post 10508973)
The worst short haul job? Do 5 years and you’ll barely work a weekend ever again with your choice of earlies / lates / daytrips / tours. The days at work are so much easier compared to low cost, you just need to figure out how to not be bothered by the BA machine. I really enjoy it! If if you want to stay in the RHS then you’ll probably do ok, but the people that choose to do that rather than move on to other fleets and seats are few and far between. |
Originally Posted by Mylius
(Post 10508954)
BA is probably the best long-haul job in the UK
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Originally Posted by RexBanner
(Post 10509232)
Have you seen a junior LH roster nowadays? At least in the days of Bidline you had Seeded Blindlines and you could go somewhere decent and not work too too hard. Nowadays you can expect to pick up all the crap, with six trips with minimum days off in between. There’s guys now actively bidding for reserve because it gives them a better work/life balance, that’s saying something! Virgin fly 750 hours a year on a full time roster to our 900. That alone disproves your point. The case of the DEP who did a couple of months on the 787, took the type rating then buggered off to Virgin tells its own story. Just for completeness, Seeded Blindlines were ONLY on the 747.....the other long haul fleets weren't so lucky. However when I joined on a LH Fleet Blindlines were pretty good and trading with EOT was very easy allowing me to totally rewrite my roster some months. I'm currently about 2/3 down the P2 list on the 777.....rosters are manageable but under JSS I'm very realistic about what I can expect so bid accordingly. My real gripe at the moment is the number of weekends worked per annum which is ridiculous. In fact it's having a very serious impact on my family life. That said, I met a lovely bloke on my last trip who's just vacated the LHS of the Bus to return to the RHS on the triple. So short of moving to the RHS of the SH Bus and gaining a huge chunk of relative seniority I'm stuck with it. Hopefully the efforts towards getting a fairer balance of weekends off can be achieved soon! As you say, stories of DEP's joining then swiftly leaving (I know of at least 2 other guys who've done the same) and people giving up a BA Short Haul Command to return to the RHS on a Long Haul fleet to regain some sort of life out of work says a lot!!! Pretty sad really isn't it. |
Originally Posted by DuctOvht
(Post 10509188)
Not true. These days 5yrs will likely give you the seniority for the LHS on short haul, where you will be as junior as it gets and staring down the barrel of some really grim rosters for a very long time. If if you want to stay in the RHS then you’ll probably do ok, but the people that choose to do that rather than move on to other fleets and seats are few and far between. |
That’s assuming you can get Part Time in the current climate. People with bids are getting rejected left, right and centre. |
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