So where are the new hires coming from typically? Any from the Middle East or is it too much of a pay cut for them.

Advice please
 

Would anyone who has made the transition from mil to BA mind getting in touch via a PM? Many questions and don't want to clog up the bandwidth.

Don't wish to pry or embarrass anyone, but are the BA payscales in the public domain? If so which one would apply to SH A320 FOs.

Much appreciated:ok:

I was safety pilot for a New DEP on day one a few weeks ago from Emirates. I've met other FO's down route/on crew bus etc that have come from Qatar & Etihad in the 2011 Recruitment campaign. All have their own personal reasons for coming home, most said they enjoyed it while it lasted but didn't want to have a 40 year career in the ME. Good job but not a long term career for them.

However I have friends from my OAT vintage (calling Oxford OAT is vintage these days) that are out with Emirates/Etihad & love it. So it's purely down to personal choice of what works for you & your family etc. Equally I've heard several crewmers that a few guys have left BA for Etihad/Emirates etc. No airline is perfect! I imagine tho the bulk of DEPs are still coming from Easy/Monarch & alike. BA is not the be all & end all but as a long term stable career it works for me, especially if you want to be in the UK or Europe!

All the best to those applying.

BASHLI; huge influence on QOL :ok:

To all those bitching about not being able to apply again in this round:
Lufthansa bans applicants who failed any stage, for LIFE!
You just have to have had a bad day and will never be able to attend again...
...just a perspective.

I've just been informed that I've been invited to attend the initial assessment at LHR. Found some good information so far on prune, but still wondering if that information is still valid.

Nikonair; Its been suggested that most of that information is still valid. Congrats & good luck :ok:

Nikonair, congratulations! As kirungi1 said, everything is still valid, the only note I'd add is that the computer tests changed in 2011 and again were altered slightly last year. However, that's all covered in the later posts on here. All the best, and good luck!

Thanks guys! I didn't expect to survive the initial CV screening etc. so pleasantly surprised by the invite.
The info on the changed tests is somewhere in this topic or other ones? I've dug up quite a few old topics but a bit scared I missed some left and right.

Timing is in my disadvantage though :ooh: I've got my 6 months sim the week prior, so I hop i'll find enough time in-between flying and preparing for the sim to prepare as best I can for the assessment.

edit: Found the updated information after trawling through this topic.

Hi guys. Does anyone have any idea is there many more long haul courses planned?

Also just to answer a previous posters questions about where certain applicants are coming from. Purely because I worked there in the past I personally know of 10 coming from Ryanair (two skippers but mainly SFIs, and line FOs) who are going on mainly the 747 and one or two on the A320. I know of a few from Easy and Monarch and one guy from Thomson. Obviously there are guys from elsewhere but those are the guys I know.

Applied on Friday.

Invite to Assessment on Monday.

A couple of lovely phone calls which is polar opposite to dealings with any other airline.

Prep software and keyboard ordered.

Booked assessment today around current roster. To be honest I'm very happy where I am, maybe oddly the best position to be in to pursue something with them.

Fingers crossed.

Can a mod contemplate amending post #1 with a list of the most pertinent information from all the posts in this thread, otherwise if anyone could suggest any post numbers that saves hours of skim reading I'd really be obliged.

Does anyone else find it amazing that people come to this thread because they are applying to BA and fancy a job; they have loads of really useful information right at their fingertips so all they need to do is read through it, and yet they still would quite like it if someone else could do the donkey work and wade through the posts to find the relevant information for them? I came through the system as a cadet. When I showed up to do the tests, there were no practice examples, and no pprune helpful hints. You just showed up and did your best. The tests are designed to detect your ability to learn and adapt.

You were lucky .... when I were a lad ..... etc ;-)

Sure! Contact me privately and I will quote you my hourly rate for doing this for you. However, I think you will find it more cost effective to simply.....do it yourself! :rolleyes:

Alternatively...

One has painstakingly gone through each page (albeit around August of 2014) of this thread, and the BA DEP one from last time around to put together a Word document. One is willing to sell if the price is right :E

Typical pilot remarks.

I remember reading through this forum when folk helped each other rather than looking for a kickback. However we are Thatcher's children, so what do you expect.

GS-Alpha, I take it you showed up for your school/uni exams and were happy to rely on the knowledge you absorbed over the past few months? Or did you hit the past papers .... oh right .... thought so.

However now we do have PPRuNe however if you advocate returning to knotty rope, and sextants over shiney MCDU/FMC's then crack on.

Hit the past papers, you mean, like, do the study yourself?

What a novel concept!




Read the bloody thread.

As in, this thread is littered with petulant behaviour and the quality content is lost among discussions like this

prep software and keyboard
 

Hi, after screwing up my assessment last November, may I ask what prep software and keyboard you have ordered. I need to prep better for my next shot.

It is my understanding that the 311 target for this year is largely A320 fleet. Approx 50 to LH on the 747 a few rated guys to the 787 and I believe that has now been achieved and remaining placement is A320.

Internal bids for 2016 open soon and further LH placement will come from valid bids prior to external recruitment........that's this mornings plan anyway