The £7k touted .... is that to cover the SOP sim's and the LPC/OPC plus x sectors of line training?

Or is it associated with a change of type?

Are there any plans to have the 787's based anywhere other than LGW and MAN?

The 7k is to pay for an OCC essentially, so you would need to be type rated and recent on the 73. If your not TR'd then the training cost is more like 21K.

No plans at the moment to base the 78 elsewhere......this week anyway:eek:

Does it mean that NTR/no-jet-timer will be bonded or 21k will be deducted from PPY50 salary?

Sounds frightening already!

DK :eek:

Well I'm 7576 rated and based already somewhere that TOM already have them.

Regardless of recency, that does seem a tad prohibitive.

Out of interest when should the application system be open to apply?

Someone mentioned the 5 year pay, and the 5 year pay command suitable, but are there any more increases after that until gaining a command (other than the negotiated cost of living rises)? Does it go up again after 10 years service? Also is the command pay incremental when finally getting a command or is that fixed as well?

As someone who was released by Thomson in the 2010 cull, I'm just trying to calculate exactly how much of a pay hit I would take to go back!

After the 5 years & command ready there are no further rises until command. Command pay is incremental for the first 10 years in rank and then fixed.

Hi DK,

No you are not bonded and yes you do have to pay £21K from your salary (even if you are PPY) however I believe the cost is taken before tax and NI and over a 3 year period. Or you can elect to pay £2400 per month for the first 8 months of service, which comes to £19200.

Once you are in the Company you can bid on to other types and there is no cost or bond associated with a successful bid, although in some circumstances pilots have been frozen on type on joining the Company for 3 years.

The cost of the TR and OCC are not ideal and I believe on the wish list for the union to get rid of.

Regards,

NK

That's correct, taken before tax. One year for the £7k OCC or three years for the £21k rating.

Unfortunately based on that I think I'll stay where I am, it's not very attractive prospect to have that hang over you, especially when look at the salary differences.

The new FO salary scales start nearly halfway up the old ones and end about 10k short of the old ones. Switch over to left seat is now 10 year scales instead of 20. Think it was to prevent more career FO's being on 90k basics

So for a no-jet-time with over 1500TT, year 1 (and perhaps 2...) is spent on less than 2K/month net, possibly based in LGW? Oh dear...

looking at the "bright" side, it still beats P2F I guess.

DK :rolleyes:

What does the average year one FO take home per month after deductions and the type rating costs? Obviously gets a bit easier at year two and three climbing the scale? Would a new joiner non rated be accepted as an SFO?

There's enough info already on this page when you combine it with stuff you can find on PPJN

Year one take home for me was around 3.5-4k in summer, this figure has some overtime, without overtime it will be around 3k. Winters a different beast as no flying so reduce take home by upto a 1k.

Although that being said I got Canada in my first year, uplifted onto full time with back pay with the subsequent bonuses for the detachment, this boosted my take home in year one quite considerably. Year 2 once the OCC costs are off Its more comfortable especially with a bit of overtime. I'm hoping our union makes some inroads with PPY, more in the terms that numbers are limited. A maximum amount of PPYs at anyone time would be nice so it gives movement onto 100% while times are good with recruitment.

Having not done a winter yet on the PPY I probably portrait a more optimistic outlook financially. That being said its a great place to work, all longish sectors so maximum time in the seat gives good days off, it can get quite fatiguing with the variety of times we operate. If you have time on your hands with a long term plan then initially the OCC/PPY are short term pain factors, its a good move with basing up and down the UK.

Dreamshiner,

You could apply and see what they offer you. When you are in possession of all the facts about terms, conditions, costs etc, you can make an informed choice to join or not. Circumstances change.

Ha yes, I'm also big enough to accept I may not be an attractive prospect to TOM so any decision may not be mine to make.

As I covered in the PM I sent you, I have been looked after very well by my current employer and sincerely feel I owe that trust and loyalty to be repaid. It could be argued that if things hit the skids, HR would have no quibbles about jettisoning me to ensure targets/savings are made. However I've been brought up with treat other how you'd like to be treated yourself mantra.

If I did pursue something else it would be more more altruistic reasons than what I clear every month.

NTR FO
 

Hello everyone,

Does anybody have an idea if a fighter jet pilot (not British), with a Frozen ATPL (CPL+ATPL Theory+ME/IR+MCC) and close to 2,600 hours, stands even a slim chance of getting hired by Thomson? I am a little bit disappointed (from my applications so far), due to the fact that airlines do not seem to show any respect these days to fighter jet military background, although, according to my humble opinion, we are very trainable and cooperative people. Not to mention that without any "internal" or "underground" connections, an application seems to be a complete waste of time.

I would really appreciate your responses or any recommendations you may have.

Supersonic, we have lots of ex military folk in the company, I don't think your background makes any difference to your application. The recruitment team will be looking for the best candidates whether they were red leader or a Cherokee instructor at the local flying club.

Both candidates would be treated the same when they enter Wigmore towers

Any ideas when the application opens? Ppjn is saying August for September assessments and January starters! Pretty short and rushed window to get guys through and be able to serve notice to current employers etc. With BA looking for a further rumoured 300 plus for 2016 and Jet2 100 plus people required its going to be an interesting winter.