Are there any requirements for operating long haul flights for Thomson, eg. total hours, time on type, or any other criteria? Or is it just a case of being senior enough to bid onto the 767 or 787?

Being in the "right" base and seniority.

Non Type rated...
 

Hi all,

Just wondering how many non type rated people have been offered jobs and how the Egypt situation will affect last weeks interviews and job offers?

Thanks!

The question about how will Egypt impact is a good one. The most scary prospect of changing airlines is that 3 months when you have to give notice to actually being taken on by the new employer, in that window a lot can happen and with the Egypt situation as it is it doesn't look great and I could imagine last minute recruitment numbers being adjusted to cater for it. It's certainly an extra risk to take in to account if considering handing in notice somewhere. I can also imagine it being used as an excuse rolled out to suggest no more promotions for a while.....

Would Thomson do less flying next summer as a result of Egypt or just increase the holidays/flights on offer to other places? I'm hoping the latter as I'm in that awkward position of working my notice before joining Thomson at the start of next year. Has anything been said to the troops internally about this?

We usually just expand into other areas, the canaries most likely will have an increase in business. Traffic to Egypt has been in decline for a few years anyway.

What's the rate of attrition like for the last few years with this PPY and the current surge of UK recruitment?

I can't quote exact numbers, but several of the guys joining over the last few years on PPY have already moved on to other airlines offering full-time contracts.

Purely out of interest. How is recruitment looking for TOM? Did they make up their numbers?

It actually went incredibly quiet so normal people like me can't answer it really. The company has had quite a few additional hurdles to deal with like a fairly good uptake in the severance scheme and some operational issues. Nothing major but I suspect with Xmas, recruitment has been pushed down the list a little till things get clearer this month.

If you are still awaiting news, then good luck.

I do know however our new cadets are well into their type ratings so good luck to them.

DC

I agree with the Thompson recruitment team. The optimum use of recruitment resources is better engaged by disregarding people for silly and irrelevant mistakes regardless of their ability.

Mistakes, or attention to detail??

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Please excuse my ignorance but what is debabting?

Its the link between men who have timy members and a spelling fetish.

Timy???

Must be me then!

So the debate continues amongst those with nothing better to do.... meanwhile, those who could be bothered spelling the name of their prospective company correctly are busy enjoying their lives and their careers...safe in the knowledge that there will always be people trolling message boards and cocking up applications forms...

Thomson, Thompson, Thomas Cook. As if the pax know the difference :{

From the Head of Training at a recent meeting, the recruitment went well with a mixture of type rated and non type rated recruits as well as the internal cadets. Type Rating courses are underway now, and the 737 training programme is a very busy one with new pilots, type changes and Command courses. As to the question of the type of contract being offered to new recruits, the message was that the Company are well aware of the fact that the market is opening up now, and to "watch this space." I wouldn't be at all surprised if joining terms and conditions at Thomson changed to reflect the increasing choice available to pilots seeking pastures new.

Superpilot.
 

" as if the pax know the difference"

Absolutely spot on.

This thread has precisely nothing to do with passengers and their perceived difficulty in telling Thomson and Thomas Cook apart - it's about recruitment for Thomson and the importance of putting a bit of care into the application so you don't make it easy for the recruiters to put you in the PFO pile.

Matey - that's good news that the management have acknowledged that the offer might have to improve in future years to attract good candidates. While not immediately affecting people like myself who are joining this year with the disappointing £7k OCC cost etc, it will hopefully be a positive in terms of reducing the time spent on PPY, as well as generally driving up t's and c's - I hope!