As an outsider here, Honiley appears to be a boring git with a big chip on his/her shoulder...

New equipment?
 

Keep hearing this, is it an upgrade to slightly not so antiquated 73's or A320s that I have heard a wisper of ?

http://www.boeing.co.uk/news-media-room/news-releases/2015/september/boeing-jet2-finalize-order-27-ng-737-800.page?

HI Guys,

Any updates on the latest round of recruitment?

Yes! A LOT of pilots required!

Resignations still flowing into LFFH! B757 fleet at MAN close to grounded for S16. Damp lease 757 and Airbus already confirmed with more expected.

Guys with start dates heading for TOM/TCX instead, even Pilot Apprentices resigning! S15 joiners not even completed their training yet! And now even calling people they have already rejected! Desperate times in the Piled up Portacabins!

Now those with nowhere to go or make JP work for them will accuse me of all sorts of nasty things, but guys wanting to join should be flowing into LFFH on half paid ground school like there's no tomorrow...

Eyes open for all joiners! INCOMING FROM THE COOL-AID BUNCH!!!!!

Who's running the HR dept. then? The cast of "Alice in Wonderland"? Can't even be bothered to count the weeks application has been under review anymore...

DK :*

It must be well over six months that I've been under review. As NTR I'd expect to be hired only as a last resort but they must be running out of TRd guys. I hear their trip to the Mid East wasn't as successful as expected.

The 757 fleet has about 5 or 6 FO's left at MAN for S16 from what I hear.That's 1 FO per airframe. :eek:

Well, they've made some money from those 'Training Agreements' at least!

Considering how controversial we find bonding, speaks volumes when pilots are prepared to pay them!

If I had know they were here they might have had an additional attendee.

Indeed they have! Pfffft

Management busy patting themselves on the back for some decent results and toasting the good forward bookings to notice the large numbers of pilots heading for the exit door?

Emptying faster than a broken milk bottle...

Are they still asking NTR joiners to take 50% through training and then 70% contracts? Or is everyone going onto the 100% now?

I know of a couple of folks who joined straight onto the 100% contract, they were DECs though. Even got 100% through training.

Joining next year. 75 at MAN and 100% with no reduction for line training period.

Looking at the above posts I expect to be roundly ridiculed but it suits me after more redundancies than I can count and years of long,long commutes. Being 20 minutes away from work will be a blessing for this old geezer as he totters towards retirement and genteel poverty..;)

Jet2 Man.
 

ZEDDB
Don't know why there should be any ridicule? The 75 crews are, on the whole, very nice and capable. The CC are excellent, what's not to like on your way to a genteel retirement. Stay away from Leeds, the North Atlantic club, company politics and enjoy the short commute!

Zeddb are you rated on the 75 or NTR?

Thank you Ivan, I shall. Been across the pond around 1000 times by now so not really desperate to do it again although the odd day out with a night in a hotel will be ok.

Flap 40 --NTR. I never met anyone who didn't like the 757 so awaiting it with some anticipation. Lots of hours on big (and small) Boeings so shouldn't be too much of a culture shock with any luck.

I don’t understand the animosity directed towards Jet2 that perpetuates throughout this thread from time to time. I recently had an assessment with them and was made to feel welcome from the minute I walked in to the minute I left. The guys running the day were friendly, helpful and put you at ease, with no nasty surprises. As far as assessments go, the day was even quite enjoyable.

They give opportunities to people from a wide range of backgrounds and experience and haven’t blindly followed others down the CTC route. For us more mature candidates, that’s a refreshing and welcome change from the norm. Maybe this is different for experienced / type rated folks ?

The company is profitable, expanding, and self-financing, and it offers a good lifestyle for those who want to be in the regions and home every night.

I didn’t get through the selection, but when the rejection came, it was by way of a personal phone call with feedback, not just a “thanks but no thanks” email. Once again, a refreshing and welcome change compared to other airlines I’ve had dealings with.

No airline is perfect, and the T’s & C’s could be better, but my experience of them has always been positive. I’ll prepare for the incoming on my lack of experience / knowledge / etc.

Bad luck NH! The personal phone call, albeit a rejection, is a very nice touch! Give it a go next year!

Norther Highflyer
 

I think tha animosity directed at Jet2 recruiting policies is largely historic, the selection system a few years back was very badly run with very experienced pilots being sat in front of a computer game type test with flight director bars that worked back to front, this and a bunch of other tests designed to see if a non-pilot was a good training risk may be good for selecting cadets from the X-box generation but us 15,000 hour old farts are not good in front of the games consol !

This policy ended when the management finally concluded that the J2 pilot shortage was due to the rejection of lots of experienced pilots on due to lack of computer gaming skills.

My result from the Jet2 selection was totally successful in that they rejected me and the next job I was interviewed for was, much better paid, flying new equipment and based on my doorstep !............ I wish you a similar outcome.