CitiExpress Recruitment
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It's a record so far
1 month and 10 days after sending the application I get the call forward for interview. Cries of scraping the barrel!
This is what 2nd paragraph of the email said ( I post it as it may answer the "when am I going to get called forward" questions):
As you can imagine our latest recruitment drive attracted quite a lot of attention. The next stage of the process will be to call you forward for an interview. We feel we must however advise that this could take several months due to the sheer volume of applications we have received. We ask for your patience during this time. Please do not contact the Recruitment Team with regard to interview dates.
Several Months! I'll never be ready in time
This is what 2nd paragraph of the email said ( I post it as it may answer the "when am I going to get called forward" questions):
As you can imagine our latest recruitment drive attracted quite a lot of attention. The next stage of the process will be to call you forward for an interview. We feel we must however advise that this could take several months due to the sheer volume of applications we have received. We ask for your patience during this time. Please do not contact the Recruitment Team with regard to interview dates.
Several Months! I'll never be ready in time
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For those who have been waiting for many weeks, and who have not heard anything, do not despair!
NS has passed the first hurdle, and will be called for an interview.
The email does say, however, that it could be several months before I actually get an interview due to the backlog of applications.
Still, it's good news. Thankyou BACX!!
NS has passed the first hurdle, and will be called for an interview.
The email does say, however, that it could be several months before I actually get an interview due to the backlog of applications.
Still, it's good news. Thankyou BACX!!
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Re: Hold Pool,
Talked to Flight Ops today and was told that there were approx. 30 pilots currently in the pool yet to be put on courses. No plans as yet to run a course in Feb but everything may change at short notice. Places are given in order of the sim rides and got the impression that there were pilots from July whom were still waiting for courses so looks like those of us who were assessed in Sept/Oct may have to wait well past the Feb/march stated earlier
Chin up, there is light at the end of the tunnel even if it isn't getting any bigger.
CBK
Talked to Flight Ops today and was told that there were approx. 30 pilots currently in the pool yet to be put on courses. No plans as yet to run a course in Feb but everything may change at short notice. Places are given in order of the sim rides and got the impression that there were pilots from July whom were still waiting for courses so looks like those of us who were assessed in Sept/Oct may have to wait well past the Feb/march stated earlier
Chin up, there is light at the end of the tunnel even if it isn't getting any bigger.
CBK
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I applied to Citiexpress in May 2004 whilst doing my FI rating. Heard nothing until almost a year later. Interviewed and simmed March this year, started in the summer and not looked back since.
I was a modular student, as were all but one of my course mates.
Most of the info on here regarding the interview and sim is what i experienced - I don’t know if it has changed.
Great job, loving it at the moment, and fantastic bunch of people.
It has been the Dash that new entrants have been going onto. A few mates of mine at the very beginning of this year went onto the Emb, but was seen to be leapfrogging current employees on the dash, so all recruiting was changed to the dash only, which is understandable.
I have recently heard of a fresh graduate starting on the emb, but it may only be a Chinese whisper....
Best of luck to yall, regards
Obs
I was a modular student, as were all but one of my course mates.
Most of the info on here regarding the interview and sim is what i experienced - I don’t know if it has changed.
Great job, loving it at the moment, and fantastic bunch of people.
It has been the Dash that new entrants have been going onto. A few mates of mine at the very beginning of this year went onto the Emb, but was seen to be leapfrogging current employees on the dash, so all recruiting was changed to the dash only, which is understandable.
I have recently heard of a fresh graduate starting on the emb, but it may only be a Chinese whisper....
Best of luck to yall, regards
Obs
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Again, It is very, very easy to become negative at the "despair" stories that have appeared on this thread. I am 37 with minimal hours (eg 268hrs) and received my 'successful for interview' email today. Please dont give up! Leading Edge!
To answer the question of how long we'll be in the hold pool:
- 30 people waiting
- TR course takes 6 weeks.
There's just one bit of info missing, which hopefully someone can provide
How many people on a typical Dash 8 course?
Troy.
- 30 people waiting
- TR course takes 6 weeks.
There's just one bit of info missing, which hopefully someone can provide
How many people on a typical Dash 8 course?
Troy.
Which means (worse case) if someone's number 30, 4 per course and no drop-outs, even if courses are back to back they're looking at 45 weeks; that's next September.
Let's hope I'm not at the bottom and courses are run with 6 people to hurry things along.
And may I take this opportunity to wish others in the pool the very best of luck with any other applications that may be ongoing.
May they find jobs elsewhere and retire gracefully from the pool.
Troy.
Let's hope I'm not at the bottom and courses are run with 6 people to hurry things along.
And may I take this opportunity to wish others in the pool the very best of luck with any other applications that may be ongoing.
May they find jobs elsewhere and retire gracefully from the pool.
Troy.
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I wore a suit for the sim assessment, although I did take my jacket off to fly. The way I looked at it was that if you make it then you will fly in shirt trousers and a tie, so it seemed to make sense to do this for the assessment.
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An interesting bit of Maths there TM
I also wore a suit to the sim check, I figured I didn't have anything to lose by suiting up. I had my sim ride on a saturday afternoon and recieved a congrats letter on the following Wednesday (No phone call).
Good luck to all still going through the recruitment process
CBK
I also wore a suit to the sim check, I figured I didn't have anything to lose by suiting up. I had my sim ride on a saturday afternoon and recieved a congrats letter on the following Wednesday (No phone call).
Good luck to all still going through the recruitment process
CBK
TR courses apparently start in the first week of each month and 6 per course at the moment (heard from new FO doing line training at the moment).
You can adjust my earlier bit of mathematical jiggery-pokery as appropriate.
Troy.
You can adjust my earlier bit of mathematical jiggery-pokery as appropriate.
Troy.
To translate what it says at www.bacitiexpressjobs.com:
'British Airways CitiExpress ha chiuso ora la funzione di applicazione del Internet. Grazie per vostro interesse.'
Closed back in early October I'm afraid (Apologies for poor Italian).
'British Airways CitiExpress ha chiuso ora la funzione di applicazione del Internet. Grazie per vostro interesse.'
Closed back in early October I'm afraid (Apologies for poor Italian).
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I recieved the "your application has been successful" e-mail on the 10th Oct. Seems like the e-mails have gone out in waves.
The first people to get the applications in got called straight away then on the 29th of September the 1st round of e-mails went out then the next round was on the 10th of October and there have been a few other rounds since I believe. I can see from further back in the tread that some people who got the e-mail on the 29th September have been called. Is there anyone who got the e-mail on the 29th still waiting for the magic call or anyone who got the mail on the 10th Oct that has already been called?
At the BALPA EOC I was informed that successful applications would be called in the same order they recieved them so just trying to gague how close I am to the front of the que!!!
M
The first people to get the applications in got called straight away then on the 29th of September the 1st round of e-mails went out then the next round was on the 10th of October and there have been a few other rounds since I believe. I can see from further back in the tread that some people who got the e-mail on the 29th September have been called. Is there anyone who got the e-mail on the 29th still waiting for the magic call or anyone who got the mail on the 10th Oct that has already been called?
At the BALPA EOC I was informed that successful applications would be called in the same order they recieved them so just trying to gague how close I am to the front of the que!!!
M