Jet2 pay rises

[Pizza Express]

Pros and cons

1. How financially viable is the company
2. where do I want to live
3. pay and Ts Cs
4. command opportunities and base transfer policy
5. hand flying policy?

I’m glad someone has politely answered this but it has made me chuckle!

[EGMC]

Thanks to excrab and fieldinsight. That's all I was after, wasn't asking for an ops manual extract- sorry if it was unclear.
And I'm not worried about it or using it as a deal-breaker.... but it is nice to know the culture on this. Cheers!

[Skavenger]

Any jet2 heads able to tell me when Glasgow and Edinburgh are going to become Airbus bases please ?

[Jonty]

Originally Posted by Skavenger

Any jet2 heads able to tell me when Glasgow and Edinburgh are going to become Airbus bases please ?

Edinburg from November, Glasgow I have no idea.

[Mr Good Cat]

Originally Posted by Jonty

Edinburg from November, Glasgow I have no idea.

I think the airframes will arrive early 2025, with the Airbus training for the EDI guys from this November at the MTC.

[Skavenger]

Originally Posted by Jonty

Edinburg from November, Glasgow I have no idea.

thanks

[U563]

SFO criteria

Would anyone mind sharing the process for getting your third stripe at Jet2? Is it based on time in company, factorized hours, both?

[Field In Sight]

It's three elements i.e. factorised hours, a minimum time in the company (6mth I think), also your sim assessments, meaning it's not automatic.
Hope that helps.

[MSN001]

Better off at easyjet if a defined structure to a + £200k salary is what your after. I’m not saying Jet2 doesn’t offer a great package, easyjet is just better..

[Los Endos]

easyjet is just better.

Which is why both Captains and F/O’s are leaving Easyjet to go to Jet2. Go figure.

[MSN001]

Go figure fingerboard warrior. Take out location for the pilots willing to sacrifice T&Cs to be were they want and your left with the simple fact easyjet is a 100x better employer for Pilots than Jet2 in just about every aspect

[de fumo in flammam]

Yes, you would have to be pretty much certifiable to leave easy for j2, the latter reportedly never having quite purged their deep-rooted distaste for their own pilot force at the senior (non pilot) levels.

[MSN001]

Everyone is purging everyone for a bonus these days. Jet2 management doing astonishingly well convincing flight deck they don’t even need to be unionised so it seems

[bombaydude]

Originally Posted by MSN001

Everyone is purging everyone for a bonus these days. Jet2 management doing astonishingly well convincing flight deck they don’t even need to be unionised so it seems

I'm confused 😕...flight deck is the office type thing at the front....where the Pilots sit???

[Flyit Pointit Sortit]

Interesting viewpoint MSN. As a LHS transferee from Ezy to J2, I don’t have any regrets. It’s nicer not being in a toxic environment for one. I was only at easy for 20 years so you can take my viewpoint or leave it.

[R T Jones]

Originally Posted by de fumo in flammam

Yes, you would have to be pretty much certifiable to leave easy for j2, the latter reportedly never having quite purged their deep-rooted distaste for their own pilot force at the senior (non pilot) levels.

I would say this exists at the former as well.

[zero/zero]

Originally Posted by R T Jones

I would say this exists at the former as well.

Can't think of many where it doesn't exist

[de fumo in flammam]

True enough. I have gotten to know a few airlines over the years (and j2 from old friends I knew from over the fence at channel express) and I would put easyJet at the better end of the scale, albeit not a very high bar.
I do wonder if the pay rises arms race fuels resentment at the moment. But that's supply and demand, coupled with QoL/company culture push/pull factors.

[R T Jones]

Originally Posted by zero/zero

Can't think of many where it doesn't exist

Same!

[dhc1180]

MSN’s views on easyJet are purely a personal perspective. As someone switching from ezy to J2 I would say there’s pros and cons to both but it’s purely what you want out of life and job. I certainly wouldn’t class easyJet as better than Jet2, they’re just different. I hear all the time that jet2 aren’t BALPA recognised- so what? Do easyJet “roster protections” protect your rosters? Do Balpa sort pay rises out in a manner that unities the union? Horses for courses but im glad im moving away from the vitriol and toxicity of Easyjets culture and to an airline that gives a fcuk to its pilots and passengers. I’m not saying jet2 is better than easyJet, I just feel it’s a better suited job for me. 2 sector days, quiet winters, midlands base. Lovely.