Richard Yeomans

I saw Peter Burkill, the Captain on BA38 that landed short at Heathrow, on the television the other day and it really brought home the seriousness of the career we have embarked upon. As professional pilots we spend hours with everything working perfectly and life can be a little dull. How we will react when things goes wrong is always unknown. Good quality training in simulators can help but still, we don’t really know how we are going to react to that failure and what the aftermath will bring. Employers can always mitigate the potential disastrous incidents by carefully selecting the best crew and spending money on good quality training. As the the old saying goes, ‘If you think training is expensive, try having and accident.’ Jon has written a great review of the book that can be found here.

We have seen a steady flow of new jobs come onto the site over the last few days. It appears that there is a definite increase in hiring activity and we are seeing more employers register with the site all the time. We are continuing to look for more inclusive types of jobs that will appeal to pilots with less experience. We have a very good relationship with an Asian employer who is looking to expand in the next 12 months. They are seeking some Hawker 850XP pilots for a 3 month contract initally but hopefully there will be more pilots required in the future. The pay and conditions are very good and they are wanting to interview people as soon as possible. There are new jobs being listed on the site all the time and we recommend that you check back regularly to see if there is anything suitable for you.

With the increased pilot hiring activity we are seeing more VIP cabin crew vacancies appearing. The VIP cabin crew positions are always in great demand and often the employers don’t list jobs but use traditional networks to find people as well as using websites like www.flightcrewfinder.com. You should always try to keep your Flight Crew Finder profile as up to date as possible and include as much details as you think necessary to attract the employers who are trawling the site.

We are starting some work in preparation for the European Air Show season as we hope to attend as many of these as we can. We can use our time wisely to strengthen our contacts and promote www.flightcrewfinder.com as being the first and last place to go to find great flight crew.