One of Aer Arann’s busiest areas must be its personnel department: “We have experienced huge growth in the past two years, particularly in flight crew and operations. Given our current rate of growth, flight crew [numbers] have grown above 30 percent per year and will continue at 15 to 20 percent,” according to head of operations John Halpin. Of the airline’s 250 employees, flight crew account for 20 percent, cabin crew another 20 percent and maintenance personnel 10 percent.
Aer Arann’s Web site proclaims “no pilot vacancies,” while simultaneously encouraging the more ambitious to undergo speculative conversion training at their own expense. “A limited number of individuals have been selected on a self-funding basis whereby they paid for their own ATR type rating with a view to employment with Aer Arann upon successful completion of their training,” says the site. The operator will consider “all pilots meeting our minimum requirements,” applicants being enjoined to “clearly state if you would be interested in consideration for self-funding.”
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