ATR jobs?

[meho]

Hi eyerybody. I need a little help, as I am kind of stuck in my Quest of getting the first job. Have anybody heard anything about any company who needs ATR typerated F/O? I have only sim experience on the type. I live in Denmark but I am off course flexible when it comes to were where my new job may be.

Topper74 introduced me to this site, it is my hope that someone outthere could give the golden tip:ok:

I have tryed every ATR operator i Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
To quote someone in this forum; It is not what you know, but who you know.

Thanks

[Tomasz]

Try white eagle aviation in Poland they are hiring type rated pilots. Minimum are 200 hours and IR, MCC, type rating

[ICING AOA]

each time I connect to pprune, I see aer arann advertising for an URGENT need of atr pilots :rolleyes:
send your CV to [email protected].
She must be waiting for you :ok:

Try also Farnair, Adventi Air... In fact ALL ATR operators in Europe, Asia and Africa.

good luck.

[Kubus1]

Eurolot (branch of LOT Polish Airlines). They are hiring now.

[Tomasz]

eurolot, you have to be polish, speak polish because training is done in polish

[FougaMagister]

If I were you, I would try Air Contractors. If you are type rated, they WILL be interested (though maybe not immediately). They have recruited FOs several times this year. You may not even need to relocate, since they have crew based in MMX, just accross the bridge.

Check out http://www.aircontractors.com/detail.aspx?page=Careers

Cheers :cool:

[Wee Weasley Welshman]

AirContractors and Aer Arran would be a good start.

Good luck,

WWW

[A-line ATR]

AirContractors are a good bet, they pay very well. and you may as others have said, not have to relocate. the draw back is they tend to pick those with more hours on type than the others. You work 2 weeks on, flying night freight around the UK and Europe. Then 1 week standby (from talking to AC pilots, you'll mostly endup working working this week to!) and one week off. The other drawback is they have removed the toilets from their ATRs so you have to use a 'gel bag':yuk:. I suspect the ATR fleet will be replaced at some point by either 737s or possibly the new ATR80x which rumour has it will be a big fuel efficiant turbo prop.

Aurigny (bases in Guernsey, Channel Islands for the ATR72 (ATR75s by 2010) and Southend UK for the ATR42) This company will take type rated low hour joiners. Very nice people to work with. The workload is light and is the best bet if you enjoy island living. Flying the line is however quite demanding with flying into very busy hubs as well as short x-wind runway ops into Guernsey. The flying is a mixed bag but mostly standard routes, but also some interesting charter work all over europe, and some night freight. basic take home pay is better than you'd get starting with say flybe but some living expences such as rent are high. Interviews take place approx 2 months apart.

Aer Arann is in Ireland, Very, very high workload. Are replacing older aircraft with new ATR75s. Like Aurigny they need high standards of flying to cope with the sort of work they do. getting a command can come very quickly. Pay is more 'ryan air' in the way you earn your money. but good non the less. Ireland is a great place to live but can be very expencive also. The currant advert they are running is for Captains but worth a try.

Both Aurigny and Aer Arann tend to lose a lot of pilots as they turn out good airline pilots, these pilots tend to be highly prized by bigger airlines when they can't recruit many pilots with pure jet time. This meaning you will get looked at sooner or later, You must pass the sim and line training and this means you'll have to keep your skill levels very high as neither will carry you through.

[FougaMagister]

Air Contractors prefer applicants to have 500hrs on type, but they can't always find them - I should know! Recent starters are a mix of experienced and newly type-rated FOs. (The reason toilets have been removed is that they couldn't be reached anyway once the aircraft is fully loaded with [bulk] freight... Most sectors aren't too long anyway, and the turnarounds are longer - so we manage).

ATRs might be supplemented at some point by 737s on the busier routes, not replaced altogether (not very cost-effective to carry 4-7 tons of cargo on a 737!)

Otherwise the above post is spot on.

Come to think of it, you can also try Dutch Antilles Express (DAE) http://www.flydae.com, Interstate Airlines http://www.interstateairlines.com , Solenta Aviation http://www.solenta.com - and check http://www.aviationjobsearch.com for an ad requiring ATR FOs in Russia (probably UTAir) on a 6-month contract. Avanti Air http://www.avantiair.com have also been known to hire freshly type-rated FOs.

Cheers :cool:

[CarbHeatIn]

On the covering letter/envelope make sure to spell it Aer Arann