pacific blue

[MAXX]

Gday all

I have just recieved confirmation of an initial interview with Pacific blue, can anyone give me a heads up on the interview process and what to expect.

Any information would be greatly appreciated

Cheers


MAXX

[Ivan R Donn]

Maxx, check your PMs.

IRD

[MD_Attitude]

Gday Max,

What was your total hours and experience did you have if you dont mind me asking ?Good luck with the interview process.Also, I have been updating my resume with them but still no luck at this stage.Got about 2200 hrs total and Turbine experience aswell.

[MAXX]

Hi, have 6500 plus hours with over 1300 hours jet time. Hope that helps.

Cheers,
MAXX

[Ivan R Donn]

The following is distilled from my experience with the interview process. In qualification, that was a couple of years ago and the ravages of time have not been kind with the specifics, however, as I understand it the general topics and conduct remain similar.

The interview is around an hour in duration and are conducted nowadays by a three person panel consisting of a VB HR representative and a couple of PB line drivers. I found it to be a pretty relaxed atmosphere where the aim appeared to be to get a feeling for you as an individual rather than an in depth oral examination. Questions on the following topics were asked:

- Aviation background and experience, as well as a chat about your personal circumstances; family, interests, hobbies etc.

- Motivation for employment with PB, why not other carriers? Bit of background knowledge of the company; structure, fleet, routes etc.

- Some discussion on technical subjects. I was asked questions on high speed flight/aerodynamics and runway factors (TORA, TODA, ASDA, climb segments etc.)

- Questions relating to PB's operations were also covered. I recall having a bit of a yarn about Oceanic procedures and my understanding of things like ETOPS, RVSM, and RNP. I was a little hazy on that stuff as it wasn't something I had done a lot of.

- Safety topics, incidents from flying and how I resolved them. Bit of CRM and conflict resolution, which was scenario based and explored how I would have dealt with the situation.

I hope that this has been of some help to those of you with interviews coming up. If there's anything else you'd like to know, ask and I'll do my best to answer!

Good luck...
IRD

[minimum_wage]

No change in the 2 years since either. That is pretty much how it still goes. There is about 5 sheets of tech stuff they can choose from to ask you.

And the minimum is as the website says. 2000 hrs. :ok:

[MAXX]

Thanks for the info, much appreciated:ok:

[KRUSTY 34]

So, what's the pay?

[snakeslugger]

KRUSTY 34So, what's the pay?

Approx....CAPT $155,000 and F/O $93,500 plus taxable/tax free allowances

[KRUSTY 34]

Thanks 'slugger.

Is that inclusive or exclusive of super? Is it in Kiwi dollars? What do the allowances add up to per year?

Thanks in advance.

Krusty.

[porch monkey]

Kiwi pesos, Krusty, no idea about the super situation tho.

[snakeslugger]

Yeah NZD, wish it was AUD. Super is via the NZ Kiwisaver...option for 2 and 4% which the company will match. Obviously the allowances depend on how much you work but i'd say about an extra $7000pa. It is called a DTA which is $4.50 for every hour you are away from your home base...if you start and stop at your home base in the one day then this is taxable, however if you are away on a 5 day trip then it is all free from tax. The only thing is...it really needs to be about $10/hr, it ain't cheap drinking hops in Vanuatu:ok:

Cheers

[KRUSTY 34]

Yeah hear ya 'slugger. We've got DTA where I work. Thanks for the info mate!

[Dubaisurfer]

I hear a healthy liking of whiskey was the flovour of one mgt member:E

[MAXX]

Gday again all,

Just another quick one?

Can anyone tell me the name of the current chief pilot of Pacific Blue

Cheers

MAXX

[Ivan R Donn]

Gidday Maxx, the heirarchy in descending order is:

CEO - Mark Pitt
Manager Aircraft Operations (Chief Pilot) - Steve Ackland
Fleet Operations Manager - Geoff Lowe
Boeing Fleet Manager - Andy Tasker

Good luck with your interview.

IRD

[AerocatS2A]

Approx....CAPT $155,000 and F/O $93,500 plus taxable/tax free allowances
According to the recruitment website it is:

Level One: $80,500
Level Two: $91,500

for FO. It doesn't say what defines Level One and Level Two.

[Ivan R Donn]

Level One used to be six months or 500hrs on line, effectively your probation period. Following a successful line check you went on to Level 2 pay.

IRD

[macdonaldjames93]

Hi Ivan R Donn,
Thanks for your posts I used some of it during the interview just find out this week from PB that Im in ...... thanks again
MJ:ok:

[celco]

Does anyone have a direct phone number for PB recruiting?
Thanks

[minimum_wage]

Anyone heard when there are going to be starts for guys in the hold pool?

[thechap]

Four guys on the command course as of next week as I understand it, so one would hope shortly therafter. Probably not much help, sorry.

[bowing]

is that 4 F/Os upgraded to CMD within PB? any more interviews going on?

cheers

[Capt_CheeseDick]

4 f/o upgrades? Doesn't look like it.
There's 2 pay scales in each f/o's and capt's salary.
Total DTA- not $7000, more around $3.5 now it's taxed.

[Raropilot]

Any more interviews coming up? :}

[Cypher]

is that 4 F/Os upgraded to CMD within PB?

They just shafted the 4 F.Os that were coming up for command internally to take on direct entry captains from outside the company instead. :mad:

[bowing]

WOW Any reason behind this Cypher that you are aware of?

[Ivan R Donn]

PB - Yes.
VB - No idea.

[rocketpocket]

Hey Ivan,

You dont have an email address for anyone in H.R by any chance do you?? Feel free to PM me. Thanx.

[bowing]

anyone have any info when next pb interviews are or if any be scheduled ?

cheers:)

[Redline]

I was just having a look at the general conditions on the website.. it states PB crew can do up to 1000 hrs flight time a year..

Are they reaching these sort of figures in real life??

And around 10 night stops a month... normal?? Sensible quality of Hotac?

Thanks in advance..

[Gate_15L]

Most guys (sorry, no girls, they all left...) are doing anywhere from 750-850 hrs. On the odd occasion, someone has been flogged at was hitting 900-950 I believe..

HOTAC is okay IMHO. Although a hotel or two are getting changed in the next few weeks...

Others will say HOTAC is crap, but depends what your after..

9 to 11 overnights a month are normal. 10 of which might be in hotels, and 1 or 2 in the aircraft, cause your doing a redeye.....
There are very few day trip returns left in the sked, most are 3-4 day trips, with the occasional 5 dayer...
the longer trips are spaced out with 1-2 sectors a day, while the shorter trips can be more intense, with 2-3 sectors a day. Usually, the last sector will be a deadhead sector back to home base...