looking for A320 jobs
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looking for A320 jobs
hi all,iam looking for A320 job i hold JAA license with A320 indorsment in my uk license recently i done my base training any good idea for job i appreciated.thank u
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I have heard Tesco Air are in need of A320 FOs.
Min requirements: Self Sponsored A320 TR, Min hours on type, Lots of debt, As little common sense as you can bring to the job, ability to make bad investment decisions.
app form can be found here
www.Look-how-much-money-i-wasted.com/im.a.prat
Min requirements: Self Sponsored A320 TR, Min hours on type, Lots of debt, As little common sense as you can bring to the job, ability to make bad investment decisions.
app form can be found here
www.Look-how-much-money-i-wasted.com/im.a.prat
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er....yeah I'm about to be laid off with 1500 hrs+ on the A320, you've got no chance of a job for years mate, the only A320 people recruiting are middle east or far east carriers requiring..... surprise surprise......1500 hrs+. You have completely wasted your money, and anyone else thinking of doing a TR is also wasting their money!! bmi laying off 125 pilots, Aer Lingus laying off 100+, Easy probably similar, etc etc etc...
SinBin - small point but there are no lay offs at easyJet. 3 new Airbus delivered this week in point of fact.
A bare a320 type rating is going to get you nowhere and was a big gamble even in a booming market.. Who advised you?
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A bare a320 type rating is going to get you nowhere and was a big gamble even in a booming market.. Who advised you?
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Aha ! RTFQ properly strikes me yet again!
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If you can't get a job in Kuwait with the three companies I mentioned earlier then you obviously need to apply to Air Bahrain, Air Arabia and Qatar Airways ... all looking for A320 drivers.
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Hi I know this company in Australia called Aviation Labour Group are after candidates for 12 month contract in Asia with Current FAA/EASA License on A320/321 and/or A330. Maybe try contacting them. 
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You just ruined your career and life,mate...Nobody will ever respect you for buying your way up the ladder and you're not going to get a job in any case,so you'll most probably will have to spend the rest of your life working 8 am-10 pm for miserable salary and poor conditions.A very good lesson for everybody who's intending to buy their job though 
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You guys don't know his financial background...He might be a son of some sheik... I would probably also do a T/R just for the heck of it if I had that kind of money...
You also have to see it from this perspective:
Yeah It would be silly to go for a T/R if you are on a loan or only have limited funds, but lets say you have endless funds like some people do... You might aswell go and fly that Airbus...
You also have to see it from this perspective:
Yeah It would be silly to go for a T/R if you are on a loan or only have limited funds, but lets say you have endless funds like some people do... You might aswell go and fly that Airbus...
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nobody want pilot with over 500h on type.
you think you are a smart guy, then paying for a job and make your 500h, and then what??? THEN WHAT???THEN WHAT???TELL ME????ARE YOU GOING TO TALK?
THEN you apply in a company , and THEN they tell you the same BS ;" We can offer you a block of hours for XXX euro (or US dollars), are you interested."(remember, you pay already XXX euro for XXX hours dumb-head!)
before, it was the catch 22, how can I get experience if I don't have a job??.
these days, it's the new catch "23", with experience , How can I get a job? yes, because now you can buy experience, but you can not get a job once you got experience!
Nobody is interested by experimented pilots(unless you g fly the 380).There are too many pilots in this industry , what this industry want these days , is 200h pilots willing to pay to fly...
you think you are a smart guy, then paying for a job and make your 500h, and then what??? THEN WHAT???THEN WHAT???TELL ME????ARE YOU GOING TO TALK?
THEN you apply in a company , and THEN they tell you the same BS ;" We can offer you a block of hours for XXX euro (or US dollars), are you interested."(remember, you pay already XXX euro for XXX hours dumb-head!)
before, it was the catch 22, how can I get experience if I don't have a job??.
these days, it's the new catch "23", with experience , How can I get a job? yes, because now you can buy experience, but you can not get a job once you got experience!
Nobody is interested by experimented pilots(unless you g fly the 380).There are too many pilots in this industry , what this industry want these days , is 200h pilots willing to pay to fly...
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Well seams like a lot of people with bad experience, let me tell you my story!
I bought my type-rating with SFA in Brussels in the summer of 2007 along with 10 other pilots, ALL OF US where hired within 8-10 months by different companies. ALL OF US are still employed flying A320 / A321's... Me myself started in Onur Air in Turkey, then moved to Saudi Arabian Airlines for a short while and now I have been flying for Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia for almost a year...
I know a total of aprox 20 pilots on the A320 who all funded their own TR and all of them have been employed and are still flying... NONE of them bought any line-training...
it might be time for all you "unemployed" pilots to start applying directly to companies rather than sitting around here whining about being unemployed... Check out wikipedia for all airlines operating A320's and then call the HR departments and apply... dont just send an e-mail... let them know who you are!
If they require you to speak a language, go learn it... most often you can learn a language pretty fair in about 6 months... if you're not employed by that company anyway, at least you've got something more to put on your CV!
Most companies hire, its just a matter of time and place...
I bought my type-rating with SFA in Brussels in the summer of 2007 along with 10 other pilots, ALL OF US where hired within 8-10 months by different companies. ALL OF US are still employed flying A320 / A321's... Me myself started in Onur Air in Turkey, then moved to Saudi Arabian Airlines for a short while and now I have been flying for Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia for almost a year...
I know a total of aprox 20 pilots on the A320 who all funded their own TR and all of them have been employed and are still flying... NONE of them bought any line-training...
it might be time for all you "unemployed" pilots to start applying directly to companies rather than sitting around here whining about being unemployed... Check out wikipedia for all airlines operating A320's and then call the HR departments and apply... dont just send an e-mail... let them know who you are!
If they require you to speak a language, go learn it... most often you can learn a language pretty fair in about 6 months... if you're not employed by that company anyway, at least you've got something more to put on your CV!
Most companies hire, its just a matter of time and place...
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@Founder well in 2007 things were looking pretty good and a lot of airlines were hiring.... Now it surely is a completely different story...
Doesn't Onur air has a hour requirement? How did you get arround it? or did you have the hours?
Doesn't Onur air has a hour requirement? How did you get arround it? or did you have the hours?
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In 2007 Onur Air did not have any hour requirement, but I can tell you as a fact that most of those requirements does not apply when companies dont find qualified pilots. It is very expensive for an airline to type-rate a pilot, thats why they want guys who have the rating...
I know the story is different now, but what you have to ask yourself is how is the business gonna be in 1 year and then base your decisions on that...
Are you gonna wait until things get better and do what? Once things get better the airlines are not gonna wait around for you to do a type-rating, its better to do it now when times are bad so that you are ready to go as soon as the airlines start hiring again...
I know the story is different now, but what you have to ask yourself is how is the business gonna be in 1 year and then base your decisions on that...
Are you gonna wait until things get better and do what? Once things get better the airlines are not gonna wait around for you to do a type-rating, its better to do it now when times are bad so that you are ready to go as soon as the airlines start hiring again...
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the airlines don't need to wait for you! they have a waiting list of candidates waiting to pay to work.
This market is already filled with 500h pilot on airbus who are desperate to find a job.
2 candidates:
pilot A: 200h total, no type rating, ready to buy t/rating and line training.
pilot B: 700h tt, rated on the A320 with 500 hours on type, no money!
who they are going to hire?
This market is already filled with 500h pilot on airbus who are desperate to find a job.
2 candidates:
pilot A: 200h total, no type rating, ready to buy t/rating and line training.
pilot B: 700h tt, rated on the A320 with 500 hours on type, no money!
who they are going to hire?