supreme aviation interview for cpl holders..

[RkoSim]

hey guys i hav got an email regarding the interview for the post of copilot on caravan 208b from supreme aviation.. some of my friends have also got it.. but i hav heard a lot of negative comments about this supreme aviation guy..now ma confused if its worth going for it coz mumbai is far far away from my home and either ways am too broke to buy an air ticket.. would really appreciate if you guys could shed any light on this?.. thanks

[jack s]

if you are 208 rated then they should invite you for interview... if not then dont waste time; there will be 100s from Mumbai / Pune area..

[Kishorkumar]

i appeared for the interview.also got shortlisted.i am heading to US for their Caravan endorsement.the owner/ceo/md is superb.he is very straight forward. way too smart. he knows the game.

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This message was planted by, errr, Supreme Aviation no less.

Funny old world huh?

Regards
Rob PPRuNe Admin

[Kabirr]

RkoSim - what negative comments have you heard?

i met captain ameet k agarwal, the owner and ceo. he is a big shot. he is very influential. he does charters for chief ministers.
he is also close to narendra modi.no wander they are penetrating gujarat.
he got a call from ajit singh the other day asking to keep a pilot in front of me.

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Well, well well, a second sign up from Supreme Aviation. What an incredible coincidence! What are the chances of that happening?

Regards again,
Rob PPRuNE Admin

[Ankit Kotecha]

..... asking to keep a pilot infront of me !

[flaps35]

License convertion

Hi guys,


Question about the license convertion and security background check for foreign Cpl holders:
Howlong it takes for this procedure? and where did you your Caravan endorsement for Supreme air.
Any information would be much preciated

[Van-Driver]

Are you joining as Co-pilot or as Captain?.
As copilot you are going to have bad time managing finance
with the salary they are offering and the base expected.

[flaps35]

Van driver,yes the wage is low I thinks just enough for food and accomodation.I will join as First/Officer.But I have to take it, I am low houred and the time is running out for the first job.I would like to hear from guys who are flying for supreme.

[cyrilroy21]

flaps 35

In what country did Supreme Aviation offer you a job as FO ?

Are you an Indian Citizen ?

[flaps35]

I am not Indian citizen,I am from The Netherlands.
By the way I am waiting also for some information for which country they wants to recruit, and how do they do it with the type-endorsement.

[Van-Driver]

Supreme is recruiting for India, base Mumbai, remember you will end up paying alot for accommodation as many places in Mumbai prefer to keep 5-8 months of security deposit and rent can start from 300$ / month +(correct me people if I am wrong)
Caravan Rating can cost you on an average 12000USD but you might be able to find cheaper options, remember if you are doing it on sim do it only on Level D simulator otherwise Indian DGCA wont accept it.

[flaps35]

Van driver thank you for the information.
Wooww 12000$ for a caravan endorsement is a lot of money,here in Europe it is much cheaper,especialy in polen.I agree that the accommodation would be around 300$ p.m.,but I have to survive for 1year.And what about the live expences in mumbay relative to europe it mast be much cheaper?
greetings

[cyrilroy21]

@flaps35

You cannot fly for an operator flying Indian Registered aircraft ( VT ) as an FO unless you have an Indian Passport / Original Citizen of India / Person of Indian origin card

Thats a DGCA rule

In addition to that you need an Indian CPL and Radio License . All these can take a very long time to convert

Now if the operator is flying a foreign registered aircraft then its a whole another matter...

[pfvspnf]

If they are telling you that government paperwork and license conversion will be done quickly and you need not worry , it's a scam. ! Don't fall into the trap flap35 !

[flaps35]

They have only send an list with company offers and i have accepted.they are only telling me that they have started with the procedures.they ask nothing else such fee,for the convertion procedure,so why do you thinks this is a scam

[pilotchute]

Flaps35,

Just wait and they will start asking you for money.

[flaps35]

If they start asking money,i have no 1pence for them,it is simple i will stop.

[Van-Driver]

looks like supreme has sent common offer letter to everyone. whether things written in it applicable to a specific person or not they have just sent it.
there would be no name written in offer letter to whom it is sent for.

flaps 35: if you do caravan rating on real aircraft you need to fly(10 hours) as per DGCA exercises mentioned with sortie wise statement issued by the training academy. if you are going to do it on sim, you would be doing 10 hours sim time. In both the cases you will undergo some hours of ground training and written test. Also I have seen trend of DGCA asking caravan pilots to do familiarization and IR flight in India to get Caravan endorsement so be ready to bear the cost of that as I am not sure supreme is going to take care of it.

I am not sure about local rules but Cyril sounds right so confirm everything about rules regarding getting work permit and other important things for working as first officer on caravan in India before investing any money into it.

with the aircraft expected to arrive in a month or so ( as per supreme) and flying would be done regularly between Mumbai and near by states and airports I dont know if supreme would operate it regularly on N registration but anything is possible.

[MohitGarodia65]

@cyrilroy21

there is no such thing that you have to be an indian citizen to fly VT registered aircrafts.
Supreme Aviation has multiple foreign expat pilots on their payroll currently flying business jets for Essar, Jindal, India Bulls, state government, etc. (their last vacancy announcement was for Hawkers, gulfstreams, etc.).

Any pilot around the world needs to follow something called FATA with DGCA, including security clearance and conversion, which takes about 4 months.

guys at Supreme or any other company can push and get the same done in about 2.5 months.

[cyrilroy21]

@MohitGarodia65

Please read what I have written once again

I have underlined the specific portion for you

You cannot fly for an operator flying Indian Registered aircraft ( VT ) as an FO unless you have an Indian Passport / Original Citizen of India / Person of Indian origin card

My reply was to @flaps35 when he mentioned that he will be joining as First Officer (FO) and he later mentioned that he is from the Netherlands

I am pretty sure you are aware that the DGCA does not allow foreigners to be hired as a First Officer