Cargo airline in China (low hour pilots)

[A310Capt]

Received a job offer (alegedly from Uni-Top, but e-mail does not match website domain

Uni-Top's website is http://www.unitop-air.com/en/home/index.html, as far as I could see, but the e-mails from the people who contacted me don't match. Anyone here received messages such as the ones below from "[email protected]"?

1st message:

"30 December 2014, 04:17
Dear Applicant,

I’m Shirley from flight department of Uni-top Airlines.

We got your email address from FlightdeckRecruitment.com, We are now recruiting pilots for our A300-600 fleets. And we are going to establish a transition program for pilots who are not type rated on A300-600 but with heavy jet aircraft type ratings, such as A300-600, B737,B747, B757, B767, DC10, A300-B4.

If you are interested in Uni-top Airlines, would you please send us your resume for review?

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards,

Shirley

The followings are some qualifications and requirements for our A300-600 fleets:

Qualifications:
- Captains should have a minimum of 1000 hrs PIC on either 737, 757, 767, 747, DC10, A300-B4 and Total Time of 5000 Hours.
- First Officers should have a minimum of 500 hours as “second in command” on either 737, 757, 767, 747, DC10, A300-B4 and 3000 hours Total Time
- Accepting Pilots with time on 737, 757, 767, 747, DC10, A300-B4 with FAA, JAA (EASA), CAD License (Licenses from other countries will be considered)
- We prefer that you are Current and Qualified on type listed above but we will consider you if you are not current and have not flown within a year.

Requirements:
- Age 55 or under only, please state your D.O.B. on resume
- Valid Passport (state country on resume) and able to obtain a Chinese Visa
- Should be in good health and able to pass Chinese Medical Screening
- Able to pass CAAC Written Examination and Pass a Simulator Evaluation
- Cannot have any restrictions on pilots license such as "circling approach restriction" these restrictions must be removed prior to employment with Uni-Top

Compensation/Benefits:
- A choice of contract, either commuting or non-commuting
- Plane ticket provided to and from your home by Uni-Top
- All lodging provided by Uni-Top (apartments and/or hotels)
- Transportation and lodging provided by Uni-Top for the interview/testing process
- We will convert your Pilots License to Chinese License (full Chinese License is issued) at our expense

Qualified Applicants are Encouraged to Apply, Please do not apply if you do not meet the stated requirements/qualifications.
When applying, please note the following information in the BODY OF YOUR EMAIL:
1) Your Specific Aircraft Time and Total Time
2) The date of your last PC (PPC)
3) The date of your last flight and type of aircraft flown
4) Any known medical deficiencies


UNI-TOP Industry Group is the Parent Company for Uni-Top Airlines. In addition, Uni-Top Industry also owns; Uni-Top logistics, Wuhan Logistic Park, Changyi Air Cargo Service Company, Apex Express, Sure Express and others. Our Airline base is in Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, Hubei Province, China. Our fleets include three jumbo B747-200Fs (JT9D-7R), One 747-400, and 7 A300-600 Aircrafts. We are growth inspired for the Asian and International Cargo Markets.

王保 Shirley

友和道通航空有限公司 Uni-top Airlines Company Limited

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地址：武汉市黄陂区天河机场天河新街特1号

Address: No.1, New Tianhe Street, Huangpi District, Wuhan City, Hu Bei, P.R. China

Tel: [phone]

Mobile: [phone]"

Email: [email protected]
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2nd message (after I sent her my CV):

"4 January 2015, 05:39
Dear Sir,

Thanks for your email.

As you have B737 type rating on your FAA license, and we start to establish a transition program for those pilots who are not type rated. Applicants who meet all criteria will be trained and typed (A300-600) by Uni-top and be given a Chinese License upon successful completion of the training program.


Are you willing to join in the program?


We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards,

Shirley


发件人: Fábio Gonçalves [mailto:]"
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[A310Capt]

In addition to my previous message - Uni-Top A300-600 positions

Just to complement, the reply's speed does not feel like a typical Mainland China Company. I used to fly A300-600's in China (based in Macau S.A.R.) and this whole thing definitely sounds weird. I also read here that some of you (1)- were asked to pay up to US$ 2,000 to attend an interview (No such a thing, ever!!!) and/or (2)- were asked to travel to Nuremberg for screening at your own expense (a decent company would at least reimburse you for the ticket & hotel/food expenses, once you got there). Now, is there an A300-600 full flight simulator there? To my latest knowledge, the only FFS for A310 / A300-600 in Germany was in Berlin, operated by Lufthansa. But that was until mid-2009.

I only sent a CV to those people out of curiosity, as I just got rated (again) on B737NG / BBJ. Although I enjoyed my times on the A300-600 / A310-300 (some 3,000+ hrs., on 3 different operators), there were only some 186 units of those acft delivered by Airbus Industrie. Some crashed and most of those fleets are nowadays owned by FedEx, DHL and UPS. Hence it is no longer a very strategic type rating to keep, as its marketplace has been going down the hill for a while.

Best of luck to everyone in 2015.

[dboy]

Why would a company prefer that you have NOT flown within a year???

[TriStrPlt]

So far has been legit

Scheduled to travel to Wuhan to interview.


Arranged by Uni Top. No mention of anything regarding the Germany sim.


All communication initiated via the Climb350 posting that UniTop is doing.

[pilotchute]

So the whole Germany thing was a scam! Who would have thought?

[inbluskyz]

SF is hiring and so is 9air.

[A310Capt]

Uni-Top is still in need of pilots, but the process is slow

Just came back from CN for the 1st Class Medical and ATPL written (no middlemen, everything directly with the airline). Next phase will be a sim chk (B737NG, because that's what I have current) and - provided it is successful - Z Visa, Work Permit etc etc...they still need people for the A300-600RF and for the B747-400F. Only the B747-200F is currently flying. Not the best contract in China, but if one prefers cargo than pax, it is not bad either.
Let me know if it raises any interest.
Good luck everyone.

[tii1994]

Hello, does anybody knows what's going on now with pilotcareers.aero? Should I pay and go for the interview or it's bull s..t?

[DoPilot]

No!

Don't do it!

Pilotcareers.aero is completely SCAM!
Don't send anything to them!

[didjubrinabeer]

Uni top

Hi guys,

Just wondering if there are any up dates on uni top.

I hear they're still needing pilots ...thinking of applying via an agent.
Any info via PM in testing ...sim..etc greatly appreciated.

Happy landings

[pfvspnf]

Scam don't do it