Air Japan starts to hire non-JCAB DEC

[OutbackWanderer]

There are a few points that need to be understood about this latest development.

1. AJX tried DEC non-JCAB before. The failure rate was over 80%. JCAB checkers are not keen on passing guys who have not come up through the system.
2. Any non-JCAB DEC that does pass the training is not going to have a very supportive co-pilot. Co-pilots here speak their minds.
3. DEC’s will have the lowest seniority in the company. They will basically fly the 767 freighter back-of-the-clock until the 767 gets parked in the desert.
4. The training is 6 months until JCAB check. If, big IF (read point no.1 again) you pass, there is always that pesky little JCAB medical that could change your whole life.

Think carefully before leaving your current job. A mate did it the last time DEC’s were accepted. He was washed in his final Line Check. His career never really recovered after that.