Originally Posted by
trancada
Do you know the actual T&C’s? Salaries? Day’s on day’s off?
Do you pay the type rating for the CL604 and the Global 7500?
The work pattern is fixed 17/13 and no extra holidays. Your vacation days are included in your 13 days off. You do have vacation as per contract but they will be used for your 13 days off. If I remember correct they used 4 days per month. On top of this you do all your training like simulators, crm and fire courses on your off days. This means that around 3-4 off periods will be interrupted per year. If you include all this extra work, the working days over the year is more 18/11. If you end up on the 350/605 fleet and have your simulator training in Montreal it will be closer to 18.5/10.5. Travel days were inside these 17 days so day 1 and 16/17 are usually dedicated travel days. You will always be home on time under normal circumstances, unless that has changed but I don't think so.
The outfit is challenging from a social view and issues arise if you have special family events planned on your working days like weddings or funerals. If you plan to have kids, make sure they are planned for your off days!
The leadership style from the office can be summed up in a word as dated. An ignorant management that doesn't have the slightest interest in improving work conditions. It was constant talk of cost savings and the need to work harder to make it work.
On the good side, the flying is dynamic and you will travel the world and see places that you will not even come close to in any other airline. But you will not have much time to explore and the schedule is unpredictable and they can call you out anytime they want and that did also happen frequently. You will work HARD.
The company is run with pretty high standards and operating procedures and at first it will look professional. But there will always be a lot of grey areas in this type of operation and especially with this company culture. Another problem is the constant work life balance and unless you are 25, single and having no friends or friends you want to run away from I would not recommend this outfit. 50+ freshly divorced could work as well. You will hardly see home. At the end of the day it is of course a job and VJ will provide that. They will also pay for all type ratings for a 3 year bond. Accept that. Also no crew food provided.
It is positive that jobs are created even during a crisis like now but fact is also that these jobs advertised does not suit everybody.