Bustie
I am all to familiar with 29chev's situation....see I was also a guy who showed up with two buckets.....the one with the money in it never made it past half full....the one with the BS was overflowing by the time I got online. I have stated on here many times that I enjoyed flying with the guys n gals on the -400 at CAL. But the fact the most if not all of the crew there are either at CAL because they HAVE to be or because they are a local and are not applicable to be hired at a REAL airline. I make more money now training then ANY first officer at CAL and a few of the Captains. Doing the same job! When I am off my training pay I will make more than EVERY CAL local captain......I mention this only because so many of us put a price on this job. For me personally it is about enjoying my work, trusting my colleagues and time off! CAL offers you NONE of the above....! The last straw for me was sim 05-01 and I watched the IP crash the simulator 3 times............once on a simple V1 cut which should have been a reject and he continued....the other 2 crashes were on 2 engine inop on short final...I made my mind up that sim that it was over and immediately submitted my resignation as my life is far more important.....!
29Chev was my roommate in Taipei and I can tell you he gave CAL the benefit of almost every situation they put him in! I used to tease him that he would retire in Taipei because he generally was consummate professional and generally really seemed to enjoy the job! But it has been a year for him now and as I know he is leaving I shake my head as CAL just does not want to address the issues in their airline. The sooner CAL gets rid of ALL the expats the better...........because this industry has been through enough over the last 5 years and the days of WHORING ourselves to places like CAL have to stop. That way when hull's are being scrapped off runways around the world AGAIN then maybe someone will be serious about fixing the entity that is Taiwan Aviation
Now to address your post:
You wrote:
"Blue-Footed Boobie
as long as you have some transport cat. jet type or time you DO NOT have put 20K. that simple. and no you do not need to have the same type as they fly."
That is a flat out lie as one of my university collegues was just offered the job subject to the 20K bond....he delined after I explained everything to him!
"swamp monkey
I had an e-mail from HR just a week after submitting my application on line, and within 4 weeks I was in TPE.
They pay for you travel and hotel. (no meal) "
If the email only took a week chances are you are one of the only persons desperate enough or inexperienced enough to consider it! Every job interview I have gone to paid me perdiums and ALL my costs...........nuff said!
There is no point in joining CAL with the intention of jumping ship since a new type rating with CAL is not recognized with any ICAO couturies.
This is bullsh*t!!! Go Get the rating and leave...take they type rating and your logbook goto your home country and they should with all of your records and XXX amount of hours on type will put it on your license. Canada the magic number is 75 hours I believe.
"but you can always take your experience and time on type and go to Emirates, Etihad,....etc." yup you can and then you are in the two bucket scenerio again..............good luck!
the pay;
every Dec you get another month's salary.
one overtime flight lets say TPE-LAX-TPE gives you about 28 hours block time which comes down to $1,500 USD. that you can add to your salary for that month. and as long as you are willing to fly more, all you have to do is let them know and you get it.
the contract is for 4,660 (70 hours) divide that and you get about $67/hr now times that into (the 28 hours LA trip) you get $1864 less than 20% for tax leaves you $1,500 USD.
These are the facts for those of you that willing to read other pilots "professional" comments and plan your life accordingly.
You sure can.....in fact they will let you fly yourself right into a 300,000 NTD (can't remember the exact fine) and the pay for over time you calculated wrong......so I think you should reread the contrat and come up with the really pay............I was one of the higest paid FO's on the -400 and I was 78 an hour.........I know most were NO WHERE near your quote for overtime.......just as a side not I am at 145/hr now...........so you do the math..........!
Bustie, I feel sorry for ya brutha as you really have NO idea of what a sad place CAL is..... I wish you all the luck and empower you to get out of CAL before the next hull loss! Rather than spending your time on here slinging mud, If I was you I would work on getting an ATPL in a country where you will be paid what you are worth.....not what you will whore yourself for...........
PEACE