Originally Posted by
TBL Warrior
Very interesting, so essentially DEC does not exist and reality is; flying an antique on night fright, probably to China....?!
There are some DEC's coming in here and there in the past few years but they are coming from other Japanese gigs already with a JCAB ATPL.....! The rest of the captains are coming from within through the upgrade program, yes...., and to be honest, I think most of us are ok with that.
That will be the office and that will be mostly the mission, yes! Come here for the stability, come here for the ability to choose your days off, come for the business class commute, come here to work in a professional environment where you will be dispatched with plenty fuel, rarely an MEL or CDL, come to fly very well maintained airplanes (even the freighters) and come to one of the few gigs on the international market where you will be flying mostly with other expats and although we have our 5% of the infamous that are the protagonist on 95% of the stories, the majority of guys are fun to be around, professional and we try to maintain high CRM and SOP's standards.
Don't come dreaming of flying to the west coast of the US and Europe on the 78 because even if you eventually transfers to the 78 (many years down the line) you will be doing the same China and SE Asia trips we are doing now..., those wonderful trips you envision are mainline trips and will continue to be mainline trips. Even the Honolulu's will most likely go away once the Fugly monstrosity takes over those trips starting on 2019.
You come with a clear view of what to expect and you will be happy here like most of us, come with the expectation that the job will eventually evolve to something else more to your liking...., and you will be inclined to use the revolving door.
In any case if you come, Don't bitch to me....! LOL