SAA/Express Hiring
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SAA/Express Hiring
Does anyone have information on the hiring process at SAA and SAA Express? What occurs? What are they looking for?
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Anyone knows their recruitment contact?Would they hire foreigners?
The minimum requirement at SAX is a SA Commercial license with IF rating and 1000hrs. The Co would like to hire 2500hr+ candidates, but they have hired FO's with as low as 1500hrs. The current flavour of the month is minimum 500hrs multi-engine time and turbine time plus SA ATP subjects (or the license) will help a lot.
SAX's current crew requirement is 191 pilots and they are only hiring to fight attrition. A new fleet might increase the number by approximately 40 pilots. Current time to command for eligible FO's (4000hrs + ATP) is about 2 years. Salaries are reasonable, but less than Comair and about 50% of comparable SAA scales. Working conditions are good, but on certain pools you can expect to fly 90+hrs per month over 20 days.
SAX is profitable and has recently paid off the residual payments on 13 of its 21 aircraft. The other 8 aircraft are on operating leases. Contrary to popular belief, SAX has never received capital from the treasury although it now belongs to the Department of Public Enterprise (DPE).