Uni-Top Airlines

[B747eng]

Anyone got any info on Uni-Top Airlines, I understand they are looking for B747-200 crews for their freight operation out of China.

[Inspecthergadget]

You probably know more than anyone else.
Where do you get your intel from?

[B747eng]

They are advertising for B747-200 crews on the website climbto350.com

[747fanatic]

Any update on these guys? are they taking over 60s? is the Dubai base option still open?

[little.maverick]

still from climbto350, there maxair now with 747 classic recruiting flight deck, any news about that??

[Lostinspace]

The Uni-Top latest ad only has WUH(Wuhan) and SZX(Shenzhen) as bases. Last I heard still have 60 years limit.

As for Maxair the e-mail address given is not liked by Mail Demon and keeps coming back.

[hjmemon]

can i please have the email address for Unitop and Maxair.
PM if required.
Thanks,
HJM

[Par L Hegardt]

Huang Yu
Assistant General Manager
Uni-Top Airlines Co., Ltd.
Tel：+86 755 83672632
Fax：+86 755 83672673
Cell：+86 15807551682
EMAIL：[email protected];[email protected] (http://mail.google.com/mail/h/1r12m7z9lgius/?v=b&cs=wh&[email protected];[email protected])

[747fanatic]

Does anyone have the terms & conditions for Uni-top?

[slowto280]

Just wondering, did Uni-top ever get off the ground? Info appreciated.

[B747eng]

Does anyone have any upto date info on this outfit, do they still plan to start freight operations out of China?

[speedygonzalez]

I heard that they were planning to start from wuhan but no idea yet. Any info about investors?

[Gsong]

don`t think it`s sustainable to operate 742 or 743 in middle China.even PVG cargo flight running at low level now.

[geh065]

A Uni-top 747-200F has been sighted in Beijing, registered B-2882. No other info found on it at the moment.

[speedygonzalez]

as far as I know they were supposed to kick-off the ops by 8th May

[Angel`s Playmate]

c/n 23461/628- a 1985 ex Air China frame.

Happy haulin`:ok:

[Kato747]

Are there any Unit-Top flight crew on PPRuNE? No answers forthcoming....:confused:

[Paladini]

The T&Cs question still lingers? Does ANYONE know what the T&Cs are for Uni-Top? My search of "350" can't access an ad that old.

If someone applied and decided not to go, for whatever reason, Do you still have the T&Cs?

[alldaysushi]

Hello All,

Just stirring this start-up issue once again, any news?

Thanks...Sushi

[speedygonzalez]

Just heard thhat they will suspend flying their main route by 21 Aug and no new routes announced...

[hailstone]

unconfirmed sightings of Unitop at LUX - any news on these guys ?

[flyheavy]

Hi There,
I do have the contract, however we are few captain's and first officer that we decided not to go because they hired ABDUL SABOOR, and if you don't know him, try to ask. PM me for the contract. Fly safe and stay wherever you are now.

[praatenweetnie]

Seems like they take forever to get going. Since 2008 if I am not mistaken. What is this Saboor guy's background, does anyone know? Understand he was at Macstar in Turkey for a very short time!

Is he looking for greener pastures, or does he not fit into some of these airlines?

[GlueBall]

You can find many genuine business professionals, some self promoted busybodies, as well as some egocentrics duly listed in: LinkedIn | Relationships Matter (http://www.linkedin.com) :ooh:

[WildRover]

Anyone know the FE contract?

[classicpilot]

Stay away from Uni-Top as long as Abdul Saboor is there. He is a dangerous man that is on a serious ego-trip. Tries to force flight crews to fly dangerous aircraft. I have proof of this if anybody needs evidence. STAY AWAY:=

[classicpilot]

Abdul Saboor (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/abdul-saboor/b/726/41b)

TitleChief Operating Officer/Vice General Manger Operations at Uni-top AirlinesDemographic info Industria aeroespacial y aviación | Área Metropolitana de Washington D.C. Current: Chief Operating Officer/Vice General Manger Operations at Uni-top Airlines Past: Chief Operating Officer at Star Airlines, President & CEO at Focus Air, President/CEO at Focus AirCargo, Senior Vice President of Operations,... Education: Kabul University

[747flyingspanner]

I was a mechnic at StarMac Airlines & the following is a list of DMIs & most were expired, also the crew flew the aircraft for three months with number 1 generator inop. The MEL list would not be legal in civilized countries. Somebody should report this man to the Chinese CAA & other avaition authorities.
Please find the following items which currently inoperative or needs to be addressed immediately.

1- EGPWS INOP.
2- TCAS INOP.
3- TAT PROBE LEFT SIDE INOP. (IT IS CONTINOUSLY HEATING ON THE GROUND, IF LEFT ON, THE TEPERATURE RISES TO 60 OR 70 DEGREE CELSIUS AND BECAUSE OF THIS OVERHEATS OTHER SYSTEMS SUCH AS EPR LIMIT COMPUTER AND MORE.)
4- GROUND SAFETY RELAY LIGHT ON IN FLIGHT, WHICH MEANS IT PUTS OTHER SYSTEMS SUCH AS THRUST REVERSER ON NO. 1 AND NO. 4 SYSTEM IN FLIGHT MODE AND IT COULD DEPLOY IN FLIGHT. IT IS AN ABNORMAL AND CRITICAL SITUATION.
5- ONE RUDDER PEDAL STEERING IS NOT ENGAGED ON THE GROUND.
6- ALTERNATE TLIT ON LEFT BODY GEAR IS NOT WORKING, IF PRIMARY FAILS AFTER TAKE OFF, CAN NOT RAISE THE LANDING GEAR AND MUST LAND BACK.
7- START VALVE LIGHT ON NO. 2 ENGINE DOES NOT ILLUMINTE.
8- START VALVE ON NO. 1 ENGINE COMES ON DURING FLIGHT, THE CHECKLIST CALLS FOR SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE IN FLIGHT IF CONDITION PERMIT.
9- ALTITUDE SELECT FEATURE DOES NOT WORK AND IT COMMANDS THE AUTOPILOT TO LEVEL OFF THE AIRPLANE 2000 FEET ABOVE THE SELECTED ALTITUDE AND STOPS DECENDING TO THE DESIRED ALTITUDE.
10- NO. 1 ENGINE N1 GUAGE INOP.
11- NO. 1 ENGINE CSD STILL INOP.
12- NO. 4 THRUST REVERSER STILL INOP.
13- NO. 10 BRAKE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, HAS REACHED ITS LIMIT.
14- NO SPARE TIRES, 2 TIRES NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
15- APU BLEED DUCT LEAKING AND CAUSES EXCESSIVE HEAT IN THE AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT, IT COULD BE A FIRE HAZARD, NEEDS NEW SEALS.

[flyinghawk]

Hey Classicpilot,
I guess you forgot that he was FIRED from Orient Thai, Phuket air, Medix, Orex air, and MESABA in USA. He was claiming that he was a COO for a company in Thailand that NEVER exist, only on paper, check with THAI DCA.
Fly safe,

[Max-Performance]

I have posted elsewhere, but as all the threads mentioning UT seem to drift, I will shamelessly cross-post.
UT are not ready yet. Those in the recruitment process are however being told that they will travel to China as soon as they have done all the paperwork (at the applicants expense of course).

[flyheavy]

Hey Guys,
I just heared that this guy Saboor has FAILED his CAAC ATP test, he is not a check airman or anything, right now doing only an office work, the source is from someone next to him. Anybody knows anything about his background?
Fly safe,

[Max-Performance]

As far as I can tell there is not much chance of Unitop getting going anytime soon (I mean with their own aircraft). The point of contact in China has obviously been told to stall crews. She does this by dreaming up more and more obscure requirements which are 'required' before travel. This has not stopped them interviewing more and more to add to ' the list'.

[slowto280]

Unitop has been talking about operating their own aircraft for AT LEAST 5-6 years now. Are they any closer now than they were then? I am wondering if this is just wishful thinking..............:ugh:

[Max-Performance]

And the costs incurred by the applicants are heavy. Multiply this by a few hundred and you can get to very large sums indeed.

[penally]

Anybody have any info on the telephone interview these guys conduct ?

[JanetFlight]

Wow...what a "CV" that Mr. Abdul Saboor :p
BTW, could he be also the same "brain" behind the semi-obscure cargo carriers flying with old 747's at Georgia's EUREX CARGO, Armenia's VERTIR CARGO and VETERAN AVIA or even Pakistan RAYYAN AIR Cargo?

[Mr Parker P51]

This is Mr Saboors official Cv from the net! Any comments? From Southern guys? How abt from Singapour?

Highly qualified airline executive with over 37 years of flying experience as President, CEO, COO, Senior VP of Operations, Chief Pilot, Captain and Check Airman. 30 years of financial management experience within cargo and passenger airlines. Started two airlines from certification through successful operation.Results-focused and effectual leader with proven ability to inspire and recruit key employees. Talent for proactively identifying and resolving problems – reversing negative sales trends, resolving international shipping contract disagreements, controls costs, maximizing productivity, inspiring employees, and delivering multi-million dollar contracts.


Professional History


Employment:aug 2008-PresentChief Operating Officer at Star Airlines (http://www.naymz.com/institution/star/airlines/275267)
Star Airlines (http://www.naymz.com/institution/star/airlines/275267)



Employment at Star Airlines:

Title:Chief Operating Officer Full-time Employee

From aug 2008 to Present


An international cargo airline registered in Macedonia with offices in Istanbul, Turkey. A startup airline that under my watch has acquired 2 B-747s.Key Achievements: •Established certificates•Established flight operations and crew training•Recruited and trained experienced pilots, ground engineers, load masters and dispatchers.








mar 2005-jul 2008President & CEO at Focus Air (http://www.naymz.com/institution/focus/air/122138)
Focus Air (http://www.naymz.com/institution/focus/air/122138)



Employment at Focus Air:

Title:President & CEO Full-time Employee

From mar 2005 to jul 2008


President/CEODirector of Operations and Senior Check Captain B-747 Assumed leadership role during financially turbulent chapter in the company’s history. Managed finances to ensure predictability








sep 2003-feb 2005Senior Vice President of Operations, Senior Check Captain B-747 a... (http://www.naymz.com/institution/thai/pacific/airlines/275268)
Thai Pacific Airlines (http://www.naymz.com/institution/thai/pacific/airlines/275268)



Employment at Thai Pacific Airlines:

Title:Senior Vice President of Operations, Senior Check Captain B-747 Full-time Employee

From sep 2003 to feb 2005









jul 2002-jun 2003Director of Training/Standards, Senior Check Captain B-747 at Sou... (http://www.naymz.com/institution/southern/air/105069)
Southern Air (http://www.naymz.com/institution/southern/air/105069)



Employment at Southern Air:

Title:Director of Training/Standards, Senior Check Captain B-747 Full-time Employee

From jul 2002 to jun 2003









nov 2001-jun 2002Captain B-777 at Singapore Airlines (http://www.naymz.com/institution/singapore/airlines/275269)
Singapore Airlines (http://www.naymz.com/institution/singapore/airlines/275269)



Employment at Singapore Airlines:

Title:Captain B-777 Full-time Employee

From nov 2001 to jun 2002









apr 2000-nov 2001Senior Check Airman B-747 at Southern Air (http://www.naymz.com/institution/southern/air/105069)
Southern Air (http://www.naymz.com/institution/southern/air/105069)



Employment at Southern Air:

Title:Senior Check Airman B-747 Full-time Employee

From apr 2000 to nov 2001









aug 1990-dec 1999Deputy Vice President of Flight Standards/Safety, Check Captain B... (http://www.naymz.com/institution/korean/air/275270)
Korean Air (http://www.naymz.com/institution/korean/air/275270)



Employment at Korean Air:

Title:Deputy Vice President of Flight Standards/Safety, Check Captain B-747, B-747-400 Full-time Employee

From aug 1990 to dec 1999













Links


All Others

http://www.naymz.com/media/icons/www.linkedin.com/favicon.ico LinkedIn Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/abdul-saboor/b/726/41b)

[flyheavy]

Yes, you asked for any comments?? from Singapore or Southern?? I flew for Singapore and you can ask him Why he was terminated?? I don't know about southern. I know that with Thai Pacific, the company was only on paper and never got there AOC from THAI DCA because of a big failure on paper works. Focus air went under because of him, ask there pilots. Star airlines was already there with there AOC in place, How can he claim that he work for Star airline from 2008 to Present when he was FIRED in May of 2009?? What a Lier !!!!!! They hired him to run the show after his termination from Medix, then he was terminated. Why he never mentioned that he was terminated from Orient Thai, Phuket air, Medix, Star airlines??? Why he never mentioned that he busted 4 tires in Afghanistan trying to make a smooth landing?? Myself and 3 other captains went to China for interview with UNITOP 3 months ago and we met him there, and guess what?? We all left.
Fly safe my friend, by the way we are looking for 744 crews.

[airtraveller]

Anyone knows if Unitop is still hiring crew for their operations? heard some crew are already been trained, but are they operational? What are their routes and renumerations? Thanks for any info.

[hailstone]

Uni-top (http://www.uni-top.com.cn/en/fs.asp)

are Unitop really "taking off " ?

[hailstone]

hmm - after having been online with their webpage in January announcing that they would start in March, the website is gone again -

anybody in the know ?

[englishpilot]

Most of the email address fail from their website, can anybody direct me to an email address that works for recruitment enquiries ?
Uni-top (http://www.uni-top.com/en/index.asp)

[penally]

This is the info I've managed to gain on UniTop thus far:

*a start-up who have yet to get off the ground but have been busy recruiting ie compiling lists of potential candidates for at least a year, if not longer.
*only recently (last month or so) gained their AOC from the CAAC.
*supposed to have begun flying operations on March 4 2011; as far as I know their 2 (or 3) 742s are still sitting on the ground.

If anybody has more or better information, feel free. As posters on other UniTop threads have noted, seems to be somewhat of a chaos club. So either they'll fade away or go into recruitment
panic mode because they have a deadline to meet.
I don't have a working recruitment email either...doesn't help that their website is currently offline.

[VeryHeavy]

Latest is they expect to start next month (But we have heard that before). Crews have been sent home to get visas (In their leave time).

To clear something up - it is 40 on, 20 off, with the travel time in the off time.

[flyheavy]

Hello Everybody,
What the pilots posted before about this outfit is TRUE, they will go down really fast with those pilots in the management, stay away from this outfit, until they get SABOOR out, then they might be ok otherwise they will shut down just like when he shut down Focus in USA. All the best,

[mugal2000]

Hi guys
Latest News Uni-Top looking to hire A300-600 Capts & F/os the adv. is on climbto350.com they said they will operate 10 A300-600.

[B737-GUY]

TO:
747flyingspanner (http://www.pprune.org/members/336609-747flyingspanner)
Seems you were part of the team JERK!!!...:confused:AND EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE TO LET IT FLY....

[Flying Mechanic]

just taxied by the hanger in Beijing, that classic needs some work on it!

[onehotflyer]

Saw a very tatty looking 742 in madras today from unitop. Ref the saboor chap. Never heard of him but just a glance at that cv which was posted says it all. Such a short time in each of his jobs. Either the guy is extremely unlucky to get jobs with companies that go bust or he is dodgy. Sounds like dodgy to me.

[CN-Dream]

Huang Yu
Vice General Manager
Uni-Top Airlines Co., Ltd.
Tel：+86 27 61708526
Cell：+86 15807551682
EMAIL：[email protected]; [email protected] ([email protected]; [email protected])

still recruiting 742 pilots

[ita_198]

How this airline doing, any news?

[newscaster]

Their parent company's website that had a single page on the airlines routes and fleet has gone offline, I wonder if they are rethinking Uni-Top after investing in Jade's restructuring.

[VeryHeavy]

Nothing changed at Unitop. Still recruiting, but the process is very long.

[airtraveller]

Any latest news about Uni-Top? With their stakes in ex-Jade Cargo, will they be phasing the 747-200 freighters and instead use the 747-400Fs for their operations?

[bigbird]

This thread has been dead for a few years, but they seemed to get the operation off the ground with the 747.
Now it looks like Unitop are going though the recruitment process again, this time around it's A300 crew.
Has anyone from the 747 got any current feedback about the company and lifestyle? It looks like Mr Saboor is still involved.

[yamato8]

I don't know about UniTop, but I did go to the assessment of pilotcareer.aero in Nuremberg. It was only a 40 minute sim which I paid 1190 euros. After I finished where I did well, they told me that UniTop would get in contact with me straight away. 3 Weeks later I have not heard anything. By looking at Unitop's requirements from pilotcareercenter, I immediately understood that pilotcareer.aero is a scam. Their requirements are much lower. Further more after continuously calling their 2 phone numbers plus the mobile phone of a "patrick thomas" that was in charge of the Unitop project for pilotcareer.aero I get absolutely no answer. The gig is up of for them. They have taken whatever money they could and ran. STAY CLEAR OF pilotcareer.aero!!!!

[bigbird]

Thanks for that, there is no way I'm thinking of paying to be assessed I'm interested in the left seat. So far no talk of assessments in Germany, I'll wait and see.
Would still like to hear from a current 747 crew if there's any?

[dboy]

@yamato8

Sorry to hear that you lost your money. It is always a gamble, a gamble that i prefer not to take. However thanks for sharing your experience.

So next time, don't pay for any selection.

Good luck!

[saleya22R]

Hi

I applied 1 month ago, got a first positive answer few days ago asking me to send license, logbook, medical, passport for further screening.

Got again a positive answer that I meet their requirements (I have only CPL/IR and less than 1000TT).
They will provide information of next step of the assessment only via telephone, and they ask me to call them...

Sounds very strange for me...