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Requirements Are:
Be Willing To Fly For A Lot Of Hours, And Have Minimum Rest That According To Salvadorenian Regulations Is 6 Hours.
Be Willing Fly By Hourly Payment Without No Base Salary,
And Of Course Stay In 2 Star Hotels, During Layovers.
Thats Why About 30 Pilots From Grupo Taca Left Last Year.
Be Willing To Fly For A Lot Of Hours, And Have Minimum Rest That According To Salvadorenian Regulations Is 6 Hours.
Be Willing Fly By Hourly Payment Without No Base Salary,
And Of Course Stay In 2 Star Hotels, During Layovers.
Thats Why About 30 Pilots From Grupo Taca Left Last Year.
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Is that the case for all the pilots of TACA or this is for TACA regional.
do u also get this kind of treatment when u are on the airbus?
and do u know the hours requirements.
Thanks
do u also get this kind of treatment when u are on the airbus?
and do u know the hours requirements.
Thanks
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There is no such thing as a "TACA Regional Airlines", per se, inasmuch as a motley grouping of domestic airlines in each country.
Aeroperlas on Panama
SANSA in Costa Rica
La Costeņa in Nicaragua
Isleņa in Honduras.
They provide feeding to TACA and paint their airplanes with the blue tails and the characteristic red splotch (I believe it's blood from a birdstrike with a some poor guacamayo somewhere over the Central American jungles).
Most of them pay very poor wages and the treatment from management, I've been told, is deplorable. The only reason for being there is 1) you cannot work in the USA or other country, or 2) you are low-time and hoping to get into TACA (plus reason 1).
Aeroperlas on Panama
SANSA in Costa Rica
La Costeņa in Nicaragua
Isleņa in Honduras.
They provide feeding to TACA and paint their airplanes with the blue tails and the characteristic red splotch (I believe it's blood from a birdstrike with a some poor guacamayo somewhere over the Central American jungles).
Most of them pay very poor wages and the treatment from management, I've been told, is deplorable. The only reason for being there is 1) you cannot work in the USA or other country, or 2) you are low-time and hoping to get into TACA (plus reason 1).
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Thanks again for those information
As for my situation i am flying currently in the USA for a regional carrier and i have a little over 2000 hours including 1000 hours jet time.
my wish would be to get hired directly with TACA international.
If so anyone have any idea of the minimum requirements and if they are actively hiring.
As for my situation i am flying currently in the USA for a regional carrier and i have a little over 2000 hours including 1000 hours jet time.
my wish would be to get hired directly with TACA international.
If so anyone have any idea of the minimum requirements and if they are actively hiring.
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i am from france but i work in the USA with a green card.
i have family in central america which is why i am very interested in TACA international.
so do u know their hiring requirements or where i can find them?
thanks
i have family in central america which is why i am very interested in TACA international.
so do u know their hiring requirements or where i can find them?
thanks
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In that case, no chance.
You need to be a citizen of either Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala or Peru to be considered, in which case you would apply to the TACA office in the respective country of your nationality.
You need to be a citizen of either Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala or Peru to be considered, in which case you would apply to the TACA office in the respective country of your nationality.
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Appreciate the candid reply,have a friend flying the caravan for sansa and he is trying to tell me that co-pilots on the A320 take home 3500usd per month......bit of a tall story?
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I was told $2500 per month for FO's, $4000 for Captains whether you are brand new or have been in the left seat since Lionel Yerex was around.
Know several TACA and ex-TACA pilots from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. All are disenchanted with their situation, one of them now flies in the Middle East for one of the major airlines. He explains that in Costa Rica on $2500 one can live a good standard of living, but forget about saving money. All of the salaries are paid in local currency, and with the local currencies being devalued against the US dollar but local prices set in local currency pegged to the value of the US Dollar, you are making a little less every month.
Still, comparitively speaking, in C.A. $2500/month is a fairly high salary-- with many earning only a few hundred dollars a month. That doesn't make the region any cheaper to live unless you are looking for manual labor, it just shows how bad economically the situation is for the majority.
Know several TACA and ex-TACA pilots from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. All are disenchanted with their situation, one of them now flies in the Middle East for one of the major airlines. He explains that in Costa Rica on $2500 one can live a good standard of living, but forget about saving money. All of the salaries are paid in local currency, and with the local currencies being devalued against the US dollar but local prices set in local currency pegged to the value of the US Dollar, you are making a little less every month.
Still, comparitively speaking, in C.A. $2500/month is a fairly high salary-- with many earning only a few hundred dollars a month. That doesn't make the region any cheaper to live unless you are looking for manual labor, it just shows how bad economically the situation is for the majority.
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IF you or your parents are Salvadorean even if you grew up in the states you will have a fair shot at Taca. But dont go there. Trust me. Do the right thing. Cfi 135, 121 regional, supp and then major.
TACA
.....everyone is hired 
their desperate for pilots, no one wants to work for food.
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Hi, look I work for the company around 14 years, salary at the beggining was not a concern, based out of Costa Rica it was good, but CR is very expensive, I will say, more than some states in USA, quality of life in TACA is good, roster, good aircrafts, so so hotels but the pay wayyyy to low. Stay in the USA build some hours and wait for the big boom, unless your are looking for a type on A320 that they probably will charge you, Best
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All I can tell you is that they have the rudest flight attendants in the world. They try their best to slam their doors loudly in the hotels they stay in, and talk loudly in the hallways. Then, if that's not enough, they congregate in the lobby so as no one can get through. They just look at you like they expect you to wait until they are ready to move. They certainly have no consideration for others. Biggest bunch of a-holes I care to ever run into.
I can't tell you much about the pilots because they never speak to anyone outside of their group, but that could just be language/culture difference.
Oh, wait, I can hear them in the hallway as I type this. A-holes!
I can't tell you much about the pilots because they never speak to anyone outside of their group, but that could just be language/culture difference.
Oh, wait, I can hear them in the hallway as I type this. A-holes!