LAN Chile Interview!

[Yeager08]

Hi guys,

First of all I want to thank all of you who have posted so much valuable
information( FlyinOW, chock2chock, and everybody else) on LAN on so many threats.
Based on the postings, private messages and talking to people, I made the decision to come to Chile, convert my certificates and apply to LAN. Today I presented my papers to them and they wanted to interview me tomorrow or Monday.
Unfortunately, I have to come home first to take care of a couple of problems that have to be dealt with asap.
They were very understanding and scheduled me for an interview on March 15th at 0900.

Now I need help with the process. I know that chock2chock posted 2 interview gauges on another post but those are 3 years old. I was wondering if there were any updated gauges out there?

Again, thank you very much for all the info and hopefully there is somebody out there with updated interview gauges.

Y.

[BritishGuy]

Yeager, congrats with the interview. Is knowing Spanish an absolute must for Lan Chile and also, do you know about their pay for FO? What aircraft are they hiring into?

[Yeager08]

British,

Thank you. Spanish is a must!! Right now they are hiring FO for the A320 and B767.
The pay, for what I know is as follows:
Initial (while in ground school) USD$ 1400.00/month. It used to be a 4 month long training but now they are trying to crank them out after 2 months.
After the checkride and basecheck, you are a FO and the first year pay is 80% of your full salary. This 80% depends on your experience and English proficiency, I think.
The 80% comes out to be around USD$3800.00.
The second year they pay you 100%, USD$5000.00.

All this numbers are after taxes and deductions made to your salary. This is what you take home.

I hope this helps.
Good Luck.

Y.

[chock2chock]

I bet there is little you could do between now and Monday, except not stressing yourself out, and getting some good rest, get all your stuff organized, go do some excersise, dont read to much pprune...i imagine you'll have some more info by now, best of luck.


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[cosmiccomet]

Yeager, Are you Chilean???
I sent my resume to [email protected] and Ms Tamara has answered asking my Chileans licenses.

I am Argentinian with FAA's ATPL/ Argentine's ATPL / Peruvian CPL but no Chilean License.
So, my answer was negative and I haven't had any response after that.

[Yeager08]

cosmic,

I believe they don't care where you are from as long as you have chilean commercial license with instrument rating.
I have FAA ATP, so I spent almost a month and 1,000,000.00 pesos to get my chilean rating.

I don't know what to tell you brother, spend the money and get yet another license or try LAN Peru or Argentina.

The best of Luck to you.

Y.

[Yeager08]

chock2chock,

I did rescheduled my interview for March 15th. Today I made it home, US, to take care of some issues and then go back to Santiago to do the interview.

So, there is still time to gather as much info as possible to prepare for it.
Thanks for your help.

Y.

[dannyjet]

I believe those figures are quite higher than what they actually are. Where did you get that info from and when?

Saludos,

[pilotobrasil]

Yaeger, I see you are from Oregon. I was a CFI in Hillsboro and moved down to work in Brazil. Also looked at LAN, but ran out of money for yet another license transfer. How long did it take you to get you Commercial/Instrument there? Good luck with the interview.

[dannyjet]

I did my course in Canada but Iīm Chilean. To convalidate the licenses takes some time due to a lot of bureaucracy and errands. You first need to get your medical, then a provisional permit to fly and go to a flight school. The scheduling for flight and oral checks (taken here separately) are normally for two or three weeks. Iīd say two months to get everything done is good timing. Three or four months is what you should more or less expect.

Do consider now that itīs summer here so a lot of inspectors are on vacation, along with the current fact that there is a lack of inspectors, not to mention the high volume of pilots renewing/getting/convalidating their licenses because of the current movement at LAN.

Spanish is definitely a must.

Saludos,

[cosmiccomet]

I don't think it is gonna be an easy task to convert ICAO licences in Chilean ones if the holder is not Chilean citizen without any Chilean airline sponsorship.

[DeltaGolf]

well , convert YOU CAN convert, then is up to the company if they want to sponsor you so you can work legally in Chile..

[Schickfuss]

So the unemployees from usa are looking to LAN ,hahahahahahahahahahaha so now we exist since you need us to get hours and expirience in our fleets ,I be glad to fly with you oregon boy ,so you can taste what happens with the latinos when they croos the usa border trying to look for a job ,we don not want gringos here ,so be awere ,USA pilots aer not welcome!!! GO HOME

I would find you who you are ,we do not want gringos here ,I am Instructor for LAN ,i would chase you like a rat like you gringos are

[skydude58]

LAN

Chucha madre chileno culeado, it's crappy airlines like yours that pay dirt, and overwork their people that is bringing this industry down, and if if you are hiring gringos..it's cause you don't have qualified pilots in your country to do the job.

[Yeager08]

First of all, you only need to be sponsored by a Chilean company if you are convalidating you ATP. If you are getting your commercial, then you are good to go. You'll have go through the process (painful and costly).

Schickfuss,

I'm sorry to hear you hold so much hatred against gringos. How can you accuse them of racism if you are a racist yourself.
Just so you know, I am Chilean. I live in the US now and I'm looking forward to come back to Chile working for LAN.
Hopefully we'll meet in Santiago on more friendly terms.

Y.

[PPRuNe Towers]

Shickfuss? Demented racist or just normally helpful but maybe very disappointed after his attempt to become an expat moving in on another part of the world.

The Middle East, Qatar, last October to be precise:

I did the interview last week ,50 questions ,my test was number 11 ,TODA?ASDA?actions at V1 with an engine failure,virga ,where is hail most encounter?temperature at the troposphere? what does the blood transports? if you loose the rwy while circling what do you do?CAT I MINS mda and rvr,altocumulus castellatus are indication of? with ISA what is the temp at 10000? what happens if you move cg from fwd to aft?what happens to a clogged pitot tube while you descend ? TAS and mach what happens in a descend ? after a short rest the interview ,about qatar? why qatar ? demandig captain ? have someone misinterpret you ? means of effective communications on the cockpit .then the sim was in A330 6 survivors ,TO rwy 27L heathrow ,2 ILS no AP/AT/FD ,after all they tell us to wait 2 weeks ,but I just received the mail that I have failed so good luck to everybody ongoing

[dannyjet]

@skydude58

Actually there is plenty of qualified pilots in Chile. LAN goes by a term that I can't recall at this moment that states they look for qualified local human resources before glancing over the border for pilots. There are Chilean pilots qualified for the job, very good ones too. Now, LAN having a big demand for pilots... thatīs a different story. But itīs a given they will look for nationals first. Why bother to sponsor someone? Specially when DEC is not what they are looking for.

Maybe shickfuss didnīt express it the best way but what he says itīs true. Reading this thread didnīt make me feel very well until I knew Yeager is Chilean. Otherwise, it kind of sucks to see outsiders getting jobs in Chile when there are qualified pilots here. If the local resource is depleted, only THEN I would find it OK. Letīs be fair.

Oh, just so you know skydude58, LAN is far from being a crappy airline. Bringing the industry down? They werenīt really affected by the economic recession and itīs one of the first companies starting to grow once again in the western hemisphere. Up there where you guys are, itīs still all ****ty. With your attitude you are bringing yourself down. Have a good one.

Saludos,

[FlyingOW]

Schickfuss,

I sincerely hope you are not an instructor with LAN and that you were blowing off some steam after a failed attempt at QR! It's just that kind of xenophobic attitude and poor level of English that gives us "latinos" a bad rep overseas.

You are not doing us any favours posting BS like that, not to mention that your anger towards Yeager was completely unfounded as he is Chilean and has as much a right as the next man at an opportunity with LAN.

OW

PS. Good luck boy and girls applying to LAN, we aren't all twats and I for one welcome quality applicants as unfortunately standards have slipped substantially as growth at whatever the cost has become the order of the day.

PPS. Skydude58 you are just as bad as him with that rather obnoxious retort.

[Air-fan]

Ow is right: Do not spread anger and frustation here. It is hard to be jobless, but just wish the best for the lucky ones who found a new opportunity. Have a nice day !

[chileno 777]

I totally disagree with the words used by Schickfuss but in a certain way he is right. As a matter of fact in USA one must have the residence permit to get a pilot job, in Brazil (and many other countries) you must be a national to get a pilot job…why in Chile is different? Take into consideration that there are plenty of good and qualified Chilean pilots. Unfortunately hiring expats lower the pilot salaries in Chile since many of the foreign pilots are willing to work for less money and when they get the hrs or the situation improves in their home country they move out.
What I think would be fair is Lan Chile allowed by law to hire only Chilean nationals or foreign with the residence permit!

By the way what really drives me crazy are the expats asking if Spanish (actually Castellano) is required to work in Chile…common!!! Why nobody asks if English is a requirement to work in USA or Australia, German in Germany, Portuguese in Portugal or Japanese in Japan???