Air Hong Kong, the A300-600 cargo outfit

[classicart]

Does anyone have interview experience with this airline?
Does one fly on a validation or will you need a chinese license?
And do they make you do a china medical or is the FAA medical valid?

Any tech q's and anything else that might be useful to get a guy through their hiring process will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and all the best to all

[Cpt. Underpants]

I don't work for them, but this is what you can expect:

Hong Kong Licence (Issued by the HKCAD)
Hong Kong Medical (similar to FAA class 1)

Anything else?

Captains USD5000 a month, and a training bond.
Singapore based.
No housing assistance
No Insurance
No allowances
No travel benefits

But hey, it's BIG IRON, EFIS, the "Big Time", yeehaaa!! Hurry on up!! Denigrate your profession here!!

[VR-HFX]

Undies

Trust that c...t GO didn't try and entice you there as well all those years ago

[Cpt. Underpants]

No, I'm in CX, but GO DID try and entice a few mates.

Disgraceful that after all his golden years in CX, the best of everything for such a long time and still he was so deluded and filled with grandiose visions that he became their front man...

[greencandreaming]

The Question , is Audrey " still putting the lotion on "

[classicart]

air hong kong

thanks undies...so not the best of conditions then eh.

but hey I can go fly a caravan in india or see if I can get on the BIG IRON for a year or so and then take it from there. I'm a zero hours on jets guy and heavy cargo is what I want to do.

HKCAD is that the same as a Chinese license or is there still a difference. I hear the Chinese medical is a bitch to get through... Is the HKCAD just as hard?

Anyone with interview experience or anything else that might be useful to get a guy through the Air Hong Kong hiring process will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again

[ulaula123]

updates:
-No proper medical
-no food on second sector; only crackers and sodas
-no proper uniform

-NO UNION

Training bond is 90,000 USD for pilots with no jet experience.

Panties, they increased salary (80% pilots already left),it is 10,000 USD (including perdiem) based on 50 hrs. for Captains,now.

Now you know why profit in CX is 70% up!

Rgds..

[hongkongfooey]

see if I can get on the BIG IRON for a year or so

might wanna make that 3 years or so.... due to ridiculous bond ( which is legal in Singapore BTW )

[classicart]

ok then 3 years...but do you have any info on how to get in?

[classicart]

I appreciate all the feed back I have gotten so far, but none of it has been real useful unfortunately.

I realise that most of you guys possibly have a bunch of jet time and can be a bit more picky about where to go, but the heaviest I have flown is a single engine turbo prop with 5000 twin time in pistons.

So when a company like AHK invites me to come for an interview (where most others don't even contact me because they require at least 500 hrs on jet) I ofcorse jump to the oportunity to finally get some jet time...whether the conditions are only so so or better somewhere else is a lesser concern for me right now...ok 3 years with the devil is a long time, but never getting your foot in the door is a drag too...

anyway thanks again to all of you

here is what I need:
1. how tough is the medical if any?
2. how tough is the selection process, if any...lol?

[AAIGUY]

Medical is not that big a deal.


Interview is personal chat and a sim.

Knowledge of your own aircraft, common sense and being a likable person are
required.

I don't work there..but several friends from HKA have interviewed there recently and 2 of our previous Mgrs (both some of the best guys in the biz) are there now.

Good Luck - But know you WILL be there for 3 years as the bond is binding.

[classicart]

thanks AAIGUY... is there anyone actually working for Air Hong Kong and wants to PM me instead

[classicart]

has anyone recently gone through the interview...can you share details?

[shadow2]

Don't worry about the interview, , they need people who are blinded by the shinyness of the big iron, come join the fun, when the shine wears off you'll have some market skills that are in demand elsewhere, just expect to be pissed off for the duration of the bond (4 yrs) .If you can keep a smiley face for the best part of it , you'll fit right in.
S2

[pilotcpb]

Add me to the list too, sounds interesting, would like to hear more...

[7Q Off]

capt real requirements?

Looks like a good place for singles to build up some Widebody PIC time and then fly for a real job.

[pilotcpb]

I see they are 60% owned by CX. Are they similar to CX in any way, good o rbad?

[air36]

Anybody interested in applying for AHK, go to www.airhongkong.com.hk or send your resume to [email protected]. AHK is owned by Cathaty Pacific 60% and DHL 40% but the pay and benifits is very far from what Cathay Pacific is offering. The advantages for working for AHK are work schedules(commuting) 8-10 days work and 6-8 days off, flying only 45 to 60 hors per month without long haul flights, relaxed environment (small tight knit airline) and flying wide body aircraft. Captain's salary is about US$9500/month flying 45 hours including REI but if you fly above 45 hours, you get US$100/hour. First officers salary is about US$ 7000/month flying 45 hours and US$70/per above 45 hours. Base options are Singapore, Penang and Hong kong but no housing allowance, no education allowance, no travel allowance but ID90 tickets thru Cathay Pacific (impossible to get in and ID90 still expensive), limited medical benifits, no loss of license but only loss of income coverage and you have to pay tax. (SIN about 10% and HKG/PEN is about 15%) AHK now came up with a gratuity scheme, US$20,000 for Captains and US$15,000 for First Officers for the first 4 years and subject to board approval another gratuity pay on the 5th year, 6th year and so on. Mutual fund or CPF is also offered for the pilots but company contribution is only limted to around US$200-300/month. Overall AHK is a good company to work for if your prioritiy is a commuting job with a decent pay to the amount of work you're doing. The benefits are not that good compared to Cathay but if you want to get jet or wide body experience, salary is acceptable to your standards and can stay until your bond is manageable to pay and move on to another airline then AHK is the best option for those without jet experience. Off course im not saying its a perfect airline and AHK needs to address some issues but generally my experience working for AHK is very pleasant and enjoyable. Hope I relayed useful information to those interested in joining Air Hongkong.

[ulaula123]

Yesterday in Herald Tribune:
FedEx widebody Captain annual salary: 240,000us$
First Officer widebody: 160,000us$

It looks like AHK pay is about 50% compare to FedEx!

[navimaster]

Is there any possibility for a graduate like me with just a CPL/IR with Frozen ATPL and only 200 hours on Single and Multi Engine piston engine aircraft to get a job there??