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Feather44 30th Mar 2015 09:37

Upgrade
 
Good Day all,

Thanks for sharing your experiences. (Bad or good)

I read the entire thread and would like to have your opinion on the upgrade process.

How long it normally takes for a new joiner F/O (3500 on type - 5000 total) assuming the company is happy with your work?

payforlife 30th Mar 2015 10:33

Hi Feather, it will be really a matter of months to start the upgrade with your experience since captains are never enough and especially at this moment. If i remember well you will need at least 500 hours in the company and then, according to performance as you said, you might be already eligible for the upgrade
:ok:

A320baby 30th Mar 2015 11:07

With them hours (Providing they are mostly jet hours) You will be upgraded after 6 months.

I think we are desperate for pilots this year!

Good luck, It's not a bad company at all, You will fly a lot but there are lots of opportunity for career progression :ok:

Feather44 30th Mar 2015 15:01

Thank you guys for your help ;)

Good fly!

McMax 2nd Apr 2015 08:43

What are the internal upgrade requirements beside 500hr within company?

flyeast47 2nd Apr 2015 12:32

No further requirements. Depending on operational needs. This year 75 F/O's get an upgrade.

dirk85 2nd Apr 2015 12:58

Isn't like 3800 factorized hours, or something similar?

baobab72 4th Apr 2015 07:01

Fast track upgrade
 
Hi guys
I am a line training captain on a Cl605 mtow 20.5tons, i have in excess of 5500 hrs however i dont have any airline time.
I was contemplating the idea of joining wizz air although quite frankly i don t fancy too much the idea of getting stuck on the right seat - with a copilot pay - for a long time. So i was wondering if my factorized time is about 4850hrs based on the table posted on their website, how long would it take to get upgraded, provided that my performance will meet their expectations?
Should i apply for a first officer position or wait a bit until i get the 5000 factorized hrs and then a direct entry captain position?

Many thanks for your hints

dirk85 4th Apr 2015 13:33

Judging from what's been written here in the past, I would be surprised if in one year you wouldn't start your upgrade course.

seventhreedriver 5th Apr 2015 07:10

I think, you only need 3500 factorized hours.

Wizz Air - Career Opportunities

dirk85 5th Apr 2015 12:26

How would biz jet time be considered in that table? Airline short-haul or non-airline multi engine?

dboy 6th Apr 2015 07:26

Non airline mlti engine.

Deep and fast 6th Apr 2015 08:17

Eh, so a global express and a piper Seneca are the same factor?

dboy 6th Apr 2015 08:32

I would say so because both are NOT airline.

Deep and fast 6th Apr 2015 11:45

Maybe Embraer 145 Embraer Legacy would have been a better question as one is airline and the other is biz jet but effectively the same, although the Legacy is heavier.

dirk85 6th Apr 2015 11:53

i like to think they would apply some common sense evaluating past experience.
A flight instructor with 3000 hours of vfr instruction time in a seminole would have more factorized hours than a FO with the same time on a fast complex business jet operating all over the world...

dboy 6th Apr 2015 11:55

I think they are more refering to the kind of operations rather than the type.

baobab72 6th Apr 2015 13:10

Bizjet to wizzair
 
Hi
I referred to the table as non airline but with a mctow in excess of 20 tons. That is why a seneca would not fall under the same category.

So i would be eligible for a direct entry captain position with my factorized hours?

dirk85 25th Apr 2015 10:22

Any news from the guys attending the interviews in March and April?
Bases offered?

seasexsun 27th Apr 2015 07:43


Eh, so a global express and a piper Seneca are the same factor?
If wizzair thinks that way then they are very stupid.


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