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I just had my online interview cancelled some hours before the time and I was told to wait for new a schedule. Cited operational reasons. Anybody knows what's going on? Can it really be because of the Russia-Ukraine crisis? Anybody else on this group who received a similar mail?
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B737ngmax i applied for TR DEC back in october 2021. Passed the 3 stages up until the video interview and i was never ever contacted. Applied again !! In feb 2022 did the video interview also never contacted, I’m actively flying the 737-800 and type rated and nothing ?? Any idea on what’s going on ?? Seems you know stuff by your comments thanks
It seems we are short of FOs at the time being with most of us doing high number of hours. We are also upgrading as many as we possibly can in our limited availability of sim slots. I'd say whenever they're in need of captains they'll look at DEC but for most of us here we hope it doesn't come to that anytime soon.
Many FOs here have been waiting for 3-6 years for the upgrade but due to the MAX and Covid situations never had the chance to give it a go.
As for MAX collecting dust in DWC; please head to DWC and take pictures for me as to what you're referring too. This isn't covid times no more. We're operating on all cylinders!
Why would a captain with 5000 hrs from Ryanair doing European ops be better than an f/o upgrading with the same number of hours in the ME, Africa, India, Russia and Europe with flydubai ?
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Right now our sims are running at Max capacity (no pun intended)....
It seems we are short of FOs at the time being with most of us doing high number of hours. We are also upgrading as many as we possibly can in our limited availability of sim slots. I'd say whenever they're in need of captains they'll look at DEC but for most of us here we hope it doesn't come to that anytime soon.
Many FOs here have been waiting for 3-6 years for the upgrade but due to the MAX and Covid situations never had the chance to give it a go.
As for MAX collecting dust in DWC; please head to DWC and take pictures for me as to what you're referring too. This isn't covid times no more. We're operating on all cylinders!
It seems we are short of FOs at the time being with most of us doing high number of hours. We are also upgrading as many as we possibly can in our limited availability of sim slots. I'd say whenever they're in need of captains they'll look at DEC but for most of us here we hope it doesn't come to that anytime soon.
Many FOs here have been waiting for 3-6 years for the upgrade but due to the MAX and Covid situations never had the chance to give it a go.
As for MAX collecting dust in DWC; please head to DWC and take pictures for me as to what you're referring too. This isn't covid times no more. We're operating on all cylinders!
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He or she didn’t say they felt “entitled” to a command, but that they should be offered the chance if they were suitable, which is entirely different. As far as experience goes an F/O with 3 to 6 years experience at Fz will have somewhere between 2400 to 4800 hours on the 737 in flydubai’s operations plus whatever hours they joined with, probably a minimum of 2500 and many with a lot more than that, so certainly enough for an upgrade if they pass the various checks. And Flydubai don’t give commands away, or at least they never used to, upgradees have to earn it.
Why would a captain with 5000 hrs from Ryanair doing European ops be better than an f/o upgrading with the same number of hours in the ME, Africa, India, Russia and Europe with flydubai ?
Why would a captain with 5000 hrs from Ryanair doing European ops be better than an f/o upgrading with the same number of hours in the ME, Africa, India, Russia and Europe with flydubai ?
a captain in ryanair doing european ops is useless anyways, i think all europeans are useless in this region. But what i do agree on with the guy you are answering is why do they even open vacancies for Captains and then don’t get in contact with any :/ that is very un-professional.
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a captain in ryanair doing european ops is useless anyways, i think all europeans are useless in this region. But what i do agree on with the guy you are answering is why do they even open vacancies for Captains and then don’t get in contact with any :/ that is very un-professional.
a captain in ryanair doing european ops is useless anyways, i think all europeans are useless in this region. But what i do agree on with the guy you are answering is why do they even open vacancies for Captains and then don’t get in contact with any :/ that is very un-professional.
I am from Europe, I really hope to join and than have the chance to fly with you to learn something. I hope not to be too useless…….
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Right now our sims are running at Max capacity (no pun intended)....
It seems we are short of FOs at the time being with most of us doing high number of hours. We are also upgrading as many as we possibly can in our limited availability of sim slots. I'd say whenever they're in need of captains they'll look at DEC but for most of us here we hope it doesn't come to that anytime soon.
Many FOs here have been waiting for 3-6 years for the upgrade but due to the MAX and Covid situations never had the chance to give it a go.
As for MAX collecting dust in DWC; please head to DWC and take pictures for me as to what you're referring too. This isn't covid times no more. We're operating on all cylinders!
It seems we are short of FOs at the time being with most of us doing high number of hours. We are also upgrading as many as we possibly can in our limited availability of sim slots. I'd say whenever they're in need of captains they'll look at DEC but for most of us here we hope it doesn't come to that anytime soon.
Many FOs here have been waiting for 3-6 years for the upgrade but due to the MAX and Covid situations never had the chance to give it a go.
As for MAX collecting dust in DWC; please head to DWC and take pictures for me as to what you're referring too. This isn't covid times no more. We're operating on all cylinders!
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They're busy sorting thru the first round of applicants still my friend. It's going to take some time. We don't have the capacities to train 200 pilots a month!
We're short; yes. We're hiring; yes. We're training guys as we speak; yes yes!
I never said the FOs were entitled to an upgrade but they do deserve the shot at the interview and sim assessment for upgrade. As previously stated the region is extremely challenging and has been the most diverse flying i've ever done in my life. -10 severe snowstorm one day to monsoon season in indian HF the next day.
As for the guy asking about FZ to EK. There's an anti poach agreement. EK will NOT consider you for any interviews until your initial 3 year bond with FZ is completed. This was pre-pandemic but I believe it'll still be in effect once things normalize once again.
We're short; yes. We're hiring; yes. We're training guys as we speak; yes yes!
I never said the FOs were entitled to an upgrade but they do deserve the shot at the interview and sim assessment for upgrade. As previously stated the region is extremely challenging and has been the most diverse flying i've ever done in my life. -10 severe snowstorm one day to monsoon season in indian HF the next day.
As for the guy asking about FZ to EK. There's an anti poach agreement. EK will NOT consider you for any interviews until your initial 3 year bond with FZ is completed. This was pre-pandemic but I believe it'll still be in effect once things normalize once again.
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flareflyer i have nothing Against you personally bro. But i have operated a few years in this region as a F/O and i’ve been a Captain on the 738 for 3 years as well in the same region. I think eastern pilots (indians, pakistanis, or asians and middle Easterns) in general are better prepared for this region. Best of luck getting hired
Interesting observation……. In Europe you have LVO and Cold weather ops in Winter and hot season and bad weather in summer flying to certain airports in Greece.
It is a very complete operation.
But the most important thing is the humble approach you should have towards the job and your colleagues.
I had the luck to be trainer in Ek for a few years so I do not see the differences that you see……
Anyway good luck to you and all off us.
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Interesting observation……. In Europe you have LVO and Cold weather ops in Winter and hot season and bad weather in summer flying to certain airports in Greece.
It is a very complete operation.
But the most important thing is the humble approach you should have towards the job and your colleagues.
I had the luck to be trainer in Ek for a few years so I do not see the differences that you see……
Anyway good luck to you and all off us.
Flare
It is a very complete operation.
But the most important thing is the humble approach you should have towards the job and your colleagues.
I had the luck to be trainer in Ek for a few years so I do not see the differences that you see……
Anyway good luck to you and all off us.
Flare
Branding pilots of a region as "useless" is just total cr$p.
There are good and bad apples everywhere , we've all seen the varied types.
It takes good knowledge, skills and specially the right attitude (non- technical skills) to make a good candidate and fortunately , airlines are usually pretty good in the vetting process to ensure the right fit for their airline.
All the best guys and gals , things are looking good worldwide for aviation all things considered
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I keep an eye on Boeing deliveries and they have already grounded 2 new aircraft they took deliveries of. They have been parked in Amman Jordan for months. Is this from lack of pilots ? I thought lines of 4000 people wanted to join this amazing airline. I guess they can now recruit in Russia and Belarus.