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From: Canada
"...If you dont have any twin time, then you wont be getting a repy. You need at least 100 hours twin, preferably S76."
That is not correct..I know of 3 FOs in the last 6 months who have been hired with no twin and less than 2000 hrs total. Once hired by CHC, they "build up" their hours on the 76 at Helijet .
Bell4can
That is not correct..I know of 3 FOs in the last 6 months who have been hired with no twin and less than 2000 hrs total. Once hired by CHC, they "build up" their hours on the 76 at Helijet .
Bell4can
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From: Australia
Far as I know - might be wrong though- ICAO and FAA are one and the same ?
Back on topic though, you do seem to meet the requirements with your FAA CPL. Best of luck.
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From: Nunya...
I was not being arrogant - I clearly expressed that I was not sure of the similarities or differences....
I was of the impression that the ICAO and the FAA licenses were to similar standards.
Thanks for the good luck wishes though.
I was of the impression that the ICAO and the FAA licenses were to similar standards.
Thanks for the good luck wishes though.
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From: Canada
"...If you dont have any twin time, then you wont be getting a repy. You need at least 100 hours twin, preferably S76."
Even if you've got 5000+ hours twin IFR on S76/B412 you still might not get a reply any time soon. I've been waiting to hear back from them for 2 years, and I'm still waiting!
Gullibell,
you might be very aptly named. With those qualifications if you haven't heard anything in two years they either didn't get your application or you've been chopped for some reason.
Even if you've got 5000+ hours twin IFR on S76/B412 you still might not get a reply any time soon. I've been waiting to hear back from them for 2 years, and I'm still waiting!
Gullibell,
you might be very aptly named. With those qualifications if you haven't heard anything in two years they either didn't get your application or you've been chopped for some reason.
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From: Canada
Flying Bajan,
As someone else already mentioned you won't hear anything from YVR until they need you and then you'd better have your bags packed because they'll need you in a hurry. Pre-planning in not a skill that YVR does well.
Also, without the 76 time you will be continuously bumped to the end of the line until they run out of applicants with the experience, except for Gullibell, of course.
Sorry about that GB. I couldn't resist.
As someone else already mentioned you won't hear anything from YVR until they need you and then you'd better have your bags packed because they'll need you in a hurry. Pre-planning in not a skill that YVR does well.
Also, without the 76 time you will be continuously bumped to the end of the line until they run out of applicants with the experience, except for Gullibell, of course.
Sorry about that GB. I couldn't resist.
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From: Wanaka, NZ
Oh, the complexities of those checklists, not something that I look forward going back to. Much prefer those jobs with simple single line checklists (eg. start 2nd engine before takeoff). Thanks, but I'm not looking at changing ships at the moment.
However, out of interest a cursory glance at chc.ca finds it being blocked by the local authorities, as is schreiner.nl, but chcaustralia.com isn't. Weird that, maybe they've done something to upset the PLA recently! Point remains however, that having the experience you think they might be looking for might not get you a look at. And as others have noted, having only very limited experience might find you on the next burner to Vancouver. So give it a go, you never know.
However, out of interest a cursory glance at chc.ca finds it being blocked by the local authorities, as is schreiner.nl, but chcaustralia.com isn't. Weird that, maybe they've done something to upset the PLA recently! Point remains however, that having the experience you think they might be looking for might not get you a look at. And as others have noted, having only very limited experience might find you on the next burner to Vancouver. So give it a go, you never know.
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From: Jankara
S76 is very important because then you can be sent to Nigeria for a few years and some of those wanting to quit if they can't leave Nigeria, will be able offered postings to decent places so they don't leave the company 
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From: Canada
Flying BAJAN:
An ICAO ATPL is a license issued by a state that has signed on with ICAO. ie.
the "old " western bloc countries like Canada, US, Australia, EU ect. Former Eastern block countries are not recognized, i.e Russia, Poland ect. Things of course may be different now.
An ICAO ATPL is a license issued by a state that has signed on with ICAO. ie.
the "old " western bloc countries like Canada, US, Australia, EU ect. Former Eastern block countries are not recognized, i.e Russia, Poland ect. Things of course may be different now.
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From: Lost and Legless somewhere in LaLaLand
ICAO is a United Nations agency and as such most members of the UN, including Eastern Block countries. It issues recommended practices for civil aviation worldwide which contracting states are supposed to accept, and where they don't, they publish a list of those recommendations which they don't follow. The USA's FAA has the largest list of differences from ICAO recommendations.
I think that the current ICAO contracting states number 188, including Russian Federation, Poland, Romania, Nigeria, USA, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia and many other former Eastern Block countries. The full list can be found at:
ICAO Contracting States
If you're going to work for CHC GO they don't much like JAA or FAA licences because they don't have many examiners for those jurisdictions. If you're working in some African countries for them, they'll get you an SAA licence as the aircraft are on the ZS register. In the case of somewhere like Nigeria, they'll send you to Canada to get your Canadian licence and then keep that current for validation. Be warned that you may find it difficult to keep a JAA licence currebt if you work in Nigeria for CHC as they won't normally pay for you to keep your JAA licence current. This has led to a number of pilots leaving them.
I think that the current ICAO contracting states number 188, including Russian Federation, Poland, Romania, Nigeria, USA, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia and many other former Eastern Block countries. The full list can be found at:
ICAO Contracting States
If you're going to work for CHC GO they don't much like JAA or FAA licences because they don't have many examiners for those jurisdictions. If you're working in some African countries for them, they'll get you an SAA licence as the aircraft are on the ZS register. In the case of somewhere like Nigeria, they'll send you to Canada to get your Canadian licence and then keep that current for validation. Be warned that you may find it difficult to keep a JAA licence currebt if you work in Nigeria for CHC as they won't normally pay for you to keep your JAA licence current. This has led to a number of pilots leaving them.