Low Hours Dragonair Recruitment
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Low Hours Dragonair Recruitment
Hi All,
When I attended the BALPA confrence in London I was informed that Dragonair would accept CVs from low hour pilots if they hold a HK permanent ID card. At the moment I am a UK Frozen ATPL holder who holds a HK permanent ID card and would like some advice on whether I should submit an application. I will also be in Hong Kong for Christmas and wonder if it would be an idea to MTR it out to CLK and come and visit.
Thanks
When I attended the BALPA confrence in London I was informed that Dragonair would accept CVs from low hour pilots if they hold a HK permanent ID card. At the moment I am a UK Frozen ATPL holder who holds a HK permanent ID card and would like some advice on whether I should submit an application. I will also be in Hong Kong for Christmas and wonder if it would be an idea to MTR it out to CLK and come and visit.
Thanks
Depends if you wanna fly !
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Of course you should make a visit, it shows interest and motivation and personality and often works at KA !
Depends upon low hours ofcourse as KA needs 5 k hours for Command and they are fast these days, so a low hour guy say with 1000 hours will take 6 years odd to command !!
Good luck !
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Can anyone from Dragon Air tell us what sort of experience seems to be attracting their attention these indeed hard days for us, aviation professionals. Could approx. 3600 TT with 1000 turboprop command, currently captain with one of the Regionals be of any interest for Dragon.
Any info is appreciated.
Any info is appreciated.
Karunch
I agree attitude is all important. The ability to adapt is essential given the general state of aviation in general. It does, however, seem strange that while some operators are more than happy to employ ex-Captains as F/O's, others are not! EK for example.
I'm not sure if KA is that big a pond...yet.
It certainly does appear to have a bright future though.
Good luck to all KA aspirants.
cheers
I agree attitude is all important. The ability to adapt is essential given the general state of aviation in general. It does, however, seem strange that while some operators are more than happy to employ ex-Captains as F/O's, others are not! EK for example.
I'm not sure if KA is that big a pond...yet.
It certainly does appear to have a bright future though.
Good luck to all KA aspirants.
cheers
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Karunch, I think it's a little bit unfair to suggest that just because these guys were A320 Captains that they must have bad attitudes. I think it's more a case of them being victims of politics. There is a handfull of non-scab junior A320 Captains and I know for a fact that most of them have applied for Dragonair. At least a couple of them have actually gone to Hong Kong in person and the two that I know personally have spoken to MK on the phone as well as up-dated their files regularly. All to no avail. They are under no illusions that you join Dragon as anything but an FO. A couple of the FOs that were interviewed last week actually have start dates in Ansett that precede them. No Karunch, these guys aren't senior "born to rule" Captains with bad attitudes, they are just fairly young guys with family's just trying to move on and have unfortunately been made examples of.
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Just seen a guy, about 1500 hours total, 300-500 hours multi, now flying a A320 for Dragon..
If only I was born in either Hong Kong or Malaysia.. damn it.. I look the part...
If only I was born in either Hong Kong or Malaysia.. damn it.. I look the part...
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What a lot of cods-wallop - A320 Captains being excluded from KA on 'political grounds'.
Nobody is excluded from KA unless they have their names on an unfortunate list. And, I suspect, KA have deduced that people who's names are on that list turn out to be poor candidates during interview. Don't forget, some of the listed names have been interviewed, but all were found unacceptable. Having viewed that 'sample' of the listed names, the KA recruitment team have decided those listed don't fit the KA picture.
I suggest the A320 Captains with their noses out of joint have genuinely failed the interview process, on their merits, and are inventing political conspiracies to cover up for their personal failure.
Sorry guys - but I believe KA is more diligent and thoughtful in their interview process than to exclude non-listed people on 'political grounds'.
Nobody is excluded from KA unless they have their names on an unfortunate list. And, I suspect, KA have deduced that people who's names are on that list turn out to be poor candidates during interview. Don't forget, some of the listed names have been interviewed, but all were found unacceptable. Having viewed that 'sample' of the listed names, the KA recruitment team have decided those listed don't fit the KA picture.
I suggest the A320 Captains with their noses out of joint have genuinely failed the interview process, on their merits, and are inventing political conspiracies to cover up for their personal failure.
Sorry guys - but I believe KA is more diligent and thoughtful in their interview process than to exclude non-listed people on 'political grounds'.
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A bit off subject, but what about about 3500TT, 2500hr Multi, 1200hr Turbine with OZ ATPL with Class 1 Medical BUT with a dispensation due Red/Green Colour Perception. Does the red/green dispensation necessarily rule me out of applying or being accepted??
Props are for boats!
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A bit off subject, but what about about 4000TT, 2500hr Multi, 1650hr Turbine Command with OZ ATPL,NZ ATPL, USATP and JAMAICAN ATPL with Class 1 Medical. Sorry Walter couldnt resist.
Im going to be in Hong Kong in early March on my way back to OZ, was wondering about a Tour through Dragon or if anyone has a contact. Would luv to look at the facilities etc. I am trying to contact Ms Law as we speak . Please PM me if you have any sugestions.
Regards
Sheep
Im going to be in Hong Kong in early March on my way back to OZ, was wondering about a Tour through Dragon or if anyone has a contact. Would luv to look at the facilities etc. I am trying to contact Ms Law as we speak . Please PM me if you have any sugestions.
Regards
Sheep