Q-400's at Osaka
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still waiting
i sent my papers a week ago
copies of docs etc etc
through PARC, no reply yet
they say the interviews will take place
1st week of june in seattle
will see on that
bye
copies of docs etc etc
through PARC, no reply yet
they say the interviews will take place
1st week of june in seattle
will see on that
bye
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Same word from HACS. They told me screening in June for a groundschool in November. The August GS is already filled. Seems like a very strict and structured environement over there. At least from what i heard from a friend over there.
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OK...so what are competitive mins?
What's the interview like?
How many in each class?
How many are American pilots?
Are your certificates transfered after you complete your checkride?
C'mon guys...give up the gouge...
What's the interview like?
How many in each class?
How many are American pilots?
Are your certificates transfered after you complete your checkride?
C'mon guys...give up the gouge...
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I have been through he selection process. It involves a sim ride ( if you've been passing your checks up to now you won't have a problem) a rather short and bizarre interview (they don't speak much English - so keep respectful. positive and speak absolute rubbish) and a very thorough medical (if you've been passing medicals up to now you won't have a problem.
You fail - they let you know. (After a while)
More likely - You pass. You wait and wait and wait. Some go straight to Japan but the majority enter a sort of limbo hold pool. If you piss off the Japs with the most trivial thing you will probably remain in the hold pool forever (along with hundreds of others)
Don't buy a Japanese phrase book quite yet!
You fail - they let you know. (After a while)
More likely - You pass. You wait and wait and wait. Some go straight to Japan but the majority enter a sort of limbo hold pool. If you piss off the Japs with the most trivial thing you will probably remain in the hold pool forever (along with hundreds of others)
Don't buy a Japanese phrase book quite yet!
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Screenings are over for the next course (Oct-Nov). But there will be a lot more hiring since they ordered 8 more Q400s for the coming years. Most of the candidates were canadians with Dash 8 time. They seem to be hiring Capts and FOs.
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I would be suprised if anyone on the latest round of interviews found themselves on the next course. The whole process just seems to take a lot longer than that - more like the middle of next year.
Moderate, Modest & Mild.
Get used to it guys, NOTHING ever happens quickly in Japan. There are NO shortcuts, and there is a set protocol for everything - that protocol may have been established 10, 20, or 30+ years ago, but it must still be followed to the T today. (In other words, everything is a "ceremony").
There will be certain committees that your applications will need to be approved by - and not just within the airline.
Stereolab asks, "Are your certificates transfered after you complete your checkride?"
You will be required to:-
(i) pass the exams for the issue of a JCAB licence - they do NOT validate licences from other countries;
(ii) do the full ground school, and pass the exams for the aircraft type for which you are being recruited - in this case the Dash 8;
(iii) do the full simulator training, followed by a JCAB check ride;
(iv) complete line training, followed by at least 1 (and perhaps 2) JCAB check rides.
Expect to be "monitored" by the Company and JCAB for the next 12 months-2 years.
No other type rating you hold are transferred - quite simply put, they don't recognise anything done outside Japan, (including previous flying experience) by foreigners flying non JA registered aircraft.
(Ever wondered why you NEVER see experienced Japanese pilots flying for non-Japanese carriers?)
If you are coming to Japan, it's a long, hard slug. Forget about your previous experience, and accept that you will be treated as an ab initio for about 3 years.
Even after that period of time, do not expect to be treated too much differently - a Japanese pilot with less than (for example) 1/2 of your experience will ALWAYS (in their minds) be a more reliable source of info than you.
Japan has a culture of a "closed society" (excluding non-Japanese), and this extends into aviation, and onto the aircraft as well, which makes for "interesting" CRM at times!
There will be certain committees that your applications will need to be approved by - and not just within the airline.
Stereolab asks, "Are your certificates transfered after you complete your checkride?"
You will be required to:-
(i) pass the exams for the issue of a JCAB licence - they do NOT validate licences from other countries;
(ii) do the full ground school, and pass the exams for the aircraft type for which you are being recruited - in this case the Dash 8;
(iii) do the full simulator training, followed by a JCAB check ride;
(iv) complete line training, followed by at least 1 (and perhaps 2) JCAB check rides.
Expect to be "monitored" by the Company and JCAB for the next 12 months-2 years.
No other type rating you hold are transferred - quite simply put, they don't recognise anything done outside Japan, (including previous flying experience) by foreigners flying non JA registered aircraft.
(Ever wondered why you NEVER see experienced Japanese pilots flying for non-Japanese carriers?)
If you are coming to Japan, it's a long, hard slug. Forget about your previous experience, and accept that you will be treated as an ab initio for about 3 years.
Even after that period of time, do not expect to be treated too much differently - a Japanese pilot with less than (for example) 1/2 of your experience will ALWAYS (in their minds) be a more reliable source of info than you.
Japan has a culture of a "closed society" (excluding non-Japanese), and this extends into aviation, and onto the aircraft as well, which makes for "interesting" CRM at times!
