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G'day Frate,
If you confirming that only two out of the last five F/O's got through and are starting command training next month, then I think a couple of really good guys who are ready for command have been hard done by, in my opinion!! But then again I have only flown with them a number of times over the last 3 or 4 years and never did the one of assessment flights as the checkers would have done!!
Ok so Tim got through but Larry missed out hey.......I'm really surprised I thought they would have both passed no worries. I hope the company backs Larry up and that he gets another go real soon. I'm sure it was a miner little thing and if they rebook him a check soon with the usual retraining etc....he will pass.
I agree the numbers as you mentioned 125 Capt, 110 F/O at the moment are not desperate. But to keep the numbers at this level, if we recruit 50 F/O's a year you need to upgrade 25 F/O's to Capt to keep the numbers at the same level.
If you confirming that only two out of the last five F/O's got through and are starting command training next month, then I think a couple of really good guys who are ready for command have been hard done by, in my opinion!! But then again I have only flown with them a number of times over the last 3 or 4 years and never did the one of assessment flights as the checkers would have done!!
Ok so Tim got through but Larry missed out hey.......I'm really surprised I thought they would have both passed no worries. I hope the company backs Larry up and that he gets another go real soon. I'm sure it was a miner little thing and if they rebook him a check soon with the usual retraining etc....he will pass.
I agree the numbers as you mentioned 125 Capt, 110 F/O at the moment are not desperate. But to keep the numbers at this level, if we recruit 50 F/O's a year you need to upgrade 25 F/O's to Capt to keep the numbers at the same level.
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The developing trend seems to be that half the folks that go through the evaluation process will actually start command training.....!
I too I'm surprised at some of the names that didn't make it (others not so much) but the hiring trend a few years back when they started hiring guys with experience levels way lower than they had in the past, coupled with the accelerated training schedule having classes every other month has created a situation where we are seeing pilots being evaluated for command at the three year mark and many of those guys hired three or four years ago were not going to be ready.
The bad thing is that moral is affected, people that maybe shouldn't have been put up for evaluation are made go through the process knowing very well that they are going to be shot down at the gates...! Maybe a different schedule for upgrade evaluations is in order?
I too I'm surprised at some of the names that didn't make it (others not so much) but the hiring trend a few years back when they started hiring guys with experience levels way lower than they had in the past, coupled with the accelerated training schedule having classes every other month has created a situation where we are seeing pilots being evaluated for command at the three year mark and many of those guys hired three or four years ago were not going to be ready.
The bad thing is that moral is affected, people that maybe shouldn't have been put up for evaluation are made go through the process knowing very well that they are going to be shot down at the gates...! Maybe a different schedule for upgrade evaluations is in order?
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In a thread this long it has probably already been asked but.........can you request your days off at the end of one month and then attach that to the next months days off(by having them at the beginning of the next month in order to work for as long as possible and have as many days off in a row.
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Yes it has...., and yes you can...!
Most people that try it don't really do it long term, you get tired at both ends...! Too many days at home and your better half inevitably will get into the naggin stage towards the end of it.
And almost 6 weeks on duty gets way too long as well..., you find yourself just keeping a nose up attitude and waiting for the runway to come to you.., no more flare nor caring after 5 weeks or so.
Once a year to get your vacation it's alright and I think many do just that....., I don't think people stick with it long term.
Most people that try it don't really do it long term, you get tired at both ends...! Too many days at home and your better half inevitably will get into the naggin stage towards the end of it.
And almost 6 weeks on duty gets way too long as well..., you find yourself just keeping a nose up attitude and waiting for the runway to come to you.., no more flare nor caring after 5 weeks or so.
Once a year to get your vacation it's alright and I think many do just that....., I don't think people stick with it long term.
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Bimbo gaijin!
For those of you who have ever worked in Nihon land, will find these threads above rather disturbing. I personally served ANA back in the 1990's based in SYD Australia, perhaps the best job I ever had, flying B747 across the Pacific Rim.
I see now this Air Japan culture of American losers, and therefore the Japanese revenge of treating them like slaves. Who wants to work for such a louse outfit when in essence you are being repelled by their own Japanese Social Sytem?
Sumimasenga, kore wa nijo hi taisetsu desk ne?
Wake up fellas, look across the Yellow Sea and get a stable well paid job, you are wasting your time flying old iron 767-300's for a culture of Japanese pilots who will never love you, maybe you will be spared when Mr.Abe decides to start aggression with China and have Japan succumb for the second time under a relentless war that will decimate this chauvinistic society of nomads that being watched by resentful families of comfort women in Korea, and an angry mob of Chinese military that will have no mercy of Nihon after the massacre of Nanjing.
Pilots worry about petty matters, grow up and remember history, as forgetting the past is only an antithesis to repeat the same mistakes, and you will not be spared.
I see now this Air Japan culture of American losers, and therefore the Japanese revenge of treating them like slaves. Who wants to work for such a louse outfit when in essence you are being repelled by their own Japanese Social Sytem?
Sumimasenga, kore wa nijo hi taisetsu desk ne?
Wake up fellas, look across the Yellow Sea and get a stable well paid job, you are wasting your time flying old iron 767-300's for a culture of Japanese pilots who will never love you, maybe you will be spared when Mr.Abe decides to start aggression with China and have Japan succumb for the second time under a relentless war that will decimate this chauvinistic society of nomads that being watched by resentful families of comfort women in Korea, and an angry mob of Chinese military that will have no mercy of Nihon after the massacre of Nanjing.
Pilots worry about petty matters, grow up and remember history, as forgetting the past is only an antithesis to repeat the same mistakes, and you will not be spared.
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How long does one usually wait for Parc to call after APPLYING?
Provided you meet the requirements, I would say less than a week.
Don't post when you are high.....!
Yep, weed doesn't look good any more in Togo...
Provided you meet the requirements, I would say less than a week.
Don't post when you are high.....!
Yep, weed doesn't look good any more in Togo...
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Hey guys,
Looking for some informations on the guys (experience) recruited the past 2 years.
I have 3000 hours TT at the moment ( 2000 hours on heavy turboprop, 500 hours on 37CL) and I was wondering if some guys with such "low experience" have been selected lately or if the airline has so much choice that they do not bother inviting guys with the minimums.
Anybody has any idea for how long the recruitment process will be on.
I do not know if that helps, but I have intermediate knowledge when it comes to speak japanese.
Thanks
Looking for some informations on the guys (experience) recruited the past 2 years.
I have 3000 hours TT at the moment ( 2000 hours on heavy turboprop, 500 hours on 37CL) and I was wondering if some guys with such "low experience" have been selected lately or if the airline has so much choice that they do not bother inviting guys with the minimums.
Anybody has any idea for how long the recruitment process will be on.
I do not know if that helps, but I have intermediate knowledge when it comes to speak japanese.
Thanks
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@Tyrod
I was wondering if some guys with such "low experience" have been selected lately
Apply and see what happens....! They have been hiring F/O's with lower experience levels in the past couple of years so if you are interested then give it a try.
I do not know if that helps, but I have intermediate knowledge when it comes to speak japanese.
I would keep that information to yourself until after you complete training...! Why give them the tools to drill you with additional questions?
Just take advantage of your language abilities after you are already on the line
I was wondering if some guys with such "low experience" have been selected lately
Apply and see what happens....! They have been hiring F/O's with lower experience levels in the past couple of years so if you are interested then give it a try.
I do not know if that helps, but I have intermediate knowledge when it comes to speak japanese.
I would keep that information to yourself until after you complete training...! Why give them the tools to drill you with additional questions?
Just take advantage of your language abilities after you are already on the line
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FYI
They just failed another Direct Entry Captain whilst in training, right before his JCAB Line check. This seems to be the trend now at AJX.
For the blokes looking for employment here, read previous posts.
Conditions here are not near as advertised by the contract companies.
As the Japanese will tell you "Please use caution"
Cheers
They just failed another Direct Entry Captain whilst in training, right before his JCAB Line check. This seems to be the trend now at AJX.
For the blokes looking for employment here, read previous posts.
Conditions here are not near as advertised by the contract companies.
As the Japanese will tell you "Please use caution"
Cheers
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They just failed another Direct Entry Captain whilst in training, right before his JCAB Line check. This seems to be the trend now at AJX.
I'm no RTC, brown-noser or AJX apologist but just because they made it here doesn't mean they're entitled to an automatic pass, nor an assumption that'll be the case.
Conditions here are not near as advertised by the contract companies.
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This is a job I have been interested inf for a couple of years. I have all advertised requirements but keep being told by agencies that Boeing / Airbus experience is required. Is that the case? If is is, why not just say so?
Would also like to know what is not as advertised by the agencies?
Would also like to know what is not as advertised by the agencies?
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This is a job I have been interested inf for a couple of years. I have all advertised requirements but keep being told by agencies that Boeing / Airbus experience is required. Is that the case? If is is, why not just say so?
Would also like to know what is not as advertised by the agencies?
Would also like to know what is not as advertised by the agencies?
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This is a job I have been interested inf for a couple of years. I have all advertised requirements but keep being told by agencies that Boeing / Airbus experience is required. Is that the case?
We have many guys that came here from flying regionals, that is just not true