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CRJ705,
Thanks for the info. Sounds best not to even mess with it. I was reading your past posts when you started the entire process. Are still enjoying it? If you get a chance can you give an example of a typical trip. Are you still able to get hotels for 50.00 a night there.
Sorry, bunch of questions in there.
Cheers,
Mark
Thanks for the info. Sounds best not to even mess with it. I was reading your past posts when you started the entire process. Are still enjoying it? If you get a chance can you give an example of a typical trip. Are you still able to get hotels for 50.00 a night there.
Sorry, bunch of questions in there.
Cheers,
Mark
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Here's the formula from the JCAB AME manual:
BMI = body weight (kg) / height (m)2 and they are looking for a number under 30. That is meters squared, not times two. Just couldn't get this software to do a superscript.
BMI = body weight (kg) / height (m)2 and they are looking for a number under 30. That is meters squared, not times two. Just couldn't get this software to do a superscript.
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Here is an easy BMI calculator. It is nothing more than a mathematical ratio of your height to your weight.
Calculate your BMI - Standard BMI Calculator
If you come with AJX, you are given your own furnished apartment in Tokyo. AJV is provided with single hotel rooms.
Calculate your BMI - Standard BMI Calculator
If you come with AJX, you are given your own furnished apartment in Tokyo. AJV is provided with single hotel rooms.
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I still enjoy it very much. Once training is over, it has to be one of the better jobs out there, especially for an American in the current global economy. When I came here, I was only planning on staying for 1 or 2 contracts and then returning home, but now I am planning on staying as long as we are needed.
I am heading out the door now for a trip, but will try to post the current flights we do when I get back. Unless someone else beats me to it.
Hotels are now around 55$ per night I think.. Depending on the Yen. I am in an apartment so I don't keep up with it too much.
I am heading out the door now for a trip, but will try to post the current flights we do when I get back. Unless someone else beats me to it.
Hotels are now around 55$ per night I think.. Depending on the Yen. I am in an apartment so I don't keep up with it too much.
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The schedule here is not too bad. The worst flight we have is Guangzhou, China and return on the same day. It is 9+ hours of flying and just a really really long day. Thankfully, it ends next week so you won't have to worry about that. As for the other flights we do:
NRT-HNL-NRT. Departs NRT around 9pm. Arrives about 9am HNL time. Rest of the day off. Return next morning departs at 9am and you arrive in NRT about 3pm. This is done with only 2 pilots....no relief crew
NRT-HKG-NRT. Depart around 5pm and arrive in HKG abot 11pm. Return flight leaves late the next night, and arrives in Haneda at about 6am. Taxi back to NRT.
NRT-SIN-NRT. Departs around 4pm and arrives SIN about 11pm. Off all next day. Return next day in morning to arrive in Japan about 4pm.
NRT-BKK-NRT. Scheduled to start in November. Same pattern as SIN above.
NRT-TPE-NRT. Departs about 5pm and arrives about 9pm. Short overnight and return early next morning to arrive in Japan about 1 or 2pm.
NRT-PVG-NRT
NRT-DLC-NRT Both day trips to china. DLC leaves in the morning and gets back early afternoon. PVG leaves around lunch time and gets back about 9pm.
You will flight right about your guarantee (70 hours) per month. In the past, we have a pretty good bit of overtime, but as of late, it has dropped off. We have pilots that have requested to work part time because we are slightly overstaffed at the moment.
You will always get your 10 days off in a row to go home. You don't bid a schedule like we are use to doing in the US. You simply tell the scheduler where you want your 10 days, and he builds your schedule around it. He does his best to give you a late start on your first day and an early finish on your last but you really have no control over what the company does with you when you are here to work.
I have always gotten the days off that I requested, but as the company grows, I am sure that will be more difficult but the scheduler is pretty amazing and works hard to accommodate every request.
NRT-HNL-NRT. Departs NRT around 9pm. Arrives about 9am HNL time. Rest of the day off. Return next morning departs at 9am and you arrive in NRT about 3pm. This is done with only 2 pilots....no relief crew
NRT-HKG-NRT. Depart around 5pm and arrive in HKG abot 11pm. Return flight leaves late the next night, and arrives in Haneda at about 6am. Taxi back to NRT.
NRT-SIN-NRT. Departs around 4pm and arrives SIN about 11pm. Off all next day. Return next day in morning to arrive in Japan about 4pm.
NRT-BKK-NRT. Scheduled to start in November. Same pattern as SIN above.
NRT-TPE-NRT. Departs about 5pm and arrives about 9pm. Short overnight and return early next morning to arrive in Japan about 1 or 2pm.
NRT-PVG-NRT
NRT-DLC-NRT Both day trips to china. DLC leaves in the morning and gets back early afternoon. PVG leaves around lunch time and gets back about 9pm.
You will flight right about your guarantee (70 hours) per month. In the past, we have a pretty good bit of overtime, but as of late, it has dropped off. We have pilots that have requested to work part time because we are slightly overstaffed at the moment.
You will always get your 10 days off in a row to go home. You don't bid a schedule like we are use to doing in the US. You simply tell the scheduler where you want your 10 days, and he builds your schedule around it. He does his best to give you a late start on your first day and an early finish on your last but you really have no control over what the company does with you when you are here to work.
I have always gotten the days off that I requested, but as the company grows, I am sure that will be more difficult but the scheduler is pretty amazing and works hard to accommodate every request.
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Hi guys!
just a quick question: i'm already type-rated on B767 with around 4200 TT (more or less 1500 with heavy jets) and JAR ATPL.
Do i need to follow the training in Tokyo (a read about a 5/6 months period) or if i pass the screening i'll start to work immediatly?
Is there a BMI around 42 a problem? And a tattoo?
Thanks you for the info
Pippo
just a quick question: i'm already type-rated on B767 with around 4200 TT (more or less 1500 with heavy jets) and JAR ATPL.
Do i need to follow the training in Tokyo (a read about a 5/6 months period) or if i pass the screening i'll start to work immediatly?
Is there a BMI around 42 a problem? And a tattoo?
Thanks you for the info
Pippo
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Hi guys!
just a quick question: i'm already type-rated on B767 with around 4200 TT (more or less 1500 with heavy jets) and JAR ATPL.
Do i need to follow the training in Tokyo (a read about a 5/6 months period) or if i pass the screening i'll start to work immediatly?
Is there a BMI around 42 a problem? And a tattoo?
Thanks you for the info
Pippo
just a quick question: i'm already type-rated on B767 with around 4200 TT (more or less 1500 with heavy jets) and JAR ATPL.
Do i need to follow the training in Tokyo (a read about a 5/6 months period) or if i pass the screening i'll start to work immediatly?
Is there a BMI around 42 a problem? And a tattoo?
Thanks you for the info
Pippo
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I just put in my application about 2 days ago through Parc. I know the competition is tough, but I guess you have to be 'in it to win it'. My BMI is at 23.0 so that gives me hope (but I think that's the easy part!) Hahahhaha! I so hope I can join you guys out there! So excited having just put my application in. Does anyone have a 'ball park figure' of when (or if) I will (may) get a call/letter/email on having been selected to interview (having gone though Parc)?
All responses are kindly appreciated.
All responses are kindly appreciated.
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if you're that far out on your BMI calculation, you may want to reconsider your career choice. May I suggest a job on Wall St or even politics! As for tatts, a few guys in Japan have them...... they're usually seen driving round in black flashy cars with huge exhaust manifolds!!!!
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Umm, not very good at the medical questions, so haven't done those. I've never had call to read the small print; so sorry for being no help there.
Is it possible to get 10 days at the end of one month and 10 at the start of the next, giving 20 days off in a row? Once a year would be gold. Yes, you can certainly do this with AJV. Some guys do it every other month, so once a year wouldn’t be a problem (apart from the obvious Christmas/New Year when you take your turn).
You have to check out of your hotel when on a turn-around flight to Hong Kong or similar, yeah? Yes, if you’re going away overnight then 99.9% of times you will check out, as paying for a hotel when you’re not there is silly.
Is that a drag for you, packing your suitcase, taking it with you on day trips, 10 day trips and all in between? No, it’s not that bad. First of all the hotel has a bag room that you can leave your unwanted stuff in. Most people have some form of big case they leave at the hotel and take the stuff they need for a trip in a smaller case. Again, from an AJV point of view, the longest you’re really going to go away is 7 days on a States trip but this has all changed and you won’t be away that long, as it stands at the moment. Usually you’ll go NRT-Somewhere-KIX-Somewhere-NRT and be away 5 days, getting back on the 5th day. You’ll do plenty of ‘day trips’ (read, flying through the night but away for 24hrs ish) and your blank days will (usually) be spent in NRT. (Don’t cane me here guys, I said ‘usually’).
Public transport to work during training is covered. What about line ops? How do you get to work? There’s a hotel bus that goes to the airport and back again...that’s what we use. If you’ve got to deadhead somewhere (e.g. NRT-HND-KIX), then it’s hotel bus to the airport, friendly limousine bus to HND and the fly to KIX. You keep the limo bus receipt and that gets refunded and the DH tickets are emailed to you.
Do the trains cover all the flight schedules? Umm, lost me there. What trains? We ‘live’ in the Excel and Garden Hotels, so there’s no need for trains to work.
Big question: how do you keep fit? Are there gyms in the hotel with weight lifting equipment and elliptical trainers, running machines, bikes and so on? Well, it’s quite a steep set of steps from the bus drop-off point in town all the way to the top of town and the Barge/Jetlag, so that must burn at least 20 calories. But seriously folks, both hotels have gyms. The Excel (where most people lounge around) has treadmills, crap elliptical things, a bike and weights. It also has a pool, whereas the Gardens doesn’t. That’s all free, of course. Going through training is different. The Mitsui Garden Hotel for the AJV boys doesn’t have a gym but some join Tipness, just up the road, and pay to lose heartbeats. AJX have apartments during training but I have no idea of their exercise facilities. There are also some quite pleasant runs near the hotels.
Is the internet available in the room (probably a dumb question, and one that's answered on the thread, but one I'd really like to ask again because of the level of importance). Yes. In the Excel it’s free, in the Gardens you pay. KIX (ANA Gate Tower ) for AJV, it’s free. All the Skype you can eat and downloading movies to make up for the lack of entertainment on TV.
New B767 freighters. Probably no new type coming then. Or is that on the cards? They talked about the 777 last year but, not surprisingly, it’s gone very quiet on that front. Plan on flying the 767 and nothing else and you won’t be disappointed. After doing the training course, that lovely JCAB seem to think is necessary, you’ll be quite glad to not convert onto another type with a 3 week course crammed into 20!
I read some have remained in Japan beyond the five year contract. Might have missed this, but are you back to year one salary? No. Apparently, according to Parc, a new contract is negotiated but I’m not in a position to say what the pay increments are like after the initial 5 year contract.
Biggie: Can a non resident like yourselves open a bank account in Japan? I’m 99% positive that’s a ‘no’. I can’t really see why you’d want to (there’s ATMs etc around the place that will accept your foreign devil cards) but I’m pretty certain that’s for Japanese visa holders only. Willing to be corrected!
Can the aforementioned acquire a Japanese driver's licence? You can get a driving licence but you’ve got a limited time to do so. Basically, when you go through training you end up getting an alien registration card. This is handed back when training is complete. With this card you can get a driving licence (and a mobile phone if you want one in addition to the one the Company gives you). If you’re a proper driver and have been taught to drive on the correct side of the road then they’ll give you a licence based on your existing one. If you’re American then you clearly don’t know what you’re doing, so the Japanese will test you. From what I hear, expect to fail a couple of times just because that’s what they do....not because you’re no good.
One last one, quite possibly answered already, but you can rent an apartment, right? Yes, you can. Generally, 2 or 3 people rent together as the allowances you get will not cover the price by yourself. Not all landlords will rent to foreign devils but there are well established areas where our boys hang out together and cook romantic meals for each other in their apartments
Is it possible to get 10 days at the end of one month and 10 at the start of the next, giving 20 days off in a row? Once a year would be gold. Yes, you can certainly do this with AJV. Some guys do it every other month, so once a year wouldn’t be a problem (apart from the obvious Christmas/New Year when you take your turn).
You have to check out of your hotel when on a turn-around flight to Hong Kong or similar, yeah? Yes, if you’re going away overnight then 99.9% of times you will check out, as paying for a hotel when you’re not there is silly.
Is that a drag for you, packing your suitcase, taking it with you on day trips, 10 day trips and all in between? No, it’s not that bad. First of all the hotel has a bag room that you can leave your unwanted stuff in. Most people have some form of big case they leave at the hotel and take the stuff they need for a trip in a smaller case. Again, from an AJV point of view, the longest you’re really going to go away is 7 days on a States trip but this has all changed and you won’t be away that long, as it stands at the moment. Usually you’ll go NRT-Somewhere-KIX-Somewhere-NRT and be away 5 days, getting back on the 5th day. You’ll do plenty of ‘day trips’ (read, flying through the night but away for 24hrs ish) and your blank days will (usually) be spent in NRT. (Don’t cane me here guys, I said ‘usually’).
Public transport to work during training is covered. What about line ops? How do you get to work? There’s a hotel bus that goes to the airport and back again...that’s what we use. If you’ve got to deadhead somewhere (e.g. NRT-HND-KIX), then it’s hotel bus to the airport, friendly limousine bus to HND and the fly to KIX. You keep the limo bus receipt and that gets refunded and the DH tickets are emailed to you.
Do the trains cover all the flight schedules? Umm, lost me there. What trains? We ‘live’ in the Excel and Garden Hotels, so there’s no need for trains to work.
Big question: how do you keep fit? Are there gyms in the hotel with weight lifting equipment and elliptical trainers, running machines, bikes and so on? Well, it’s quite a steep set of steps from the bus drop-off point in town all the way to the top of town and the Barge/Jetlag, so that must burn at least 20 calories. But seriously folks, both hotels have gyms. The Excel (where most people lounge around) has treadmills, crap elliptical things, a bike and weights. It also has a pool, whereas the Gardens doesn’t. That’s all free, of course. Going through training is different. The Mitsui Garden Hotel for the AJV boys doesn’t have a gym but some join Tipness, just up the road, and pay to lose heartbeats. AJX have apartments during training but I have no idea of their exercise facilities. There are also some quite pleasant runs near the hotels.
Is the internet available in the room (probably a dumb question, and one that's answered on the thread, but one I'd really like to ask again because of the level of importance). Yes. In the Excel it’s free, in the Gardens you pay. KIX (ANA Gate Tower ) for AJV, it’s free. All the Skype you can eat and downloading movies to make up for the lack of entertainment on TV.
New B767 freighters. Probably no new type coming then. Or is that on the cards? They talked about the 777 last year but, not surprisingly, it’s gone very quiet on that front. Plan on flying the 767 and nothing else and you won’t be disappointed. After doing the training course, that lovely JCAB seem to think is necessary, you’ll be quite glad to not convert onto another type with a 3 week course crammed into 20!
I read some have remained in Japan beyond the five year contract. Might have missed this, but are you back to year one salary? No. Apparently, according to Parc, a new contract is negotiated but I’m not in a position to say what the pay increments are like after the initial 5 year contract.
Biggie: Can a non resident like yourselves open a bank account in Japan? I’m 99% positive that’s a ‘no’. I can’t really see why you’d want to (there’s ATMs etc around the place that will accept your foreign devil cards) but I’m pretty certain that’s for Japanese visa holders only. Willing to be corrected!
Can the aforementioned acquire a Japanese driver's licence? You can get a driving licence but you’ve got a limited time to do so. Basically, when you go through training you end up getting an alien registration card. This is handed back when training is complete. With this card you can get a driving licence (and a mobile phone if you want one in addition to the one the Company gives you). If you’re a proper driver and have been taught to drive on the correct side of the road then they’ll give you a licence based on your existing one. If you’re American then you clearly don’t know what you’re doing, so the Japanese will test you. From what I hear, expect to fail a couple of times just because that’s what they do....not because you’re no good.
One last one, quite possibly answered already, but you can rent an apartment, right? Yes, you can. Generally, 2 or 3 people rent together as the allowances you get will not cover the price by yourself. Not all landlords will rent to foreign devils but there are well established areas where our boys hang out together and cook romantic meals for each other in their apartments
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No worries mate. As far as Parc & CReW are concerned they are pretty well as good as each other and I'd have no snags with either. However, if you're from the States (your profile doesn't say) then CReW might be the better option, as they have a better grasp of things Yanky, like US taxes etc. Anywhere else in the world and I would recommend Parc. I'm with them and have only good things to say about them. I'm sure the girls at Parc have a good idea about the US way of doing things but I reckon CReW have got the edge in the respect.
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To open a bank account, you have to have an Alien Registration Card. If you open the account during training, then it is no problem. After that, not possible.
Same with driver's license and non-prepaid mobile phones...All require an Alien Registration Card.
Same with driver's license and non-prepaid mobile phones...All require an Alien Registration Card.
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Did anybody actually got the call for the upcoming interviews in July? I filled up their app with ANA/AJA logo on it about 2 weeks ago and still have not heard anything back. Does anyone know when the interviews are suppose to take place?
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I filled up their app with ANA/AJA logo on it about 2 weeks ago
Guys,
The best people to speak to for this type of informaton are the contract agencies. There are plenty of rumours around AJV/AJX about who is and who isn't screening in the future but nobody really knows, apart from Parc etc. They are there to act as your agent, so don't be afraid to use them. If you called every day then I could understand them getting cheesed off but there's nothing wrong with checking up on the progress of your application.
For what it's worth; AJV have been screening over the last couple of days and, from what we've been told, are running a course of 4 every other month for the foreseeable future. Quite how long that is we have no idea but the ANA group is preparing itself to take advantage of the extension to NRT's B runway and HND's new runway and for that they need pilots, so read into that what you will.