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A couple more announcements to come, I have a feeling the music will stop for a while so grab your chairs
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just 2 questions
Hey guys
Great thread.
q1Quote:
"If your spouse comes to visit , do they have any objection to her staying with you whilst in Japan ( only some of the time)
No restriction, although if your accommodation will be a hotel the company will only pay for one week and the rest of the time is at your own coin. What accommodations will the combined company provide in the future? apartment vs. hotel? we simply don't know"
If during your wifes visit must you leave Japan during your Days off or can you remain in Japan.
q2
Why is this job continuously advertised? Is there there that much movement in the company? Pleases explain
Thankyou guy
Great thread.
q1Quote:
"If your spouse comes to visit , do they have any objection to her staying with you whilst in Japan ( only some of the time)
No restriction, although if your accommodation will be a hotel the company will only pay for one week and the rest of the time is at your own coin. What accommodations will the combined company provide in the future? apartment vs. hotel? we simply don't know"
If during your wifes visit must you leave Japan during your Days off or can you remain in Japan.
q2
Why is this job continuously advertised? Is there there that much movement in the company? Pleases explain
Thankyou guy
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Blackbird,
Q1. Your wife can visit any time during your training and there is no need to leave Japan. Bear in mind, though, that you are going to be busy, so most people wait until they are in the simulator part of the training (or OJT) when you will have a schedule and, therefore, a better idea of when you will have time to go off and do things together. There is no time specifically given off during your training for your wife to visit; you just have to fit in around the Company's requirements. The only time NORMALLY scheduled off will be between your ATPL sim check and the startof your OJT. This is NORMALLY 10 days and the Company will pay for your return ticket in order that you can go home during this period. Sometimes delays occur when, for instance, JCAB can't do your sim check or Christmas time reduces the flying program. In this case there may be the opportunity to have some more time off but it is definitely not par for the course and should not be anticipated, nor planned on, in order to organise visits. Back to your question though; you will be expected to remain in Japan during your wife's visit, as you'll be in training and you will have to squeeze things in around the sims etc (which actually isn't as difficult as it might sound as you ofetn have 1 or 2 days between sims).
Q2. There is virtually no movement in AJV and I believe that is the same in AJX. AJV is still expanding and ANA is keen to take advantage of the extra runway being built at HND and the increase in international traffic at NRT. In order to do this they need to be able to jump in when slots etc are offered, hence the requirement to have more pilots (and aircraft). AJV's original plan was/is to have 11 aircraft and we now have 7. We just about have enough pilots to crew the operation and the merger next year with AJX MAY reduce the requirement to recruit some pilots but this is certainly way above my pay grade and purely speculation on my part. The Japanese still have a huge pilot retirement 'bulge' and they need to get pilots from outside the country. Of course, things could get interesting with JAL and their lack of financial success but, for the time being, ANA in the guise of AJV and AJX still needs additional pilots, not replacements.
Saveconcorde,
Your snipey comments aside, you are now armed with the information you sought, regarding hotel versus apartment and the financial aspects of having your wife stay longer than 2 weeks, so hopefully your question has been answered and you're better able to make your decision.
Q1. Your wife can visit any time during your training and there is no need to leave Japan. Bear in mind, though, that you are going to be busy, so most people wait until they are in the simulator part of the training (or OJT) when you will have a schedule and, therefore, a better idea of when you will have time to go off and do things together. There is no time specifically given off during your training for your wife to visit; you just have to fit in around the Company's requirements. The only time NORMALLY scheduled off will be between your ATPL sim check and the startof your OJT. This is NORMALLY 10 days and the Company will pay for your return ticket in order that you can go home during this period. Sometimes delays occur when, for instance, JCAB can't do your sim check or Christmas time reduces the flying program. In this case there may be the opportunity to have some more time off but it is definitely not par for the course and should not be anticipated, nor planned on, in order to organise visits. Back to your question though; you will be expected to remain in Japan during your wife's visit, as you'll be in training and you will have to squeeze things in around the sims etc (which actually isn't as difficult as it might sound as you ofetn have 1 or 2 days between sims).
Q2. There is virtually no movement in AJV and I believe that is the same in AJX. AJV is still expanding and ANA is keen to take advantage of the extra runway being built at HND and the increase in international traffic at NRT. In order to do this they need to be able to jump in when slots etc are offered, hence the requirement to have more pilots (and aircraft). AJV's original plan was/is to have 11 aircraft and we now have 7. We just about have enough pilots to crew the operation and the merger next year with AJX MAY reduce the requirement to recruit some pilots but this is certainly way above my pay grade and purely speculation on my part. The Japanese still have a huge pilot retirement 'bulge' and they need to get pilots from outside the country. Of course, things could get interesting with JAL and their lack of financial success but, for the time being, ANA in the guise of AJV and AJX still needs additional pilots, not replacements.
Saveconcorde,
Your snipey comments aside, you are now armed with the information you sought, regarding hotel versus apartment and the financial aspects of having your wife stay longer than 2 weeks, so hopefully your question has been answered and you're better able to make your decision.
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Thanks Fratemate.
Re the wife visiting i was more interested in knowing if she visits you after you are checked to line and flying and having your normal 9/10 days off will you have to leave the country then as a part of your contract or can you remain in Japan with her.
I understand that you cant technically live together in Japan but if she is there on visits of up to 3 months do you have to leave every month during your days off.
Re the wife visiting i was more interested in knowing if she visits you after you are checked to line and flying and having your normal 9/10 days off will you have to leave the country then as a part of your contract or can you remain in Japan with her.
I understand that you cant technically live together in Japan but if she is there on visits of up to 3 months do you have to leave every month during your days off.
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MMmm, good question and one that I cannot be absolutely positive about but I'm sure there will be someone around here with a more intimate understanding of the Japanese system than I. However, I would suggest that you would be able to remain in Japan for, perhaps, one of your days off blocks but not two or three consecutive blocks. I say this because your wife would be in Japan on a tourist visa, whereas you are here on a 7 day shore pass (after training). It may be possible to convince the Company you want to enjoy your time off in Japan and do the touristy thing and they may be able to talk to the immigration people and get you a tourist visa for that period. But we are talking about the Land Of Paperwork here and this could very easily fall into the 'teeth-sucking, too difficult' pile. I definitely do not think it would be possible to do it on a regular basis and, when considering the job, would plan on the norm, i.e. leaving Japan on your days off.
If you're desperate to keep both of you out of the States (for tax reasons or whatever) but don't want a long commute during your days off, you could always consider getting a place in somewhere closer, such as Thailand, and then going there during days off on a tourist visa.
Personally, I really do enjoy working for this company, truly consider it a great deal and genuinely really like the Japanese people and Japan but, by the time it gets to going-home time, I'm ready to leave the country and I'm off like a prawn in the sun
If you're desperate to keep both of you out of the States (for tax reasons or whatever) but don't want a long commute during your days off, you could always consider getting a place in somewhere closer, such as Thailand, and then going there during days off on a tourist visa.
Personally, I really do enjoy working for this company, truly consider it a great deal and genuinely really like the Japanese people and Japan but, by the time it gets to going-home time, I'm ready to leave the country and I'm off like a prawn in the sun
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Re the wife visiting i was more interested in knowing if she visits you after you are checked to line and flying and having your normal 9/10 days off will you have to leave the country then as a part of your contract or can you remain in Japan with her.
You can and people do it regularly to explore Japan while on their block of 10 days off. You do need to advice the girls in the office so that they arrange a shore pass with a transfer to your next duty flight because it does go beyond the standard 7 days of a shore pass. This is something that immigration does regularly with seamen that come to repair ships in the large shipping industry in Japan and go for extended period of time on their shore passes. Now there is a catch, the shore pass restricts you to the metropolitan area (or the area of the port where you entered Japan) and you are not supposed to venture beyond the area covered by the shore pass but guys go to give an example skiing in the mountains, scuba diving in Okinawa, or in my case I have gone to Nagoya to visit with friends. The only thing that is recommended is to take your company ID with you just in case you get stopped by the police on a regular check (they do this on occasion) if you produce your company ID, they will bow and go on their merry way.
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Hey Frat and compadre Dom.....all you need to do is enter Japan on a E/D card instead of a shore pass on your last flight and you can stay here for up to 3 months, no need to tell the office girls to organise a shore pass with white paper(7 day limit) etc.....been done a million times.
Blackbird, there have been a number of guys(both AJX/AJV) up here over the last 8 years who have brought their wives/partners to stay/live here for at times up to a year or more. The wife/partner just had to do at least one trip in and out of Japan(visa run) every 3 months, some wives/partners got their own Visa's(work visa's etc...) and didn't even require to do this. If you however choose to spend more than 7 days in Japan without flying you either need to ask the office staff to organise a shorepass with a white paper attached allowing you to do this or enter Japan on an E/D card(tourist visa) which allows you to stay in Japan for 90 days. The company doesn't care what you do with your 10 days off(11 days off AJV)(12 days off for the new merged company!?!?!
) or where you stay or don't stay or what country you have to leave or not have to leave....as long as you turn up to work as per your roster after your days off.
Blackbird, there have been a number of guys(both AJX/AJV) up here over the last 8 years who have brought their wives/partners to stay/live here for at times up to a year or more. The wife/partner just had to do at least one trip in and out of Japan(visa run) every 3 months, some wives/partners got their own Visa's(work visa's etc...) and didn't even require to do this. If you however choose to spend more than 7 days in Japan without flying you either need to ask the office staff to organise a shorepass with a white paper attached allowing you to do this or enter Japan on an E/D card(tourist visa) which allows you to stay in Japan for 90 days. The company doesn't care what you do with your 10 days off(11 days off AJV)(12 days off for the new merged company!?!?!
) or where you stay or don't stay or what country you have to leave or not have to leave....as long as you turn up to work as per your roster after your days off.
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Thanks for that Capt. I hadn't heard (or thought) of the E/D card to stay here for longer periods, so it's useful information to store away for a rainy day. Seems Blackbird's question has been educational for all of us
PS: Is this where we start the 12 days off rumour and hope it somehow becomes reality
Still running away home on my days off though!
PS: Is this where we start the 12 days off rumour and hope it somehow becomes reality
Still running away home on my days off though!
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Loss of License Insurance
Hi everybody,
I don't know if it has been answered before (sorry if it has), but could somebody enlight me about these issues: loss of license and/or income insurance...
Thanks.
I don't know if it has been answered before (sorry if it has), but could somebody enlight me about these issues: loss of license and/or income insurance...
Thanks.
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Prognosis?
A couple more announcements to come, I have a feeling the music will stop for a while so grab your chairs
That sounds scary for those of us waiting patiently in the hiring pool.
Indeed it does. Dom, do you have any further word on this?
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Talon757..........the "scary thing now for those in the pool!!!" is you have no choice
......AJV and AJX will be ONE by the time your training is anywhere near finished.
So when when they ask candidates in the interview if you prefer pax or freighter and do you mind which one you will be assigned to........they will be just taking the piss to see if you have read the latest pprune rumours/updates/amendments!!!!!
......AJV and AJX will be ONE by the time your training is anywhere near finished. So when when they ask candidates in the interview if you prefer pax or freighter and do you mind which one you will be assigned to........they will be just taking the piss to see if you have read the latest pprune rumours/updates/amendments!!!!!
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"Hey Frat and compadre Dom.....all you need to do is enter Japan on a E/D card instead of a shore pass on your last flight and you can stay here for up to 3 months, no need to tell the office girls to organise a shore pass with white paper(7 day limit) etc.....been done a million times."Somebody got in trouble recently for doing just that Coco-san, they came as a crew and filled out an ED and never registered on the GD as having entered Japan as a crew, there was something recently on the daily reports about it. The shore pass doesn't have to be restricted to 7 days, it could simply transfer you to your next trip with the white paper, thus my recommendation.
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Black Suit
I heard a rumor that you shouldn't wear a black suit to the interview. Something about how the Japanese only wear a black suit to a funeral. Any truth to this, because the only suit hanging in my closet is black. Thanks
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So when when they ask you in the interview if you prefer pax or freighter
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Compadre Dom, it doesn't matter if you enter on an E/D card or a shore pass they don't care.
The only thing is if you enter on a shore pass you must leave on a shore pass if you enter on an E/D card you must leave on an E/D card.
One of the new guys recently tried to combine the two!!!!!(don't ask me why)
The only thing is if you enter on a shore pass you must leave on a shore pass if you enter on an E/D card you must leave on an E/D card.
One of the new guys recently tried to combine the two!!!!!(don't ask me why
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Hi!
Read somewhere you need 20/20 vision. I don't want to do all the application/updating stuff if I don't qualify.
I have about 20/15 far vision, but my near vision probably would not be 20/20 for the test. It would probably be 20/25 or 20/30 on a near vision "computerized" test. I do not need glasses on my FAA physical, but I realize that the Japanese physical is a whole different ballgame.
Will I pass the Japanese company/CAA physical with, say, 20/30 near vision, uncorrected?
If that is OK, I will continue to apply...if no, then I will spend my time on other applications.
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PS-I would LOVE to fly on the Japan contract and commute. It would be TONS better than my current flying job.
Read somewhere you need 20/20 vision. I don't want to do all the application/updating stuff if I don't qualify.
I have about 20/15 far vision, but my near vision probably would not be 20/20 for the test. It would probably be 20/25 or 20/30 on a near vision "computerized" test. I do not need glasses on my FAA physical, but I realize that the Japanese physical is a whole different ballgame.
Will I pass the Japanese company/CAA physical with, say, 20/30 near vision, uncorrected?
If that is OK, I will continue to apply...if no, then I will spend my time on other applications.
cliff
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PS-I would LOVE to fly on the Japan contract and commute. It would be TONS better than my current flying job.
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Cliff, I passed the flight physical with eyesight similar to yours except reversed ...when not wearing bifocals I take off my glasses to read.... so glasses are no problem (within limits, of course). Even passed the psychological test which came as a surprise for many who know me. I think more often it's something in the blood work that can cause difficulty so give the things you can do something about a check...cholesterol, blood pressure, and the like. BMI is also a big item. Still waiting for the call but I'm a patient guy.
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Hi!
Thanx for the vision info. I will now apply via PARC. My BMI is no problem, especially after being in Africa for the last 9 months!
cliff
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Thanx for the vision info. I will now apply via PARC. My BMI is no problem, especially after being in Africa for the last 9 months!
cliff
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