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Old 1st May 2019, 23:25
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Originally Posted by jrmyl
It's good you aren't talking about any company sponsored VISA as they don't offer any type of that.

As far as your tax question, again, don't ask on here as we really aren't qualified to answer those questions. I can only tell you my situation as a US citizen working here. I have an apartment and have a tax professional in the US who does my taxes. I do claim the foreign earned income exclusion.

What you do is between you and your tax person.
Appreciate, thanks for answering the question and not going off on a tangent. Folks tend read the question they want to answer!
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Old 2nd May 2019, 15:41
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Hello everyone! I just wanna know something especific about the medical test. Could someone fail just for cholesterol? I mean, everything looks good, all the other exams would be ok, like BMI, interview and sim ok, but just High Cholesterol. Could that, be a big problem?
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Old 3rd May 2019, 03:03
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If your cholesterol is a little high, you should be OK. If there are 2 strikes against you in the medical (cholesterol and high BMI), then you will most likely be disqualified.

Good luck.
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Old 3rd May 2019, 03:16
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Thank you for your response, iNCApacitated.
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Old 4th May 2019, 02:55
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Having said that, I used to take this stuff called Cholestoff. All natural. Dropped my Cholesterol by 30 points.

Then I tried taking Lipitor. It dropped my Cholesterol by 70-80 points. I stopped taking it about a week before my medical and it was well under 200.

I would stop all shellfish. It raises your cholesterol immensely ! I knew this Chinese guy he was 175cm ad about 65 kgs. He had a cholesterol of over 600 ! His only diet was fish and seafood. Needless to say he had to do a recheck every medical.
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Old 4th May 2019, 19:27
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Is there anything to stop them from offering the "bonus" again at the start of a new contract? Do you think it will be an ongoing thing or will they one day just stop if they have as much crew as they need?
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Old 4th May 2019, 21:54
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Originally Posted by drop24
Is there anything to stop them from offering the "bonus" again at the start of a new contract? Do you think it will be an ongoing thing or will they one day just stop if they have as much crew as they need?
Who knows. It's Japan. Anything can happen.

From what I understand, that money that went to the "bonus" was because the ANA pilots union would not allow foreign pilots to be paid more than they do, comparing salaries vs salaries. Hence the company put in this bonus. It's there now, but who knows when/if it will still be there.


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Old 5th May 2019, 00:19
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Originally Posted by drop24
Is there anything to stop them from offering the "bonus" again at the start of a new contract? Do you think it will be an ongoing thing or will they one day just stop if they have as much crew as they need?
There are two different types of bonuses here. The first is the bonus that is in the contract and has been for many many years. The second is the bonus that they just started offering last year and is not in our contracts.

In my opinion, the first will stay as long as we are employed here. The second I feel will not be renewed after their initial period of 5 years. The second one was really put in place as a retention tool not a recruiting tool. Pilots in their first 2 years don't receive that bonus. (or is it 3 years? I'm not sure)

But the point is, if they offer or don't offer it, it's up to you whether you want to be here or not. I feel that a lot (read almost all) of the pilots would quit if they took away the bonus that is in the contract.
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Old 5th May 2019, 20:40
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Or if they take away the commute days as they are trying to do now.
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Old 6th May 2019, 01:39
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Originally Posted by Kraus
Or if they take away the commute days as they are trying to do now.
there seems to be a new way of applying the rules, which appear to be negatively impacting the commute right now, resulting in many pilots having to commute back for work a day earlier than they used to.

the new bonus jrmyl is referring to, is only guaranteed for the next 3 years, after that, who knows. Rumours abound that this bonus will not be continued. However, it would be best to wait a while before getting too excited. I certainly am NOT budgeting on the bonus being continued. Plan for the worst, hope for the best.

BTW, the numbers leaving have not decreased over the past year or so, so retention appears to be a big problem here still.

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Old 6th May 2019, 03:06
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Or if they take away the commute days as they are trying to do now.
This is what is going to sink this place if it happens. Can you imagine the number of pilots who are going to quit if they reduce the amount of days off? It would be catastrophic.
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Old 6th May 2019, 07:20
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Originally Posted by gtseraf
there seems to be a new way of applying the rules, which appear to be negatively impacting the commute right now, resulting in many pilots having to commute back for work a day earlier than they used to.

the new bonus jrmyl is referring to, is only guaranteed for the next 3 years, after that, who knows. Rumours abound that this bonus will not be continued. However, it would be best to wait a while before getting too excited. I certainly am NOT budgeting on the bonus being continued. Plan for the worst, hope for the best.

BTW, the numbers leaving have not decreased over the past year or so, so retention appears to be a big problem here still.
Thing is commuting (this far) is not for everybody, and while some find it ok, most will eventually give up. I’ve seen it at many airlines. Considering the destinations, basings do not make sense, so you either make it a permanent ek-like job, or accept the retention problem. Which in such a small operation is probably the least problematic solution
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Old 7th May 2019, 10:44
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Originally Posted by Kraus
Or if they take away the commute days as they are trying to do now.
Don't know where that rumour came from but it's not true. There is no talk of removing the commuting days.
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Old 8th May 2019, 08:35
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Don't know where that rumour came from but it's not true. There is no talk of removing the commuting days.
They cancelled the Christmas party! They have to pay! LOL
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Old 8th May 2019, 22:44
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Can anyone provide some details to the training?
- Where is it completed? Tokyo?
- Why is it so long? 6-8 months
- Says family is allowed to come visit, are tickets positive space in business class or Coach?

Thanks for all the info!
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Old 9th May 2019, 04:33
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Originally Posted by gtseraf
there seems to be a new way of applying the rules, which appear to be negatively impacting the commute right now, resulting in many pilots having to commute back for work a day earlier than they used to.

the new bonus jrmyl is referring to, is only guaranteed for the next 3 years, after that, who knows. Rumours abound that this bonus will not be continued. However, it would be best to wait a while before getting too excited. I certainly am NOT budgeting on the bonus being continued. Plan for the worst, hope for the best.

BTW, the numbers leaving have not decreased over the past year or so, so retention appears to be a big problem here still.

Including ANA, Japanese airlines is very traditional companies and those pilots working for airlines are also conservative and narrow minded. They considered themselves elite, usually graduated from prestigious universities to join Cadet program or designated aviation universities to become pilots. Simply they just use school connection to join ANA, JAL and etc. For them it is easy life to make a large amount of money without experience and demand pay raise each year through pilot union. It is just harmful influence for airlines in Japan. Influence of union is very significant which will compromise other’s salary like foreign pilots. When you start to work in Japan, you will also see difficulty dealt with Japanese pilots. Those people are very conservative and they don’t like to see a number of foreign pilots take over their job and making high salary. Working condition of foreign pilot will get worse and worse in Japan. Those who like work abroad should avoid option for working in Japan.

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Old 9th May 2019, 07:35
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Originally Posted by Kein09
Including ANA, Japanese airlines is very traditional companies and those pilots working for airlines are also conservative and narrow minded. They considered themselves elite, usually graduated from prestigious universities to join Cadet program or designated aviation universities to become pilots. Simply they just use school connection to join ANA, JAL and etc. For them it is easy life to make a large amount of money without experience and demand pay raise each year through pilot union. It is just harmful influence for airlines in Japan. Influence of union is very significant which will compromise other’s salary like foreign pilots. When you start to work in Japan, you will also see difficulty dealt with Japanese pilots. Those people are very conservative and they don’t like to see a number of foreign pilots take over their job and making high salary. Working condition of foreign pilot will get worse and worse in Japan. Those who like work abroad should avoid option for working in Japan.
And, instead, you would be working where?
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Old 9th May 2019, 23:09
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Don't feed the Kein Troll. I am certainly not going to lie about how good or bad Japan/Japanese pilots etc are but from the way he writes I would put more faith in Kein being some desperate Chinese airline recruiter, who actually knows nothing of working in Japan and is only trying to muddy the waters in the vain hope that we'd be stupid enough to go to China.
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Old 10th May 2019, 01:27
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Originally Posted by Kein09
Including ANA, Japanese airlines is very traditional companies and those pilots working for airlines are also conservative and narrow minded. They considered themselves elite, usually graduated from prestigious universities to join Cadet program or designated aviation universities to become pilots. Simply they just use school connection to join ANA, JAL and etc. For them it is easy life to make a large amount of money without experience and demand pay raise each year through pilot union. It is just harmful influence for airlines in Japan. Influence of union is very significant which will compromise other’s salary like foreign pilots. When you start to work in Japan, you will also see difficulty dealt with Japanese pilots. Those people are very conservative and they don’t like to see a number of foreign pilots take over their job and making high salary. Working condition of foreign pilot will get worse and worse in Japan. Those who like work abroad should avoid option for working in Japan.
In my experience most of the mischief appears to be committed by admin types not pilot types. In fact the local pilots seem to be as affected by this and unable to stand up to these admin types.
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Old 11th May 2019, 22:36
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I know this is still quite far in the future (as of this moment, I've passed 4 EASA ATPL exams) but was wondering if anyone could answer these two questions for me as I am curious in working in Japan plus I really like planning into the future (currently, it goes up-to 2025).
1. How is the treatment of Japanese pilots in general?
2. Compared to British (and European, I guess) airlines, how does the prospects of AJX/Japanese airlines in general fare?

Being half Japanese and thus having Japanese permanent residency, family in Japan, being able to speak Japanese conversationally and most importantly, Japan being my home*, there is a real incentive for me to move back, even in the event that prospects aren't as good.

みなさんありがとうございます! (Thanks everyone!)

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