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Yes, I've been sticking to the advice of this forum and chose CREW for my first shot. They were exceptionally professional and friendly to begin with.
I even made a few calls to then and spoke to Alan, nice chap, very helpful.
I can only imagine if I'm hired and getting great support from them.
However it is also CREW who told me about the new AJX "policy" of not rescreening a DEC candidate.
Not sure if switching agency will help get my CV through but will give it a shot anyhow.
I even made a few calls to then and spoke to Alan, nice chap, very helpful.
I can only imagine if I'm hired and getting great support from them.
However it is also CREW who told me about the new AJX "policy" of not rescreening a DEC candidate.
Not sure if switching agency will help get my CV through but will give it a shot anyhow.
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I don't want to discourage you but your timing is not the best, you have a major player that went under and dumped many experienced pilots into the market and you have many guys desperate to get out of the dessert so the time is not the best, AJX is not having too many problems these days filling classes! This is of course a cyclical industry so things can and do change often but for right now they feel that they are the pretty girl on the dance and they love to act as if!
The irony is that attrition is high and people are leaving for greener pastures (Or other shades of brown really, in this business there is no green pastures anymore) but the fact that they are getting applicants and that lately a couple of guys have come back after a few years working elsewhere have turned the chip on their shoulder into a log.
You might want to place your efforts into Skymark or Peach for example.
Sorry for not being encouraging but I don't think changing agencies will do you any good.
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If interesting destinations on the western world are a priority for you, you need to look elsewhere.
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Yes, what he said. We get all of the crappy destinations that the ANA guys don't want to do.
more like the destinations and duty patterns they don't want. Anyway, pretty much all of our layovers are between 15 to 28 hours, often shoehorned between two WOCL duties, so the time spent there is mostly, sleep, eat, sleep.
I guess it depends on each individual. At this stage, a SGN and a BKK trip, both sign on in NRT around 5pm on day 1, arrive around 2 am Japan time (on day 2). Call time for return flight is around 5 (ish) am JST, with a landing in NRT around 3 or 4 pm on day 3.
Oh yes, there is a rule that one cannot drink alcohol 24 hours before sign on on a layover trip, so, if one feels the need to enjoy a refreshing, alcohol beverage, one has a 2 hour window after arrival in BKK or SGN.
This is on the 787, can't speak for the 767
Oh yes, there is a rule that one cannot drink alcohol 24 hours before sign on on a layover trip, so, if one feels the need to enjoy a refreshing, alcohol beverage, one has a 2 hour window after arrival in BKK or SGN.
This is on the 787, can't speak for the 767
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Just wondering one thing now that I am going through all the paperwork to study. The ATPL questions, are multiple choice kind or you have to write down the answers and explain? It looks that the paperwork is a little old, there's different speeds, explanation of the different profiles and so on. It's kinda confusing :S. Anyway, loved the fratemate explanation about when and how extend flap 30 or how to descend in the VOR approach. It's not explained like this in the different "personal experience in the checkride" that comes together with all the paperwork. And it makes sense.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
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Which agency are you with?!
They should have provided you with all the required information.
> The questions are straight out of the FAA ATPL question bank. (Multiple Choice)
They should have provided you with all the required information.
> The questions are straight out of the FAA ATPL question bank. (Multiple Choice)
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So I’m interested in AJX (FO), and wanted to get perspectives on it. I would live there, but I do not plan on staying in Japan forever (I would eventually like to come back to US).
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The first step would be to read through the posts on this forum and I think most of your questions will be answered.
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Hello there.
First off I’d like to thank everyone on this thread for sharing valuable info about AJX. Really learned a lot!
I have a question. I’ve been reading the entire thread bit by bit, and it seems that AJX pilots are (May be a bit extreme) not respected by ANA pilots or just ANA in general? I understand it’s a sister company of ANA, but in Canada, sister companies usually offer a Pilot mobility upgrade (Jazz to AC). Not trying to compare it or anything due to a lot of differences, I just thought I’d throw that out there.
That info I read was quite a while ago, but is it possible now to upgrade from AJX to ANA as an expat flying those international flights (also read that expats can’t fly domestically)? Or ANA is strictly Japanese only?
as always, all the feedback is greatly appreciated!
First off I’d like to thank everyone on this thread for sharing valuable info about AJX. Really learned a lot!
I have a question. I’ve been reading the entire thread bit by bit, and it seems that AJX pilots are (May be a bit extreme) not respected by ANA pilots or just ANA in general? I understand it’s a sister company of ANA, but in Canada, sister companies usually offer a Pilot mobility upgrade (Jazz to AC). Not trying to compare it or anything due to a lot of differences, I just thought I’d throw that out there.
That info I read was quite a while ago, but is it possible now to upgrade from AJX to ANA as an expat flying those international flights (also read that expats can’t fly domestically)? Or ANA is strictly Japanese only?
as always, all the feedback is greatly appreciated!
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is it possible now to upgrade from AJX to ANA as an expat flying those international flights (also read that expats can’t fly domestically)? Or ANA is strictly Japanese only?
This will NEVER happen! Never ever!
We are tolerated, that's it! Some are polite and might even smile! But if AJX disappeared tomorrow, there would be an unusual spike of sick calls at mainline...! Hangover city!
And let's talk about sister companies in Canada!
Let's assume as an experiment that AC builds an AOC from the ground up and hires nothing but South American and European pilots under contract to fly the mainline metal at 60% the rate of mainline drivers, Would they offer upward mobility to AC then?
This will NEVER happen! Never ever!
We are tolerated, that's it! Some are polite and might even smile! But if AJX disappeared tomorrow, there would be an unusual spike of sick calls at mainline...! Hangover city!
And let's talk about sister companies in Canada!
Let's assume as an experiment that AC builds an AOC from the ground up and hires nothing but South American and European pilots under contract to fly the mainline metal at 60% the rate of mainline drivers, Would they offer upward mobility to AC then?
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Do you guys operated the evacuation flights from ZHHH?
Answering the question: Only very STRONG ANA pilots. AJX pilots are not strong enough.
Company order.......
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