Air Japan (AJX) B767

[FooFighter]

Thanks very much for that Fratemate! That is great info, appreciate it!

Just one more question: Do you guys keep your Easa/FAA licence/ratings valid? if so how?

Cheers

[Fratemate]

I haven't put the 767 on my FAA licence, so I certainly don't bother with that one. I don't have an EASA licence but those that do don't seem too worried about it. Since the licence is perpetual there's no need to keep the type rating valid unless you're going for a European job where they require a current type rating. If that's the case then just do an LPC/LST (as required) and then it's all current again. Pointless doing an LPC every year if you're not going to use or don't need it to keep your licence valid. Oz is so screwed up at the moment with the new Part 61 licences that nobody seems to know what is required, so I just keep mine current with a 'normal' biennial check and we'll see what happens once the dust has settled

[FooFighter]

Thanks very much again Fratemate! Much appreciated!

[Half-Pint]

Thanks for the last few posts- quite informative.

I am interested to see what a typical roster looks like- could anyone share theirs?

PM is fine, and if you have any other info regarding this contract you'd like to share I would like to hear it.

Regards...

[jestewart12]

Hello all-
This is my first post on these forums...this thread in particular has been a great wealth of information regarding ANA. I just received an interview date in Tokyo in late February. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a sim prep company/ program in the USA so that I can get some 767 time before the assessment. I am a regional guy in the states with zero Boeing time. I thought I may have read somewhere that there was a particular sim company in Miami that could prepare candidates specifically for ANA but I can't remember for sure. Thanks!

[FMGEC]

Thanks

Hi All

Just finished all 117 pages and I wanted to really thank all of the contributors who've given of their time and energy. It's a true magnus opus
This has to be one of the best threads on Pprune and is a wealth of information.

[Reepicheep]

Anyone there making a go at living in Japan full-time?
Previously it sounded pretty difficult to do wondering if anything's changed in this regard?

[dogtired]

After landing, who gives the "speedbrake open" call?

[The Dominican]

After landing, who gives the "speedbrake open" call?

The PM, but the call is "Speedbrake Up" also after reverser deployment (the REV indication on EICAS goes from yellow to green)...., the PM calls "Reverse Normal"

Get the SOP calls in there......, it goes a long way!

[AlphaEcho86]

Hi,

I appreciate very much the information provided, Itīs been very helpful indeed.

I am Spanish but of Asian descent (adopted) with Spanish citizenship and EASA licence. Would my ethnicity be an issue during the screening proccess? Are there currently non-Japanese Asians flying in the company?

Regards

[The Dominican]

Would my ethnicity be an issue during the screening proccess?

No....!

Are there currently non-Japanese Asians flying in the company?

Yes.....!

[AlphaEcho86]

Would my ethnicity be an issue during the screening proccess?

No....!

Are there currently non-Japanese Asians flying in the company?

Yes.....!

Thank you very much, Also I got the chance of learning Japanese during college Should I remark it during the interview?

[The Dominican]

Thank you very much, Also I got the chance of learning Japanese during college Should I remark it during the interview?

That's a tricky one....! If your Japanese is really good, this might actually work against you, Why? You might actually open yourself to a battery of questions that they might not ask due to language constraints.

The same when you get the job, training will be with questions in Japanese all the time and they love to find that obscure information hiden withing the plethora of useless manuals we have

Do what you feel is right when you are sitting across the tribal elders..., but it is how you come across and the sim eval that will get you this job, I don't think that knowing some Japanese will put you ahead of the pack, if anything it will place you in another cultural dimension in which the normal laws of space/time continuum don't apply.

[gtseraf]

I'd think it would be better not to let on you have any Japanese language skills. The entire operation is supposed to be conducted in English and is catered for in English. There is no requirement to speak Japanese and may actually, as Dom said, be used to your detriment.

[JimboJumbo747]

So a little Bird has told me that the the 787 has been confirmed to be coming to AJX.

Is this true?

[Fratemate]

A mate told me......

[gtseraf]

what......?

[The Dominican]

That folks are making a line at the koolaid stand

[gtseraf]

the 767F is still very much in the picture for the foreseeable future, as well.

[The Dominican]

the 767F is still very much in the picture for the foreseeable future, as well.

10 years minimum...., If we can just get the Koolaid drinkers to understand this isn't about airplanes but rather about T&C'S.....!