Bamboo Air
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Ho Chi Minh
Posts: 1
Latest news from BAV
Aircrafts, a mixture of planes coming from Etihad, Aeroflot, etc. Most of the fleet is now used.
company is looking to enter in the stock market and they offer stock options to employees several times. Looks like they need cash flow.
Vietnamese pilots got an productivity bonus at the end of the year. Expats none. Segnority list for Vietnamese only.
Still NO monthly roster. The schedule is changed daily and you have maximum five days of planning.
Rostering keep swapping your day available for company needs to day off after 11PM, so no real days off.
Training and dead head flights during your days off not counted as duty time. You are planned for positioning flights during your days off or your annual leave.
Layover day’s reimbursement policy have been changing several times. The last is 8,5 USD for SIM days or ground training only.
DFO is a kid playing with stickers on company Viber profile.
HR department is far far away to an airline standard. Too complicated and slow, quite unuseful.
FLC group benefits as hotel use or golf courts well sponsored as employees benefits are dreams only. The procedures to get them are quite unrealistic and created to avoid any chance to give them.
Several Expats are looking around to move quickly away.
company is looking to enter in the stock market and they offer stock options to employees several times. Looks like they need cash flow.
Vietnamese pilots got an productivity bonus at the end of the year. Expats none. Segnority list for Vietnamese only.
Still NO monthly roster. The schedule is changed daily and you have maximum five days of planning.
Rostering keep swapping your day available for company needs to day off after 11PM, so no real days off.
Training and dead head flights during your days off not counted as duty time. You are planned for positioning flights during your days off or your annual leave.
Layover day’s reimbursement policy have been changing several times. The last is 8,5 USD for SIM days or ground training only.
DFO is a kid playing with stickers on company Viber profile.
HR department is far far away to an airline standard. Too complicated and slow, quite unuseful.
FLC group benefits as hotel use or golf courts well sponsored as employees benefits are dreams only. The procedures to get them are quite unrealistic and created to avoid any chance to give them.
Several Expats are looking around to move quickly away.
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Taiwan
Posts: 2
Originally Posted by AAhamed
Aircrafts, a mixture of planes coming from Etihad, Aeroflot, etc. Most of the fleet is now used.
company is looking to enter in the stock market and they offer stock options to employees several times. Looks like they need cash flow.
Vietnamese pilots got an productivity bonus at the end of the year. Expats none. Segnority list for Vietnamese only.
Still NO monthly roster. The schedule is changed daily and you have maximum five days of planning.
Rostering keep swapping your day available for company needs to day off after 11PM, so no real days off.
Training and dead head flights during your days off not counted as duty time. You are planned for positioning flights during your days off or your annual leave.
Layover day’s reimbursement policy have been changing several times. The last is 8,5 USD for SIM days or ground training only.
DFO is a kid playing with stickers on company Viber profile.
HR department is far far away to an airline standard. Too complicated and slow, quite unuseful.
FLC group benefits as hotel use or golf courts well sponsored as employees benefits are dreams only. The procedures to get them are quite unrealistic and created to avoid any chance to give them.
Several Expats are looking around to move quickly away.
company is looking to enter in the stock market and they offer stock options to employees several times. Looks like they need cash flow.
Vietnamese pilots got an productivity bonus at the end of the year. Expats none. Segnority list for Vietnamese only.
Still NO monthly roster. The schedule is changed daily and you have maximum five days of planning.
Rostering keep swapping your day available for company needs to day off after 11PM, so no real days off.
Training and dead head flights during your days off not counted as duty time. You are planned for positioning flights during your days off or your annual leave.
Layover day’s reimbursement policy have been changing several times. The last is 8,5 USD for SIM days or ground training only.
DFO is a kid playing with stickers on company Viber profile.
HR department is far far away to an airline standard. Too complicated and slow, quite unuseful.
FLC group benefits as hotel use or golf courts well sponsored as employees benefits are dreams only. The procedures to get them are quite unrealistic and created to avoid any chance to give them.
Several Expats are looking around to move quickly away.
The package expat cabin crew get must be much worse. Plus the airline doesn't sound safe to me.
However, does anyone know more about the cabin crew side? Will they promote foreign crew as cabin managers or do they have existing ones to say the least... Thanks for sharing!
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Australia
Posts: 148
Originally Posted by Kuo Yan Hsin
Thanks Aahamd! I was thinking of joining as a cabin crew but now I don't think it's a good idea...
The package expat cabin crew get must be much worse. Plus the airline doesn't sound safe to me.
However, does anyone know more about the cabin crew side? Will they promote foreign crew as cabin managers or do they have existing ones to say the least... Thanks for sharing!
The package expat cabin crew get must be much worse. Plus the airline doesn't sound safe to me.
However, does anyone know more about the cabin crew side? Will they promote foreign crew as cabin managers or do they have existing ones to say the least... Thanks for sharing!
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Taiwan
Posts: 2
Originally Posted by umop apisdn
Vietnamese airlines hire foreign flight attendants?
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: In someone pocket
Posts: 1,154
foreign leader: recruiting pilots not to fill positions, but to find 'right people'
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: 00 00 00 N 00 00 00,0 E
Posts: 3
Well, my dear
the Company has now 22 aircraft in one year...quite difficult to have them all new....
Is mainly own by a private group, that means then “money doesn't fall from the sky” and enter in stock market is an usual procedure to collect investors.
Vietnamese are company employees while expats are employed by agencies... the contract is different.
No roster.... complain to your agent and follow the Vietnamese regulation. As pilot you are responsible to check your limits as well as the company needs to follow them.
Various benefit, same as above... your contract is the master.
All new companies have issues as well as old ones but we should look forward and try to be positive
😘
the Company has now 22 aircraft in one year...quite difficult to have them all new....
Is mainly own by a private group, that means then “money doesn't fall from the sky” and enter in stock market is an usual procedure to collect investors.
Vietnamese are company employees while expats are employed by agencies... the contract is different.
No roster.... complain to your agent and follow the Vietnamese regulation. As pilot you are responsible to check your limits as well as the company needs to follow them.
Various benefit, same as above... your contract is the master.
All new companies have issues as well as old ones but we should look forward and try to be positive
😘
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: ME
Posts: 4
Originally Posted by UnderTheRadarAgain
I have just heard a rumor that effective today all pilots pay will be cut by 50% and the 6/2 weeks will be changed to 5/1 week.
Any truth to this?
Any truth to this?
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Caribean
Posts: 25
Bamboo airways is not paying at the moment to their pilots, they have been waiting for their salaries 4 days and no news...the virus is hitting hard the industry in Asia. And yes, pilots have been told to work 4-1 or 8-2 at the moment for the same salary...
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: VenusVille
Posts: 327
Alot of those recruiting ads appear to be way out of date as well or
maybe the recruiters are trying to build up a database for future
recruitment. I rang up CAE for a laugh about a position having been
told apply now by email. Answer: oh sorry thats on hold UFN, not surprised.
maybe the recruiters are trying to build up a database for future
recruitment. I rang up CAE for a laugh about a position having been
told apply now by email. Answer: oh sorry thats on hold UFN, not surprised.
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Ho Chi Minh
Posts: 10
Bamboo Airways present situation
Bamboo as other companies was facing a deep crisis after ncov19 period.
The bad management skills of BAV have been demonstrated to most of employers and suppliers including Vietnamese government.
Despite bad financial status the company is still surviving and they keep flying mainly because of employees sacrifice.
Salaries are deeply reduced and most of the employees are still waiting. Pilots are unpaid since February, or better they received last months up to 50% of February basic salary without other amounts earned. Instructors and trainees are unpaid since last year.
The company clearly wants to quit with pilot agencies
since they start to recruit directly JetStar grounded pilots to replace their unpaid personnel 
that is out of the country and banned to fly back to Vietnam.
More than that they try to hire people directly from LinkedIn with their internal "talent scouting department"
bypassing pilot agents.
In the mean time the BAV pilots are in Vietnam are flying with the dream they will be paid back.
Most of them hope to be smart of colleagues and some of them are flying for free.
Bamboo forced the agencies to pay 25% of February salary to people are in Vietnam Only,but those people will be waiting the other salaries earned longer and longer (Captain received 2600 USD, FO around 1700 USD).
In the same time the salary policy is monthly changing and bamboo keep swapping conditions and answering the agencies with different terms most probably just to earn time.
They need cash!.
Contractual terms are still vague and changing since most of the agencies try to discuss better conditions but since pilots are flying for free they don't have any reliable contract bargaining power.
That is the REAL situation of this bunch of a.......s despite all the fake news you are reading around.
The bad management skills of BAV have been demonstrated to most of employers and suppliers including Vietnamese government.
Despite bad financial status the company is still surviving and they keep flying mainly because of employees sacrifice.
Salaries are deeply reduced and most of the employees are still waiting. Pilots are unpaid since February, or better they received last months up to 50% of February basic salary without other amounts earned. Instructors and trainees are unpaid since last year.
The company clearly wants to quit with pilot agencies
since they start to recruit directly JetStar grounded pilots to replace their unpaid personnel that is out of the country and banned to fly back to Vietnam.More than that they try to hire people directly from LinkedIn with their internal "talent scouting department"
bypassing pilot agents.In the mean time the BAV pilots are in Vietnam are flying with the dream they will be paid back.
Most of them hope to be smart of colleagues and some of them are flying for free
.Bamboo forced the agencies to pay 25% of February salary to people are in Vietnam Only,but those people will be waiting the other salaries earned longer and longer (Captain received 2600 USD, FO around 1700 USD).
In the same time the salary policy is monthly changing and bamboo keep swapping conditions and answering the agencies with different terms most probably just to earn time.
They need cash!.
Contractual terms are still vague and changing since most of the agencies try to discuss better conditions but since pilots are flying for free they don't have any reliable contract bargaining power.
That is the REAL situation of this bunch of a.......s despite all the fake news you are reading around.
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Seoul
Posts: 2
Need advise on Vietnam cadet
Hi guys, just finished my CPL training and time building (300hrs)
Was going to apply FO position in South Korea but corona just killed the market.
I am a bit old so i am planning to apply a job in Vietnam (Heard its better then Korea)
Anyone have advice about starting a career in vietnam in thesedays?
i contacted one of the agencies and they told me bamboo air is recruiting new cadets.
Was going to apply FO position in South Korea but corona just killed the market.
I am a bit old so i am planning to apply a job in Vietnam (Heard its better then Korea)
Anyone have advice about starting a career in vietnam in thesedays?
i contacted one of the agencies and they told me bamboo air is recruiting new cadets.
Last edited by CKFOWB; 16th Jun 2020 at 03:54.
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Mexico City
Posts: 469
Originally Posted by CKFOWB
Hi guys, just finished my CPL training and time building (300hrs)
Was going to apply FO position in South Korea but corona just killed the market.
I am a bit old so i am planning to apply a job ini Vietnam (Heard its better then Korea)
Anyone have advice about starting a career in vietnam in thesedays?
i contacted one of the agencies and they told me bamboo air is recruiting new cadets.
Was going to apply FO position in South Korea but corona just killed the market.
I am a bit old so i am planning to apply a job ini Vietnam (Heard its better then Korea)
Anyone have advice about starting a career in vietnam in thesedays?
i contacted one of the agencies and they told me bamboo air is recruiting new cadets.
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wet Season
Posts: 31
Originally Posted by CKFOWB
Hi guys, just finished my CPL training and time building (300hrs)
Was going to apply FO position in South Korea but corona just killed the market.
I am a bit old so i am planning to apply a job in Vietnam (Heard its better then Korea)
Anyone have advice about starting a career in vietnam in thesedays?
i contacted one of the agencies and they told me bamboo air is recruiting new cadets.
Was going to apply FO position in South Korea but corona just killed the market.
I am a bit old so i am planning to apply a job in Vietnam (Heard its better then Korea)
Anyone have advice about starting a career in vietnam in thesedays?
i contacted one of the agencies and they told me bamboo air is recruiting new cadets.
Unfortunately you don't have much of a chance! ATM Vietnamese are the ones doing the flying.
I don't want to ruin anyones dream, but don't loose time in VN. You are better off in S Korea I would say
Good luck
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Earth
Posts: 20
Hi all,
Does anyone know the latest recruitment status for Bamboo? Before I get any smart comments, I am obviously aware of the situation globally.
The only reason I ask is because I applied recently throught their website and recieved an email from requesting documents and application forms etc. etc..
Have things started to move in that part of the world?
Much obliged!
Does anyone know the latest recruitment status for Bamboo? Before I get any smart comments, I am obviously aware of the situation globally.
The only reason I ask is because I applied recently throught their website and recieved an email from requesting documents and application forms etc. etc..
Have things started to move in that part of the world?
Much obliged!
