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At least a frozen malaysian ATPL with some hours on multi (turboprop) and of course malaysian citizen. pay is pretty low but good for hour building on 73's . contract sucks and you don't get much of choice.good luck to you all who's applying to airasia.add's can be found at their website.
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Lot No. N1 Level 4
Main Terminal Building
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
64000 Sepang
Selangor
And yes they are recruting at this present moment.
Lot No. N1 Level 4
Main Terminal Building
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
64000 Sepang
Selangor
And yes they are recruting at this present moment.
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flyingchinaman,
I believe Air Asia does not require you or any of it's applicants to have any turbine time - just a good Frozen ATPL.
Mate, Good luck with MFA and DCA.
I believe Air Asia does not require you or any of it's applicants to have any turbine time - just a good Frozen ATPL.
Mate, Good luck with MFA and DCA.
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i think air asia's f/os take home about US$1000-1300. this is just a guess, don't quote me. but i guess when one doesn't have job, isn't too bad. like a330 said, it's a good place to build your jet hours. plus, the cost of living isn't too high, if you compare it to say, canada?.
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It is good for jet beginers,prepare to work hard.You may end up doing a 12 1/2 hour duty regardless of time of the day.Imagine doing KUL-BKI-KUL-MYY-KUL,total chock to chock time in excess of 9 1/2 hours with 20 transit each and tech crew to do manual load sheet and supervise refueling,no night stops,travelling to KLIA every day for a 12 1/2 hour duty?? I rather SIT BACK,RELAX AND ENJOY THE MALAYSIA AIRLINES SERVICES!!!
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Air Asia is a good place for Malaysian pilots looking for a longer job career than being in MAS.
After next election 2004 I'm sure there will be a big revamp (retrenchment) in MAS as it is guzzling too much of tax payers account, even though BN wins. They are not retrenching now for fear of losing the votes.
Petronas RM3 billion profit is down to RM1.3 billion simply to subsidise MAS. Petrol price is being upped twice in 6 months to cover loses in MAS.
The BN govt is chasing after errant tax payers and EPF is after employer who had not settled their workers account. This had not happened before shows that the BN is getting short of cash.
The national purse is fast shrinking and BN needs money badly after taking care of all the loses in govt aided multi-corporation all these years. The government cannot afford any drastic action to resize airline for the time being until 2004 when they hope to win the election.
That is why I say Air Asia is a better bet for long term employment than in MAS.
After next election 2004 I'm sure there will be a big revamp (retrenchment) in MAS as it is guzzling too much of tax payers account, even though BN wins. They are not retrenching now for fear of losing the votes.
Petronas RM3 billion profit is down to RM1.3 billion simply to subsidise MAS. Petrol price is being upped twice in 6 months to cover loses in MAS.
The BN govt is chasing after errant tax payers and EPF is after employer who had not settled their workers account. This had not happened before shows that the BN is getting short of cash.
The national purse is fast shrinking and BN needs money badly after taking care of all the loses in govt aided multi-corporation all these years. The government cannot afford any drastic action to resize airline for the time being until 2004 when they hope to win the election.
That is why I say Air Asia is a better bet for long term employment than in MAS.
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Employees of Air Asia got their 3 months bonus recently and are projecting a 6 months bonus next year. Also the sixth aircraft is coming in a few days time. Analysis shows that it is progressing well and in deed, it's a place where one would have to work hard, and the harder you work the more you get. Now we're talking about meritocracy!
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Dear Usman-san, That conspiracy theory of yours was very much entertaining and we in MAS felt kinda shacky a bit, the least to say. Be it for your self assurance or just a plain speculation, again we're extending our gratitude to such a remark. It was briefly mentioned by our MD a couple of months back but it was never materialised for somewhat we heard was greatly opposed by the cabinet. However, such speculation will deter the working environment in MAS and I must say it should be stopped. All of us here appreciate a sincere remark but not to the extent details which repercussion will just cause a havoc against the ruling party. MAS has seen the worst of its golden years and most of us have worked equally hard in bringing the airline back up to its status where it was before and such a speculation will just put our efforts to nowhere.
Thank You.
Thank You.
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Usman-san, Your conspiracy theory is quite breathtaking I must say. But as a fellow pilot friend to you, I suggest that those kind of speculation should be stopped or maybe kept within your circle of peers in AirAsia. Rumours or remarks like that will only spark some ill feelings towards the ruling party and the consequences of doing so will just deter the working environment in MAS. Most of us here have been working long and hard enough to ensure MAS of a spot back in the golden years. We don't need another speculation to ruin ALL our efforts again. The MD did briefly mention about downsizing the airline, meaning retrenchment, but it was targetted at different side of the airline operation. The frontliners, aircrew are still at a shortage. MAS have just leased 5 more A330 and signed up for 5 A380, to be delivered by year 2007. There were even plans to revamp the whole B737 fleet into A320 or the B737NGs for regional ops but it was put on hold for the time being. AirAsia is doing well in serving the Malaysians in air travelling but to state whether should one be happy to fly for them or not, lies in the hands of the individuals themselves.
Happy and safe flying to ALL.
Happy and safe flying to ALL.
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My friend, MAS staff I'm sure had worked their guts out to re-energise the ailing airline. It's just some irresponsible greedy individuals who had screwed up the airline. The big rats had flown away while the gullible looks on not understanding the underlying factors.
From losing RM2million a day after 1997 to losing almost RM6mil a day after 911 it was a big surprise to see the airline being bailed out by DanaHarta. But money does not grow from trees it got to come from somewhere. It was difficult to comprehend from such an astronomical loss to suddenly being in the black again. Even United one of the biggest airline running on parallel loss had to go chapter 11.
From losing RM2million a day after 1997 to losing almost RM6mil a day after 911 it was a big surprise to see the airline being bailed out by DanaHarta. But money does not grow from trees it got to come from somewhere. It was difficult to comprehend from such an astronomical loss to suddenly being in the black again. Even United one of the biggest airline running on parallel loss had to go chapter 11.
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dear ppruners....just would like to gather some info....I wonder how much will be a Malaysia Airlines B737 co pilot salary.....how much total they take every month....i heard mas IS the lowest paying airlines in the world!!! Can somebody clarify this...it will be better if we compare with Air Asia...
Thank you.
Thank you.