Hi everyone

Been contacted by CAL recently to conduct pre interview telephone call, been reading this thread, certainly makes for interesting reading :eek:

A few questions then for you guys who seem to know :

- Can someone maybe advise me what sort of stuff do they ask you in the pre interview telephone call?

- This $20,000 bond you have to pay, am I correct in guessing that you don't get any of it back if you leave within 5 years? No half refund if you leave after 3 years or anything?

- How long after telephone call do they call you out for interview? How long after that to offer of job?

- is there definitely no prospect of ever getting a command with CAL if you join as expat FO?

- How many night stops / nights at home per month on average?

- Your 8 days off per month do you get staff travel to go to your home country?

Tx

Emma Ritz

Sorry Emma. They don't like expat chix.
Probably the so called "expat" component of the pilot management cannot handle the potential threat to their positions.

Guava Tree
 

I could be wrong but I think Emma Ritz may just be a bloke who is working for a well known ME airline.

BlueEagle is right, I'm a bloke although I don't even work for that well known middle eastern airline either, its just getting hard to come up with a humorous user name that isn't already taken :rolleyes:

Currently doing the european low cost airline thing and just checking out what's on the market ...

I'll do the interview anyway just to see what they are offering but I can tell you it will be a very short interview if they try and offer some contract for $US3.something thousand, they better double that if they are serious about getting people from europe to make the move

A few questions then for you guys who seem to know :

- Can someone maybe advise me what sort of stuff do they ask you in the pre interview telephone call?

- This $20,000 bond you have to pay, am I correct in guessing that you don't get any of it back if you leave within 5 years? No half refund if you leave after 3 years or anything?

correct

- How long after telephone call do they call you out for interview? How long after that to offer of job?

2-4 weeks, unknown

- is there definitely no prospect of ever getting a command with CAL if you join as expat FO?

not a chance in hell

my $.02

CE

Anything you want to know about CAL has been posted in this thread... take the time and read it through!

If you are flying a jet somwhere else... you might want to ask yourself what can you possibly gain by going to CAL except perhaps a headache.

If you do not have any heavy jet experience, you are going to be in for a rude awakening... and will be asking yourself why you dropped $20g's and locked in for 5 years.

interview CAL
 

Taipei, is not a dirty, overcrowded, jammed city and so on... as some would like to depict...come to Bangkok, go to Saigon, Kuala lumpur you'll see what are jammed and dirty cities .Tapei is a kind of heaven in Asia compare to them...neater and cleaner...

Anyone got any information on the Tech Questions?

Tech Questions
 

They are a breeze.
I work for CAL so here's my two cents. Not bad, not great. I would never pay them a training bond if that's what they are asking for now. You will feel trapped and hostile towards them. The training is very difficult and not a pleasant time at all. This goes for initial, rides and line checks. Many people flee here. It's not for the faint of heart. I enjoy the line flying, for the most part.

Come here as an F/O and expect an upgrade sometime in the next 15 years. I can't imagine anyone staying here long enough to make it, but some do.

... anybody with fresh posts on this thread?

Left seat 744?
There's rumours of 6 or 7 freighters being sold.
Left seat Airbus: yes.
Left seat 737: yes.
744: i don't see it happening.

Where do the expats stay at CAL? Are you right in Taipei or near the airport or spread apart.