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Thank you for your patience HoldingatFL900, you must have been a frustrated astronaut, pretty much like Sandra Bullock in her latest film along with George Cloney. I have been jet lagged but let me elaborate in as much as I can to help.

Folks, AJX battery of interviews were pretty much what is condensed in this forum. I was very surprised and impressed with the speed of Medicals compared to old times, when doing a JAL interview in the U.S, it normally was a three day ordeal to complete a full JCAB medical at the Mayo Clinic in the twin cities Minneapolis/ St.Paul.

Flying the B767-300 SIM was very pleasant, very stable, the senior instructors observing very cooperating, they want you to follow the SIM guide by rote, but very flexible with preferences for instance when I opted to fly the whole visual pattern without a/p as it was the only phase where you want to have hands on the job. For those of you not familiar with JCAB SIM assessments or check'rides, there were three senior SIM instructors and one HR observer during my SIM assessment for 90 minutes, so yes, you are being watched:8

If I may, I would like to contribute to future candidates with the following:

1. Arrive in Japan with sufficient time to be well rested. Yes HOTAC charges are from our pocket this days, but it is not worth to compromise your performance for saving a few $$
2. Check in at the hotel is after 16:00hrs, no waivers, and check out is 10:00. I wished I would have been told this before by the agent, to roam around the day of arrival saving one day charge by checking in at 16:00hrs.
3. Try to stay awake until evening time and catch up with new time zone.
4. Agents assigned for assisting you have a very tight schedule and very little time for baby sitting. If you cannot catch up with the pace of walk, then run.:ok:

To all of you invited remember that by being invited you have already made 50% of progress, its worth meeting the six panel of interviewees, they are extremely
pleasant, mature and they would make every effort to make sure you enjoy this operation. It is a long training even for JCAB holders, so make arrangements to bring your spouse and/or siblings, it is a commuting job, but only after you clear all training issues. Expect a class date 6 months after results, so stay glued where you are until you have a class date and a five year contract in hand.

The Dominican has vast experience in Japan, I recommend his treads on this forum.

Gambate o kudasai! (Good luck fellas) and acknowledge all ATC calls with :ok:

Hello all,
I've read some of those numerous and very informative pages.
Concerning the Air Japan 767 Non TR F/O, 3000TT and Captain Jet TR endorsed on ATPL are hard requirements.
I have 3200TT, Learjet 35 & 45 endorsed as captain but no 1000 transport Jet. Is this a hard requirement as well ?
concerning my path it's a typical Kanuk's path starting with some twin piston then turbine up North and now LR35/45 international ops.

thanks for your input.

Kesskidi,

It's always worth throwing an application in with one of the contract companies because you never know what they might say. However, I'm pretty certain the Japanese selectors want the jet transport time. Just looking at the experience levels of the FOs in the Company, I believe the smallest jet aircraft that have served to qualify are the CRJs.

As I say, give the contract companies a call, the worst they can say is 'no'.

Thanks for the advice fratemate,
As a matter of fact I applied yesterday and received a negative. Lear doesn't count.
Too bad, it looked like a good gig.
Later may be...

I have a close friend of mine that has flown the 76 in airline operations but the company closed with him not getting the minimums they ask for, he is flying a GV now all around the world, this guy is an excellent and experienced pilot with over 12,000 hours and lots of jet PIC time and was willing to come here as an F/O just to make the jump back to airline flying again...., I couldn't even get him an interview, but they are hiring second officers from other airlines with no more than 3,000 total time and no PIC. :ugh:

I doubt ANA would know what a GV is. :rolleyes:

Dom, you will find that these S/O's have more than 3000 hrs total and have PIC time, some were training captains in airlines prior to joining as S/O's. I feel for your mate, I have experienced the same thing before.

Exactly, G. They may have been S/Os immediately before joining AJX but prior to that they'd been F/Os on the 737 or 767......and with enough PIC to obtain their ATPL.

Guys, this is from what I have seen in their logbooks when I sign them...., ATPL minimums sure, but the fact remains that the experience level of the new joiners is less than half of what we saw in the past. Not saying anything against them, quite the contrary I'm happy with the new guys, they have a great attitude and are doing a fantastic job, I'm just stating fact.

Hi everybody,

Please I have two questions.

1 during the training period is not expected any time off to get home?
2 767 will be still in ops for long or they have plans for newer type?

Thanks a lot for any clarification

1 during the training period is not expected any time off to get home?
Expect to be in Japan for six months straight until your sim check rides with the JCAB, after that you will get some time off before the start of your OJT....!
What most guys do is that they have their family with them in their apartments for a period of time, just be mindful and DO NOT overstay the 90 days of the visa.....!

2 767 will be still in ops for long or they have plans for newer type?

When ANA finally parks the last 787 in the dessert to be turned into (whatever they make out off recycled carbon fiber) they will bring the crew back to Japan in a 76:ok:

If your desire is to fly something else, be it a 787 or anything else, I strongly recommend that you look elsewhere......!

I stand to be corrected, but except for the freighter and tanker version there are no orders for 767 for passenger aircraft.

So, will ANA pass down the 787 to Air Japan when 767s are to be replaced; or will ANA buy 777s to replace 767?

At some point those 767s have to be replaced as there are not enough orders for passenger version of 767 for the program to sustain.

GC,

I refer you to The Dominican's previous post (1801):

Absolutely, no one knows what the future hold here....., but I think that it is pretty safe to say that the 76 will be around for a long time, therefore come here expecting to fly the 76, and another thing that it is pretty safe to say is that a lot of folks around here are getting drunk on the Kool-Aid:rolleyes:

we have been fed rumours of a type change onto the 777/787 for a few years now. I guess the Kool-aid is being consumed by many in the company, not only the contractors.

Plan on flying the 767 only and any changes to another type will then be a pleasant surprise.

AJX training timetable
 

The current training program is roughly:

2 months in Tokyo - ANA training centre, Haneda
ATPL Law, radio, CRM and company stuff.
767 CBT and the first part of the sim training.

2 months in Seoul - Asiana sim centre
Simulator training

10-14 days off in your home country

3 months in Narita
Line training (OJT)
Some more classes at ANA training centre, Haneda.

ANA B777 & 787 order:
 

doesn't say what is replacing the 767s, :p

In your opinion what is the best agency to go with? Is there much difference in the package?

If you live in the US, I consider Crew as the best agency. Well, actually, even if you don't live in the US I would go with Crew as it seems the Parc guys are always complaining about one thing or another. :p But anyway, the health insurance package that Crew offers can not be beat.