Melu go away.... Please.

what are your intentions in writting your comments? you sounds as someone who wishes or is demanding and again demanding a right in flying over pacific if someone is from europe then should use more official ways, considering the situation- if is interested in the area, which is considered as still dangerous according to many resources why dont you read the newspapers or these headlines around the world and what is worst that all started to believe that is so dangerous can you stop a panic by the way??

Hello Sparrowhawk

Yes they still want crews and Q400 time is not a prerequisite, however their conditions of PiC on a multicrew turboprop is not waivable.

Cheek out the crew leasing company's websites for min requirements.

From what I've been told there have been no applicants for some time as the terms and conditions have deteriorated so much it's nonworth while joining.

Good luck to you.

Vintage Red

Can someone please explain to why it is that every f......g time the low cost gang move in with their overpriced and underachieved MBA's they take the $1.00 bottle of water away from the poor bastard up front keeping their Multi Million dollar jet in the air?

Can just picture it.. one idiot clueless manager to the next

'Hey what can we take away from the equation and save $99 a day?'
Long silent pause... long but shallow brainwaves...
'I know! Let take away the bottled water we give the crew!'


Mat Finish
never a shiny moment..

Looks like skymark is advertising for 737 capt Narita based. I understand these guys just ordered 6 A380s..I don't know much about skymark but they must be doing ok.

ANA Wings
 

Can anyone shed some light on how the interview is over at ANA Wings? Also, I heard that you may just need to have any kind of Type rating, i.e. LR45, CE650.... Is that correct?

Thanks for any comments and infos about the present situation about pilot jobs at ANA Wings. :ok:

My recommendation to folks interested in jobs in Japan and in Asia in general is to apply even if you don't meet the published minimums, several stories of guys being called to interview that were short in certain requirements but had plenty to offer in other areas and got interviews. Look into Peach, Jetstar Japan, Skymark, Starflyer, Air Japan, OK airlines.

Listen to the Dom.....
 

You are exactly right. Put your app in if you're close as you never know. When they are short and get the word to hire some bodies, your CV might just arrive on that day. 20 years ago I did that exact thing, sent my app to JAL, even though they were only hiring current B-747 Captains. To my surprise, with nothing larger than an A320 under my belt, I found myself as a 34 year old kid sitting in class as a DEC on the whale . Too cool.

Hello VintageRed, Thank you for the informations. I got all application papers. Conditions are really bad but fortunately I am not desperate.

I nearly forgot about starting this thread as I have been traveling and then studying for an interview but thanks so much to the guys who have shared their info on here. For me personally I am (hopefully) headed to the middle east soon as that is where the best opportunities for me are at the moment. the only word i got out of asia thus far was an offer from CX as a cadet but the terms are unacceptable and i would never consider such an offer. the gulf carriers have their problems but at least i wont be making somebodys bunk for 5 years. that situation was puzzling because my application is for DEFO and not SO.

vintagered thanks for the gouge on ana wings. i ultimately decided to avoid the deal because i ran into a chap on the contract in itami who gave me the same description of the job around 2 months ago (was it you? hehe)

dominican i read your posts alot and thanks for all the info. even with the issues at air japan i applied but got the rejection notice because i have pic turboprop TR but only sic jet. i met a fellow in haneda who enjoys the contract and reccomends it but hes coming from the US like myself so maybe we are just used to the abuse. if anything else opens up soon i will apply anyways and see what happens. again, i am heading to the middle east, but maybe in a few years the experience ill get there can help me.

mat finish i cant agree more about the water bottle nazis. it is total disrespect being denied crew meals (and the 99 cent water bottle) while at the helm of a jet flying max hours day after day. i was at recurrent in my company and in the training center the free coffee and tea is for the instructors only. i was unaware that thumbing through powerpoint slides all day in a comfy chair was so much more tiring than my job. wtf!!!!

They do need to fix some of these scheduling issues that have come up since the merger but lets just say that we are not masochists:ok:. Good luck in the sand pit, the next few years look very good in the international market for those that have the magic numbers, after a couple of years there you will be able to write your own ticket. All the best

Charging crews for water? Hilarious stuff. I recall an airline I flew for last year pulling the same stunt with us, but it was for coffee. Ummm, ok. Pls hold boarding while I go into the terminal to fetch myself some go-juice. Suddenly, within a week we had our coffee and tea back. No matter, the sting was permanent enough to pull the chord and bail that operation the first chance I got. So they spent, what, $150,000 training and recruiting me only to create a hostile enough work environment where I bolt at the worst possible time (during new aircraft induction). Not to mention all the wasted money that results when trying to pummel your skilled-equipment operators. Freaking rocket scientists they hire into mgmt positions these days. It takes an operations-guy to run an airline, not an MBA type who's never worked the line one day in his career.

NEVER mess with your mechanic, pilot, server or surgeon.

The airlines that work WITH the pilots and ASK before they take something away usually do well over the long run. The rest, who copycat each-others "cost-saving" antics, never make it, not with the same management team anyway.