ANA 737 Capt's Japan?
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ANA 737 Capt's Japan?
Every week it seems flight intn'l has the advertisment for these positions. If you go to the HACS/CREW/PARC site it almost implies, and I have seen these elsewhere, that they are desperate! So what is the deal? The pay looks good, 737-500' and NG's but why do they need people so badly? Is this a too good to be true job? ANA is a top airline and I know these are service carriers but I figured people would be lining up. Anyone with info?
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Just met a buddy who happend to fly for a Japanees company (3years) He now flyes for SIA and he says that this was hell. They call expats Aliens, and "train" you for 9-12 months even if you have a type rating.
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I did an interview/sim ride about a year ago for this contract. I was planning on commuting out of Oz on my days off. The whole deal is geared up for this style of contract, not for bringing a family in (although you can, there just isnt that kind of package on offer). Unfortunately there are no allocated travel days in the minimum days off, so home time gets reduced quite alot. This wasnt negotiable (I asked). But more disturbing was the JCAB inspectors who apparently turn up on a monthly basis to check that you're operating in accordance with their way of doing things. 
I got the distinct impression that you'd end up a dogs body for them, flying old equipment on the less favourable routes etc. All in all, this is what put me off. On a positive note, the people at ANA are very well organised and polite, I got the feeling that they had their hands tied by JCAB, this is the way it is. They have a great training centre and some superb equipment, its a shame the contract is to fly the 737-500, not the NG. 
You can either live with it or not. Personally, not for me. Hope this helps any wannabes. 
I got the distinct impression that you'd end up a dogs body for them, flying old equipment on the less favourable routes etc. All in all, this is what put me off. On a positive note, the people at ANA are very well organised and polite, I got the feeling that they had their hands tied by JCAB, this is the way it is. They have a great training centre and some superb equipment, its a shame the contract is to fly the 737-500, not the NG. You can either live with it or not. Personally, not for me. Hope this helps any wannabes.
A few guys described a strange situation years ago for some very highly-experienced US pilots who went to work for ANA.
Some of them had retired a bit early from TWA, and had flown airline jets for about 30 years. They sat through at least 6 months of groundschool. Some had retired on the 747 at TWA or NWA. Their training was so deep in theory (even radio wave theory), that they were considered to be brand-new novices in aviation. On one day, they reportedly spent a whole day "learning" to move the slat/flap handle back and forth.
Since hearing some of these stories, however true or accurate, I've always wondered whether such an approach to training reflects what pilots need to know or whether much of it was some sort of indoctrination into a religion, mostly disconnected from actual aviation-maybe Zen archery?
Some of them had retired a bit early from TWA, and had flown airline jets for about 30 years. They sat through at least 6 months of groundschool. Some had retired on the 747 at TWA or NWA. Their training was so deep in theory (even radio wave theory), that they were considered to be brand-new novices in aviation. On one day, they reportedly spent a whole day "learning" to move the slat/flap handle back and forth.
Since hearing some of these stories, however true or accurate, I've always wondered whether such an approach to training reflects what pilots need to know or whether much of it was some sort of indoctrination into a religion, mostly disconnected from actual aviation-maybe Zen archery?
