Aurigny Air Services
 

Hello I am type rated on the ATR 42/72 (no hours on type), I have 215 hours in total, frozen ATPL.
I heard this company will receive 2 ATR72-500 this year.
Can you tell me if it is a good company to work for and if they need FO.

THANKS

245+ readers and not even one little answer :(

What is the situation like in Aurigny Air Services? Weren't they supposed to receive more ATR72-500? do they pay well? do they recruit wannabes with a type rating? how many ATRs have they got?

Thank you for your help.

Try looking at the PPJN web site, I think most of your answers are there.
cheers

MJR

It says they will receive 2 new ATR72s, so will they need more pilots??

Therein may lie your problem. Most airlines prefer to train low houred pilots to a type rating themselves, the fact that you have a piece of paper that says you can legally fly the ATR is probably nearly worthless with no real experience and none on type. Good luck anyway.

Jackdaw, if you knew anything about Aurigny then you would know that Aurigny do not have any TRTO approval and are unable to train any pilot themselves.

Most of the FOs at Aurigny have come from those that have self funded the ATR rating at Skyblue , as such Aurigny have often taken rated pilots with no time on type. The problem at the moment is Aer Arran have laid off several ATR crews hence there are several experienced crews on the market.

I recieved an email from them this week stating they had a full compliment of crew and do not anticipate any recruitment in the foreseeable future.


Hope this helps.

yes but on ppjn.com it says they will get 2 more ATR72s!! so they will need more pilots.
Do we need to be from guernsey to be employed with no experience by them??

pprune is a valuable forum - but in this case perhaps it would be best to give them a call...

The two new ATRs are replacing the old ones so there will be no expansion, plus you need Guernsey Housing Rights to work in Guernsey, in good times Aurigny have applied for this on behalf of pilots from other areas who are joining the airline, however at the moment they can probably pick any number of guys from a pool who already have these rights. Flogging a dead horse at the moment I'm afraid buddy. Have you tried one of the agency jobs in Asia or Africa? There still seems to be quite a bit of ATR activity out there?

I have no hours on type so there no chance to find a job in those countries. I am not from Guernsey, but I have been told it's possible to have a working permit for a couple of years. I will keep on calling Mr Rice.
Do you know which company might buy the 2 old ATR72s then?? Farnair or Air contractor could be?

air contractor and farnair are cargo companys, so i don't think they will buy those old atr for pax.

about aurigny i heard they wnat to fire more people.

good luck.

As Skiptoit said, the aircraft are replacements not for expansion. If anything I can see a couple of guys getting laid off over the next few months due to the drying up of the charter and ACMI markets at the moment. There are also already 2 guys in the hold pool who were about to start their line training when the economy went bad.

Whilst Aurigny do not have TRTO approval they do have a very close relationship with Skyblue and in recent times plenty of FOs recruited have actually not been type rated- they have been selected by Aurigny first and then sent to Skyblue for their TR course.

The aircraft are to replace two older aircraft.

And i know for a fact they dont need any pilots at the moment :(

Who is going to take those two old ATR then?

They will go back to the companies they were leased from.

Hej ATRISGREAT,

Rumour is around in Scandinavia that Finncomm in Finland are recruiting (at least was). You need JAR-papers and a winter jacket...! Check their homepage www.fc.fi

Good luck

...and you need to speak Finnish:*

I've heard they're off to Morrocco

Nope, no finnish language req. anymore. They use to have it written in their Part A, but it has been removed.

Winter Jacket is another story though... Mandatory req...