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your flight time ?

500+ PIC JET
37
4%
500+ PIC JET 2 CREW
101
10%
500+ PIC TURBOPROP 2 CREW
154
16%
1000+ F/O JET/TURBOPROP 2 CREW
160
17%
Total Time 1500/2000
50
5%
2000/3000
106
11%
3000/ More
361
37%
 
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Gonzodriver wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:49 pm Has anybody ever been hired with less than the 2000 hour minimum?

assuming they have all the other Pre req's
CF18 pilots ... That's pretty much it ...
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daedalusx wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:23 pm
Gonzodriver wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:49 pm Has anybody ever been hired with less than the 2000 hour minimum?

assuming they have all the other Pre req's
CF18 pilots ... That's pretty much it ...
CF18 specifically or military pilots in general?
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Gonzodriver wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:31 pm
daedalusx wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:23 pm
Gonzodriver wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:49 pm Has anybody ever been hired with less than the 2000 hour minimum?

assuming they have all the other Pre req's
CF18 pilots ... That's pretty much it ...
CF18 specifically or military pilots in general?
Non CF18 military pilots would definitely have a decent amount of flight time and being that all RCAF pilots have a degree, they score very high in the AC interview process.
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Yes total hours doesn't seem to matter in the AC hiring process. Many 10000+ hr pilots from Jazz have been turned down.
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Gonzodriver wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:49 pm Has anybody ever been hired with less than the 2000 hour minimum?

assuming they have all the other Pre req's
1 guy in my PIT course about five years ago said he had 1800 hours of float time...guess he interviewed pretty well! It's pretty rare.
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Sep 10th class had 12 Jazz, 5 Sky Regional, 3 GGN, and 15 OTS. Westjet, Encore, Porter, First Air, Inuit, Transat all represented. 2 military.
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Word on the street is, 1000 pilots will be hired in the next 3-4 years due to retirement and expansion. The current bids still shows 400 odd vacancies.
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AOW wrote: Sat Sep 15, 2018 6:55 am Sep 10th class had 12 Jazz, 5 Sky Regional, 3 GGN, and 15 OTS. Westjet, Encore, Porter, First Air, Inuit, Transat all represented. 2 military.
How many persons by class?
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what is the usual experience for ots guys?

i have 3800 tt, 1200 on 320, nothing from them yet since june.
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daedalusx wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:47 pm
Gonzodriver wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:31 pm
daedalusx wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:23 pm

CF18 pilots ... That's pretty much it ...
CF18 specifically or military pilots in general?
Non CF18 military pilots would definitely have a decent amount of flight time and being that all RCAF pilots have a degree, they score very high in the AC interview process.
Good to know....asking for a "friend"
Thanks
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timeflies wrote: Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:42 pm
AOW wrote: Sat Sep 15, 2018 6:55 am Sep 10th class had 12 Jazz, 5 Sky Regional, 3 GGN, and 15 OTS. Westjet, Encore, Porter, First Air, Inuit, Transat all represented. 2 military.
How many persons by class?
About 40 a class. Till the end of the year.
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takamasa wrote: Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:10 pm what is the usual experience for ots guys?

i have 3800 tt, 1200 on 320, nothing from them yet since june.
You have a fairly varied career and worked lots of places and there is (was?) Record sharing between mainline and Jazz so you'd have to be able to come up with a good story about what happened there. Are you still flying in Asia with that type rating you bought or are you back in Canada now?
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takamasa wrote: Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:10 pm what is the usual experience for ots guys?

i have 3800 tt, 1200 on 320, nothing from them yet since june.
any PIC time? they are getting applications from lots of WJ guys with a 7-12000 hour range and a bunch of 705 PIC before a couple thousand hours on 37's
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Has anyone applied OTS over the last 1-2 years and not heard a thing? If so, what type of experience did you apply with?
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ARGO wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 4:40 pm Has anyone applied OTS over the last 1-2 years and not heard a thing? If so, what type of experience did you apply with?
Applied just under a year ago when the OTS posting first showed up in Oct 2017. Had 3500 then. Just got an email the other day for the video interview.
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ARGO wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 4:40 pm Has anyone applied OTS over the last 1-2 years and not heard a thing? If so, what type of experience did you apply with?
Been applying for years. 6000+ hr 737 captain. No post secondary. I’ve had nothing but crickets.
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Applied 6 weeks ago. Got the email for video interview.
5000+ hrs, jet, aviation college.
Can’t bring myself to work for that wage, so I’m out.
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I've kept an active application for 2 years. 8000 hours almost all multi turbine PIC, training captain. Business degree, aviation diploma. I kind of expected a PFO for to no jet, no 705, but so far nothing!
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JohnnyHotRocks wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:51 pm Applied 6 weeks ago. Got the email for video interview.
5000+ hrs, jet, aviation college.
Can’t bring myself to work for that wage, so I’m out.
Sooo.... why did you apply in the first place? Not know what the salary was? Hoping it would change overnight? Playing hard to get?
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JohnnyHotRocks wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:51 pm Applied 6 weeks ago. Got the email for video interview.
5000+ hrs, jet, aviation college.
Can’t bring myself to work for that wage, so I’m out.
We all agree the starting pay is abysmal, but I can count the number of resignations in the last year on one hand... there's a reason people stick it out for the first few years.
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