The Air Canada OTS thread

[Lightchop]

Don't give up on AC or WJ - when the US airline's lobbying for pilot open border is successful they'll beg you to join.

If that ever happened it would take a lot more than just begging.

[dtpilot]

Any update to fall start dates and when those may have interviewed?

[iflyroads]

Sept one is full. Oct 1st and 22nd so far.

GS every 3 weeks till the end of the year

[dtpilot]

And the guys filling them in-person interview when? Trying to get an idea of where they are in the “12 month hold” pile.

[lownslow]

And the guys filling them in-person interview when? Trying to get an idea of where they are in the “12 month hold” pile.

Those in the “12 month hold” pile will have some people interviewing after them scoring higher and some scoring lower. It’s all just some points-based matrix. When A.C. runs out of people who scored higher than you they’ll call, or you’ll have to apply again in whatever time frame after twelve months that they choose to reopen the door for applications.

[JLA]

Any idea what was available on the Aug PIT?

[iflyroads]

Any idea what was available on the Aug PIT?

320 mainline
67 mainline and rouge
37
777 & 787 RP

Class of 40. Mostly YYZ base

[iflyroads]

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[RILEY]

Any idea what was available on the Aug PIT?

320 mainline
67 mainline and rouge
37
777 & 787 RP

Class of 40. Mostly YYZ base

Anyone know the breakdown between OTS & flow through ?

[Lightchop]

What is flow through?

Asking for a friend....

[TheStig]

Flow through is a term used when a hiring arrangement is made between a mainline carrier and a partner regional airline.

For instance a pilot hired by Encore today is given a ‘date of hire’ seniority number at Westjet and can ‘flow through’ when a position opens up with out having to reinterview. Over the past few decades Jazz and it’s predessesors have had similar arrangements where pilots maintained some pay, seniority or other benefits.

No such arrangement exists today at AC, while there has been talk about preferential hiring, quota numbers from connectors and garunteed interviews the term isn’t being used accurately. A pilot joining AC from a connector airline follows the same hiring process as any other pilot, doesn’t carry any years of accumulated service or benefits, they aren’t flowing through they are a new hire.

[Lightchop]

I was being facetious.

You know, because there is no such thing with AC.

[Mike87]

Anyone got a call for a future GS? I heard the next will be in October but don't know anybody that got a call yet

[98 Corolla]

We didn't get new hire bios for this class. Just a picture of (most of) the class. I tell you they are a good looking bunch though.

[K.Adams]

When will calls happen for the October Gs dates?

[PT6onH20]

I will be making the calls to succesful candidates this Sunday.

[98 Corolla]

August class was around 70% OTS. Many were ex-military, some Westjet, Flair, and others.

[Sharklasers]

August class was around 70% OTS. Many were ex-military, some Westjet, Flair, and others.

It looks like there were only PML 1.0 Jazz people as well.
I was surprised to see so much flair in there. You'd think bleeding them out at that rate will materially damage their operation in short order.

[landshark]

Any thoughts! I did my interview at the end of June and have had the Ok email 3 weeks later; I still haven’t had my references checked, is this normal?

[Gonzodriver]

Has anybody ever been hired with less than the 2000 hour minimum?

assuming they have all the other Pre req's

[daedalusx]

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 ...

[Gonzodriver]

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?

[daedalusx]

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.

[Inverted2]

Yes total hours doesn't seem to matter in the AC hiring process. Many 10000+ hr pilots from Jazz have been turned down.

[islandguy]

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.