Air Canada is now hiring

[dangerous]

Here's the blurb from Doug Morris' aviation column in the January enRoute magazine. For what it's worth, it's got some interesting info.



Now Hiring

Number of pilots at AC: 3500
Percentage of female pilots: 4
Number of pilot applications on file: over 5000
Number of new pilots hired since July 2005: nearly 700
Number of pilots needed each year just to cover annual retirements: about 100
Mandatory retirement age: 60
Average age of new hires: 35
Some basic job requirements: Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status, completion of secondary school, Canadian CPL
Some prefered qualifications: university degree, ATPL, aviation diploma, military or commercial flight experience
Preferred minimum number of hours of flying experience: 2500
Average number of years required to accumulate 2500 hours: 3-5
Other elements of the hiring process: computer based skills assessment, medical, security check, reference check
Where pilots must be willing to relocate: Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, or Vancouver
Where to apply to be an Air Canada pilot: aircanada.com/en/about/career/pilots.html

Doug Morris is an Air Canada pilot with over 15000 hours of flight experience. Sources: Jennifer Johnson, Manager, Pilot Recruitment, Air Canada Flight Operations; Captain Kevin Vaillant, hiring committee member for ACPA.

[Fitzy_flyer]

hmmm, interesting. thanks for the info!

[Kelowna Pilot]

Number of pilot applications on file: over 5000

Hmmmmmm

[Martin Tamme]

Captain Kevin Vaillant, hiring committee member for ACPA.

Hmmmmmm

[The Raven]

Mandatory retirement age: 60

Hmmmmmm

[Rockie]

Mandatory retirement age: 60
Average age of new hires: 35

The top number stems from a time when the bottom number was actually closer to 25. That's why you can expect the top number to go up in the future.

[Valcore]

Mandatory retirement age: 60
Average age of new hires: 35

The top number stems from a time when the bottom number was actually closer to 25. That's why you can expect the top number to go up in the future.

I sure hope so.

[FL020]

this forum has been unusually quiet....... any word yet?? Anyone still waiting to hear from 2007???

[767]

Average new hire : 35... hmm that means I must wait 11 years! Good find!

[V1]

I heard they have stopped hiring? Or is that just all the PFO's excuse for not getting a job?

[mduffy]

It's more likely that the bottom number will go down (hiring age) - thus the increase to the top number (retiring age) will only seem logical to a select few from a limited cohort.

[gonefishin']

Source: Jennifer Johnson...
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm