newcomer wrote:Any word on the latest bid? Wasn't it supposed to be out today?
49 Vacancies all in YYZ, it closes in a week but openings for new hires look likely for rouge 767/ 319 FO's and 787 RP's.
See........ the advantages of getting a flying job at Air Canada, right off the street and into the latest and greatest B787. Even though an RP position you still get trained on that fine machine. If I wore a younger man's clothes and was so lucky to be given consideration by AC, I know what airline I would be heading to.
March PIT course will have 20 pilots now. Not sure what is driving this increase in hiring considering the two previous bids have shown less than spectacular. But oh well! Can't hurt!
See........ the advantages of getting a flying job at Air Canada, right off the street and into the latest and greatest B787. Even though an RP position you still get trained on that fine machine. If I wore a younger man's clothes and was so lucky to be given consideration by AC, I know what airline I would be heading to.
Beat that WJ/Porter/Jazz/Encore et al........
Ahhhh .. Maybe I'm missing something here, but your post doesn't make much sense considering the other airlines don't operate the aircraft type that your touting as the holy grail of the airline industry. My opinion is that the type of airplane you fly at the end of the day means nothing if your flying it for peanuts.
gearDown2green wrote:Aaaaaand you don't really get this job right off the street
like you mentioned ... Best case scenario is more 3 to 5 years ...
Never for some ...
Thought the initial post(The Stig) said "new hire positions.........." I assumed that meant B787RP as mentioned. Appreciate the correction.
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Speaking of the "peanut gallery" I would prefer to sample from AC with it's route structure and diverse aircraft types than say Encore and Q400 and similar. Hey, just like you that is my opinion. You may be right though '67 '77 '87 just another examples of wide-body aircraft and the latter being the new version aka Win 8.1 speaking of which, this is what I run now. So as you can see I like things shining and new.
B787RP should be a new hire position. I think what 2green was referring to is that they won't just take anyone with a CPL, it will take some years before getting a chance of being hired.
Anyway, back to the pool info. This shouldn't be a love/hate thread for AC.
gearDown2green wrote:Aaaaaand you don't really get this job right off the street
like you mentioned ... Best case scenario is more 3 to 5 years ...
Never for some ...
I did say 787RP. For what its worth 2green, "off the street" is an industry phrase that refers to pilots being hired at a mainline carrier that didn't "flow through" from a feeder carrier.
aycarumba wrote:How long does HR take to reply after a submission?
As in a new application?
Could be quick, could be never, or somewhere in between. I think it's a point system, likely on a curve of some sort, that determines who gets called... and sometimes just luck. I think it was 8 years for them to get back to me...
It's automated - there is no human interaction. HR will simply tell the program to spit out the next 20 names for them to call - when they are ready to call for interviews. You are racked and stacked according to how your application rates against others.
I ticked off all the boxes and scratched my head for years and few hiring cycles wondering why I wasn't getting called. Then one day they did and I don't see anyone that got here with only single engine piston time, although that was what I heard too when I was wondering why I couldn't break through... and vaginas... I heard they were only hiring girls with less than 2000 hours of cessna time from Quebec... turned out that wasn't the case. But based on my experience I do think lots of good applicants don't get flagged when they should.
altiplano wrote:I ticked off all the boxes and scratched my head for years and few hiring cycles wondering why I wasn't getting called. Then one day they did and I don't see anyone that got here with only single engine piston time, although that was what I heard too when I was wondering why I couldn't break through... and vaginas... I heard they were only hiring girls with less than 2000 hours of cessna time from Quebec... turned out that wasn't the case. But based on my experience I do think lots of good applicants don't get flagged when they should.
Interesting ... my intel comes from guys in the training department...
I know of a girl that got hired at 1800 hours from an instructing job. Our stories seem to mesh.
Morav wrote:Did anyone else have any technical issues filling out the pre screening questionnaire?
I did. I answered "no" to the "licence suspension, violation, and accidents" questions but was still prompted to fill out the "if yes to the above questions please explain" box.
Just because you reach the point value and your name comes up doesn't mean your automatically given an interview. Maybe, just maybe their resume and or cover letter are bad?
End of the day it could be infinite possibilities why one gets a call and another doesn't.
Morav wrote:Did anyone else have any technical issues filling out the pre screening questionnaire?
I did. I answered "no" to the "licence suspension, violation, and accidents" questions but was still prompted to fill out the "if yes to the above questions please explain" box.
Krimson wrote:B787RP should be a new hire position. I think what 2green was referring to is that they won't just take anyone with a CPL, it will take some years before getting a chance of being hired.
Anyway, back to the pool info. This shouldn't be a love/hate thread for AC.
I really doubt 787 RP will be a new hire position any time soon. With all 87 positions being filled by 767 RPs being reduced in yyz. 22 767 RP reductions this bid.
