Question about joining AC as a pilot

[Old fella]

When I went through YQM flying school in the early 70's there were a couple of young fellas there at the same time whose father's flew for AC( daughters flying for AC wasn't a thing in those days). From what I remember/know/keep in touch those youngins did get positions with AC entry level which was SO on a DC-8 and you may be surprised but there wasn't any animosity towards the sons. It was an accepted thing and if I remember the hiring practices with Air Canada(it wasn’t all that much in those days, as no movements due retirements/new airplanes/routes) was usually from the military. Also a university degree was considered a valuable asset all things being equal. In those days not many of us with degrees got into flying. So from what I saw your chances with AC were good if you father was a pilot at AC or you had a military background or university degree with a CPL and multi- Class 1 instrument rating.
Also in those days there were EPA, Nordair, Quebecair, Pacific Western and I do believe the entry requirements for those were Senior Commercial with multi-Class 1 or ATR. A lot of the flying instructors ended up with the Regionals…. EPA, Nordair et al. Canadian Pacific was going strong in those days and I believe their requirements were similar to Air Canada’s

Not too far off from what they look for today.

Flight experience along with:

1. University degree
2. Aviation degree/diploma
3. Second language
4. Jet time
5. Military Experience

That will get you the interview. What you do with the interview/tests/medical is up to the candidate. Nepotism is not as predominate as it used to be.

I forgot one:
6. Big wang

What yardstick is used to measure that by - yours!!!

[yycflyguy]

LOL. Yes, indeed.

[TyrellCorp]

I can say for a FACT that evey fucink idiot, no personality, spinless knuckle dragger I have ever had the displeasure of sitting beside

Perhaps they seemed that way to you in consideration of who they were sitting beside. Just perhaps.

My ASSumpiton is, they want nothing but spineless followers with no opinion that will do what ever ACPA wants. This of course ,is not true all of the guys that I know at your company but I gota say, you scraped the bottom of the barrel for your hiring in the last 4 years. Like I said, not a broad paint brush, but the idiots that should never have graced another cockpit, now work for you. The Elite.

I can say for SURE, that nepotism, is one reason these idiots grace your list.

....and another reason why I DONT!

You must be such a joy to work with!

I can say that there are lots of great guys / gals at AC, and at Westjet too. There are of course a few of the percentile that will differ from the norm.
I do agree that the hiring process is not without it's flaws as we all know good people that got turned down. Doesn't mean that they only hired the bad. Hardly the case.

[ihavecontrol]

Anyone else have credible information regarding hiring? Thanks!

[DeltaHotel]

I just took a job flying a Jetstream32, I was flying a Dash 8 for a company that went under last year. TT is about 2500.

Now this new company will mostly likely offer me a left seat on PC12 or KingAir in the next few months. If presented with the choice, I tend to think Multi PIC time is better for the logbook but I am much more interested in flying the PC12.

Can you guys confirm that, when I'm eligible for a left seat at Air Canada (perhaps decades from now) it won't matter if I have multi-pic or single engine pic time !?

What about for getting the interview at AC in the first place ?

Not too sure what my next move should be here ... any advise ?

[Old fella]

LOL. Yes, indeed.

The wife/girl friend/mistress/lady of the evening with questionable character and dubious morals/ do your measuring. Also of note, reflecting our modern/tolerant society and not being discriminating , I will add male acquaintance/boyfriend to the mix as well.......... comment as you see fit!!