The Air Canada OTS thread
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Congrats and see you on 29th at the GS, Stan Darsh.
Master/3650 hours/military/no 705.
Master/3650 hours/military/no 705.
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Hello ,
OTS application Oct'2017.
Anybody got call for online video interview?
Any status update for OTS hiring from OCT'2017 applicants ?
Thanks.
OTS application Oct'2017.
Anybody got call for online video interview?
Any status update for OTS hiring from OCT'2017 applicants ?
Thanks.
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Nothing whatsoever...University Aviation Diploma, ATPL and 3300TT with 2000MPIC 704/703 time and training Captain. I'm surprised to see another AC pilot posting on pilot career center just put up today...still waiting patiently for my iPhone to ring!
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Just be careful cause the phone won't ring, all communication (in normal cases) goes to your email. They don't call you or speak to you unless they want to clarify something that is not clear, otherwise it is all via email. Also, make sure you check your Junk Email as some of the correspondence may get filtered out and sent to your Junk/Spam folders, I know a couple of people this happened to and in one case one missed his deadline for a reply. Good Luck!FOD_Vacuum wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2018 4:33 am Nothing whatsoever...University Aviation Diploma, ATPL and 3300TT with 2000MPIC 704/703 time and training Captain. I'm surprised to see another AC pilot posting on pilot career center just put up today...still waiting patiently for my iPhone to ring!
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FOD,
FYI -
Looking at the recent classes:
Only a small handful out of the last couple hundred new hires are coming from a commuter type carrier... Most are coming from jets - RJs/737s/330s, I saw one guy off a '47, a bunch are from 705 turboprops too -8s/ATRs/Saabs, and of course some ex-military guys.
So if your 3000 hours of 703/704 doesn't get you a call, don't get discouraged - keep building and diversifying your experience. I was there, I know how it goes... Tough waiting by the phone when you see all the hiring...
Good luck.
FYI -
Looking at the recent classes:
Only a small handful out of the last couple hundred new hires are coming from a commuter type carrier... Most are coming from jets - RJs/737s/330s, I saw one guy off a '47, a bunch are from 705 turboprops too -8s/ATRs/Saabs, and of course some ex-military guys.
So if your 3000 hours of 703/704 doesn't get you a call, don't get discouraged - keep building and diversifying your experience. I was there, I know how it goes... Tough waiting by the phone when you see all the hiring...
Good luck.
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Wow 3000 hour, a University diploma (?), and an iPhone and still no call.
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I started out along those lines, but managed to reign it in... trying to be better, new year and all...Jean-Pierre wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:52 am Wow 3000 hour, a University diploma (?), and an iPhone and still no call.
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They only hire if you have an iPhone 7 or newer.
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Windows 10, Motorola phone, sold my boat, PFOd...
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For context some people that applied in March of 2016 are just now starting their groundschools. I'm not saying it's going to take you 2 years from application to flying the line but that is what happened with the most recent group. It might be healthy for you to temper your enthusiasm for the sake of your long term sanity.
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Well they say the happiest day is when you buy your boat or sell your boat!
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Hi all, would a reference letter from the prime minister help? How about a twitter shoutout from Trump. I think i have a better chance with achieving that then joining AC.
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Would anyone who has completed the online interview recently care to share any information? Does anyone know if they change the questions or how frequently? Please PM thanks
For those who are curious.. applied in OCT. 4000TT, aviation diploma, 705 PIC
For those who are curious.. applied in OCT. 4000TT, aviation diploma, 705 PIC
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So it seems nobody has received the call from OTS Oct'17 ...
if anybody has received it, please share the information.
Thanks.
if anybody has received it, please share the information.
Thanks.
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I've been slowly reading through this thread lately trying to learn as much as possible about AC. I am not all the way through but have a question relating to a current opportunity.
I have been interviewed for two different positions and am curious which one is the more likely to appeal to AC in the long run. I am high on single engine PIC time and low on MPIC. I have one opportunity to go fly multi pistons as captain thereby building MPIC time and another that is an FO on a turboprop.
Obviously no one has a crystal ball but as an OTS applicant in the nearish future (a year or two maybe), what would those in the know deem as a more desirable option. Higher MPIC (piston) or more two crew turbo prop time?
Obvious hiring requirements could change quickly but I am just curious what others think.
I am continuing to read through the thread so hopefully I can find more information about this.
Thank you all,
W
I have been interviewed for two different positions and am curious which one is the more likely to appeal to AC in the long run. I am high on single engine PIC time and low on MPIC. I have one opportunity to go fly multi pistons as captain thereby building MPIC time and another that is an FO on a turboprop.
Obviously no one has a crystal ball but as an OTS applicant in the nearish future (a year or two maybe), what would those in the know deem as a more desirable option. Higher MPIC (piston) or more two crew turbo prop time?
Obvious hiring requirements could change quickly but I am just curious what others think.
I am continuing to read through the thread so hopefully I can find more information about this.
Thank you all,
W
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Flying hours doesn't seem to be overly important. I know several co-workers with many years at Jazz who have way over 10000 hours that were turned down. Just boils down to their hiring matrix or whatever you want to call it.
Also many have been hired who never worked a job as a captain and had only a few hours of multi engine PIC - as in whatever you got during flight training.
Also many have been hired who never worked a job as a captain and had only a few hours of multi engine PIC - as in whatever you got during flight training.
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wondering? wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2018 5:43 pm I've been slowly reading through this thread lately trying to learn as much as possible about AC. I am not all the way through but have a question relating to a current opportunity.
I have been interviewed for two different positions and am curious which one is the more likely to appeal to AC in the long run. I am high on single engine PIC time and low on MPIC. I have one opportunity to go fly multi pistons as captain thereby building MPIC time and another that is an FO on a turboprop.
Obviously no one has a crystal ball but as an OTS applicant in the nearish future (a year or two maybe), what would those in the know deem as a more desirable option. Higher MPIC (piston) or more two crew turbo prop time?
Obvious hiring requirements could change quickly but I am just curious what others think.
I am continuing to read through the thread so hopefully I can find more information about this.
Thank you all,
W
Unless your PIC is on something like a PC-12 likely niether option will get you to AC in a year or two. If the upgrade on the turbine is fast that would be the better route to take. That or go to a regional if your times are competitive for that. The average new hire is over 3000 hours with command time on something like a Dash8 etc or lots of FO time on a big jet or military. Even the outliers have more than straight piston time.