Here's the list:
-34 yrs old
-747 expat Captain
-Aviation College and University educated
-Good references
-Have applied to AC religiously for 12 years
-Money not the issue
-Just want to come home and start a career
What gives? I'm sure that I am not alone.
When are you too qualified to get an interview?
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Dude,
You want to go home but to work your ass off flying a regional jet for no money?
At 34 as a 747 skipper (you have done well) you would get a DEC with a large charter etc and could even live in YVR. I think there is contract work for 747/777 skippers that allow you to live in Canada.
From what it looks like its the dartboard approcach at AC so good luck. If your daddy was in the top 1000 at AC you would be a shoe in.
You want to go home but to work your ass off flying a regional jet for no money?
At 34 as a 747 skipper (you have done well) you would get a DEC with a large charter etc and could even live in YVR. I think there is contract work for 747/777 skippers that allow you to live in Canada.
From what it looks like its the dartboard approcach at AC so good luck. If your daddy was in the top 1000 at AC you would be a shoe in.
I understand the skepticism
Sorry folks, but it's a true story. Yes, I have been very lucky. Actually, our youngest whale Captain is a 29 year old Venezuelan. There are opportunities outside of Canada that pay very well. For some it is just right place, right time.
Re: I understand the skepticism
Sounds like Air Atlanta. Maybe so, maybe not. Anyhooo, it is unlikely that you would be happy at AC with the current condition here, particularly with your background. I suspect that you are overqualified, and that the hiring board would view you as such.waketurb wrote:Sorry folks, but it's a true story. Yes, I have been very lucky. Actually, our youngest whale Captain is a 29 year old Venezuelan. There are opportunities outside of Canada that pay very well. For some it is just right place, right time.
If you are at Air Atlanta, EVA or something similar, you probably know a couple of LOA AC types who will fill you in - and they aren't that happy back at AC either from what I gather. You have run your own show, and know what your operation runs like, working for AC as a junior pilot on junior equipment would be extremely frustrating for you.
Right place, right time is so true. Luck and opporunities, plus a willingness to put yourself out and stick it out sometimes, too. Sticking around Toronto looking for a job is not going to move you ahead a whole lot. If you take it to the Arctic or overseas you will have some great chances. Spend some time and $$ on a JAR licence and the world opens up.
The drivers that diss AC pilots fortunate enough to be hired at 21 or 22 with low time, now 340 Captains with 10 year or more left are purely jealous of that luck. I was hired early, because 30 was the cut off. I wasn't that old, but generally have been the grinder all along, still consider my career fortunate as I wind down my last couple of years. But I'm glad to be leaving, because aviation is not at all what it used to be.
I think that if you are 34 and flogging a whale, stick with that until you're secure enough -- or pissed off enough -- to leave the industry. It ain't happnin in North America! It ain't happin' at AC. WJ, AC, Canjet, Skyservice, same diff. Valujets of Canada, bush flying, cya, profit driven, safety is a buzzword -- like what you are doing now.
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I admire you waketurb, you've got some real kick ass experience there my man. Particularly for someone your age. I don't have all that much, but just the same, I pray that I will get called. I'm leaving it in God's hands.
By the way, ever thought of the Middle East? You can make some serious cash over there!
By the way, ever thought of the Middle East? You can make some serious cash over there!
"When the power of love overcomes the love for power, only then will this world know peace"
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Balls, RB-211, Cool Rythms et al:
Thank you for the objective responses. Maybe it is case of the "grass is always greener." Life ain't so bad. Pay on par with any US major (concessionary payscales of course) and 15 days/mos staring at the Pacific, flying a classic (jurassic) bird isn't anything to complain about to loudly. Who would listen. We all have to modify our goals as time passes. It is just frustrating to work towards something, aquire the prerequisite qualifications and more, to then get passed over by others with far less experience. That being said, congratulations to those that have gotten the call regardless of age, sex, and experience. I am sure that you will all have rewarding careers (minus the pain of the first five years). It is indeed a dartboard. I hear that the business isn't what it used to be. Even still, I would never even consider doing anything else.
Safe flying,
W
Thank you for the objective responses. Maybe it is case of the "grass is always greener." Life ain't so bad. Pay on par with any US major (concessionary payscales of course) and 15 days/mos staring at the Pacific, flying a classic (jurassic) bird isn't anything to complain about to loudly. Who would listen. We all have to modify our goals as time passes. It is just frustrating to work towards something, aquire the prerequisite qualifications and more, to then get passed over by others with far less experience. That being said, congratulations to those that have gotten the call regardless of age, sex, and experience. I am sure that you will all have rewarding careers (minus the pain of the first five years). It is indeed a dartboard. I hear that the business isn't what it used to be. Even still, I would never even consider doing anything else.
Safe flying,
W
