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PT6onH20
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Re: 2018 Pilot Hiring

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Can anyone explain why take cadets over experienced pilots? A 1500 hr instructor / float pilot / Navajo driver would certainly make a better candidate than someone fresh out of school.

Im sure the cadets go through quite a vetting process, and turn out great, but to my understanding, the pay rate is same for a cadet or an OTS FO...so why not get the most bang for buck when selecting your air crew?
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Re: 2018 Pilot Hiring

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Simple. A 1500 hour instructor/float pilot/Navaho driver has the qualifications to move on to Air Canada or an airline overseas after a year of employment however a 250 hour cadet is pretty much guaranteed to remain at the airline for three to four years before they have the qualifications to move on. The company has increased the percentage of cadets in ground-schools as a method of pilot retention because unlike making improvements to compensation and benefits in the hopes it will convince someone to stay, simply hiring a 250 hour pilot with limited options is pretty much a guaranteed way to ensure they stick around.
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Re: 2018 Pilot Hiring

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What kind of experience level do candidates have that get on with Sunwing these days, specifically hours and types of aircraft flown previously from which operators? Any input would be good-PM me also if you prefer.
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FOD_Vacuum wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 6:29 pm What kind of experience level do candidates have that get on with Sunwing these days, specifically hours and types of aircraft flown previously from which operators? Any input would be good-PM me also if you prefer.
I think at least 90% of Sunwing's pilots are hired via internal reference...I could say its closer to 100% but I'm sure some AVCan user would prove me wrong! :lol:

If my sources are right, FOs interviewed this time around had at least 3000 TT..some with jet time and some with none. This obviously does not include cadets. DECs with over 10000 TT were also hired this summer...guys from Emirates, Cathay, etc. Not sure if DECs had internal references tbh.

To answer your question - no specific operator. Guys from Jazz, Georgian, Encore, Swoop, Skyservice, corporate, etc. make it to Sunwing.
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I would second that it is probably closer to 100% with regards to internal recommends. If you want to work at SWG and don’t know anyone just book a week at the RIU MBJ and wait in the lobby until a crew walks in. Haha
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I was hired without internal reference
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nohojob wrote: Thu Nov 01, 2018 2:26 pm I was hired without internal reference
Found him/her :lol: There's always statistical outliers :roll:
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That was just too tempting ! ;-)
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Re: 2018 Pilot Hiring

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Anyone know when they will be posting again for positions?
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they're hiring all the time because they can't keep anyone
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We actually stopped hiring because practically no one was leaving. The only place I can see anyone going is air Canada. You’d have to be brain dead to leave for westjet now.

I have no idea when the next course will be. Nothings been announced

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Re: 2018 Pilot Hiring

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Any news yet?

Crazy news at Jazz and likely AC these days. Sunwing is looking great.
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Is there currently a bond at Sunwing?
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bob99 wrote: Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:31 pm Is there currently a bond at Sunwing?
From their CBA: 13.1.2 Newly hired FCMs will be required to sign a training bond.
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indieadventurer wrote: Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:40 pm
bob99 wrote: Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:31 pm Is there currently a bond at Sunwing?
From their CBA: 13.1.2 Newly hired FCMs will be required to sign a training bond.
Thanks. Do you know the terms of it?
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bob99 wrote: Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:31 pm Is there currently a bond at Sunwing?
That language is in the CBA, but no one has signed a bond in the past few years, and I don't think there's anyone on the property who is still under the bond. I'm thinking that it will be removed with the next CBA.
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Any word on upcoming hiring this spring?
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HR started to call références yesterday.
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Re: 2018 Pilot Hiring

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Are they going to post an ad?
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mollok wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 7:13 am HR started to call références yesterday.
Do you mean referrals? Or references for people previously interviewed?
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