Pilot Hiring 2025

[Henry_Hill]

didn't they layoff 20 FO's this year? Assuming recalls were already done, how many actually came back, and how many FOs are they planning to hire?

Nope there was ZERO layoffs this year. The company and the Union worked together to avoid any layoffs. Unfortunately there was two Captain Downgrades

[twa22]

didn't they layoff 20 FO's this year? Assuming recalls were already done, how many actually came back, and how many FOs are they planning to hire?

Nope there was ZERO layoffs this year. The company and the Union worked together to avoid any layoffs. Unfortunately there was two Captain Downgrades

Ah I see, I don't know why I thought there were, but that's good to hear. Any idea then on how many FOs are being hired? I'm venturing a guess this is hiring due to attrition, doesn't seem like there's any deliveries forecast next year according to pilot career center notes

[PilatusAviator]

Hi TbayLX,

I would like to know if the hiring pool expires one year after being placed in it?

Thank you.

[dabigbadwolf]

They're not going to hire anyone. They spent all of 2025 threatening to layoff 15-20 pilots and also threatening 20 Captain downgrades. Then they fired a bunch of pilots in order not to affect the 20 South African pilots they hired 2 years ago. These 20 South African pilots are working on a 2 year work visa. So, they are all need to have their visas renewed in the first 3 months of 2026... Hence the post. It's just so they can show the TFWP/Immigration office that they "can't find suitable Canadian candidates" and these SA pilots will get their visas renewed.

I stand to be corrected, but I think it's just a big scam to screw Canadian pilots out of a job, while protecting the South African pilots they brought in.

[Soyer]

The SA pilots have VISAs until the end of 2026 so your theory isn't accurate. They also carried extra pilots for a long time and he lack of layoffs was due to good work on the reduced block program.

[CaptDukeNukem]

The SA pilots have VISAs until the end of 2026 so your theory isn't accurate. They also carried extra pilots for a long time and he lack of layoffs was due to good work on the reduced block program.

I’ll put a 100$ down that the SAs VISAs get renewed in any month in 2026 , while Canadian pilots somehow get effed.

[Instructor01]

why would they post the job ad for FOs if they are not hiring anyone anytime soon?

[cdnavater]

why would they post the job ad for FOs if they are not hiring anyone anytime soon?

If they are applying for temporary foreign workers or renewal, they have to show that “qualified” Canadians are not applying.
Typically anything government takes time so they could just be doing this now to get ahead of the deadline for the expiration of their current foreign workers.

[Instructor01]

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[FlairOps]

We'll be hiring somewhere between 10-16 First Officers in March to account for increased utilization of aircraft in the spring/summer and attrition. Interviews will begin in January.

If you've been in the pool more than a year you can expect to be contacted to see if you're still interested and interview again.

[Henry_Hill]

Wait a second !! So you are saying the AVCANDA peanut gallery in this thread is wrong again ? But they seem to be experts on all things flair

[Found]

We'll be hiring somewhere between 10-16 First Officers in March to account for increased utilization of aircraft in the spring/summer and attrition. Interviews will begin in January.

If you've been in the pool more than a year you can expect to be contacted to see if you're still interested and interview again.

Did you pick up any of the cadets?

[FlairOps]

We'll be hiring somewhere between 10-16 First Officers in March to account for increased utilization of aircraft in the spring/summer and attrition. Interviews will begin in January.

If you've been in the pool more than a year you can expect to be contacted to see if you're still interested and interview again.

Did you pick up any of the cadets?

Yes, all of the cadets who had graduated the program were hired in December.

[Instructor01]

We'll be hiring somewhere between 10-16 First Officers in March to account for increased utilization of aircraft in the spring/summer and attrition. Interviews will begin in January.

If you've been in the pool more than a year you can expect to be contacted to see if you're still interested and interview again.

Did you pick up any of the cadets?

Yes, all of the cadets who had graduated the program were hired in December.

Is the COMPASS test still in place ?

[FlairOps]

Did you pick up any of the cadets?

Yes, all of the cadets who had graduated the program were hired in December.

Is the COMPASS test still in place ?

Yes it is.

[Slingshot97]

Has anyone received an invite for the in person interview for the March FO GS yet?

[AClhaenl]

Has anyone received an invite for the in person interview for the March FO GS yet?

No invite yet. Have you done their questionnaire?

[danno]

yes received the invite jan 12 reply by the 15th. there was a choice of 4 different days in late jan to go to Toronto for the interview.

[Slingshot97]

Has anyone received an invite for the in person interview for the March FO GS yet?

No invite yet. Have you done their questionnaire?

If by questionnaire you mean the online compass profile assessment, then yes.

[BusDriver130]

If by questionnaire you mean the online compass profile assessment, then yes.

Same here. Did the profile assessment about 2 weeks ago no news since.

[AClhaenl]

If by questionnaire you mean the online compass profile assessment, then yes.

Same here. Did the profile assessment about 2 weeks ago no news since.

What's your experience lv?

[Cloudsurferyvr]

Did the video assessment and psychometric test on Jan 15 but no news since then.How long does it takes to get pfo or inperson yyz interview invitation? Thanks

[Instructor01]

same here. did the persona;lity test and did not hear back yet. my guess is they prioritized candidates that have 705 & jet time.

[Napolo787]

Anybody has received invitation for March GS yet?
What happens after the I person interview tho?

[FlairOps]

Interviews are done for the March course now. We'll be going through the interview results and selecting candidates for the March course in the next couple of weeks. Offers should go out by the end of the month for March 23rd start.