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Any Type rated 737 Canadian pilots still out there ?

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I heard a rumour stating that when Air Transat put out an ad for Seasonal B737 Pilots, including Captains, that no B737 rated Captains applied. Can this be true ?

Any type B737 type rated FOs out there ?
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Where was the ad? Was it well publicized and circulated? I know there was a discussion on here about it, but not everyone reads AvCanada.

Also was it restricted to current 737 Captains? I have a hard time seeing someone with a full time 737 job being interested in a part time 737 job. Maybe a WJ or Sunwing pilot at the bottom of the list who wants to go back to fire bombing or something.
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Correct me if I am wrong but I remember an ad on the company website, but is gone now, I don't think it was anywhere else and I don't think it was there very long.
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I should have been more precise, with current PPCs.......
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ahramin wrote:Where was the ad? Was it well publicized and circulated? I know there was a discussion on here about it, but not everyone reads AvCanada.

Also was it restricted to current 737 Captains? I have a hard time seeing someone with a full time 737 job being interested in a part time 737 job. Maybe a WJ or Sunwing pilot at the bottom of the list who wants to go back to fire bombing or something.
I'm sure he's not referring to west jet guys, more like the Canadian North, Enerjet type of guys.
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Good examples.
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FO's only, according to the Transat website.
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A friend of mine applied for a seasonal Capt position and has not heard a thing. He is very experienced and current on the NG...
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Not correct. I know of at least one that did and heard nothing :)
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Gilles Hudicourt wrote:I heard a rumour stating that when Air Transat put out an ad for Seasonal B737 Pilots, including Captains, that no B737 rated Captains applied. Can this be true ?
buzzjob wrote:A friend of mine applied for a seasonal Capt position and has not heard a thing. He is very experienced and current on the NG...
tbaylx wrote:Not correct. I know of at least one that did and heard nothing
Just out of curiousity, a question for Buzzjob and tbaylx,

Were these guys bilingual?
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Dh8Classic wrote:
Gilles Hudicourt wrote:I heard a rumour stating that when Air Transat put out an ad for Seasonal B737 Pilots, including Captains, that no B737 rated Captains applied. Can this be true ?
buzzjob wrote:A friend of mine applied for a seasonal Capt position and has not heard a thing. He is very experienced and current on the NG...
tbaylx wrote:Not correct. I know of at least one that did and heard nothing
Just out of curiousity, a question for Buzzjob and tbaylx,

Were these guys bilingual?
Not bilingual...shouldn't matter, I know a few TS pilots who are not
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To answer your question of "any type rated 737 fo's out there the answer is yes. I'm current on the 737-200 and speak both E/F. Despite sending resumes to 737 operators in Canada the best I can find are B1900 positions that pay somewhat well.
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Dh8Classic wrote:
Gilles Hudicourt wrote:I heard a rumour stating that when Air Transat put out an ad for Seasonal B737 Pilots, including Captains, that no B737 rated Captains applied. Can this be true ?
buzzjob wrote:A friend of mine applied for a seasonal Capt position and has not heard a thing. He is very experienced and current on the NG...
tbaylx wrote:Not correct. I know of at least one that did and heard nothing
Just out of curiousity, a question for Buzzjob and tbaylx,

Were these guys bilingual?
A bit rusty but yes, not that it should matter enough. We just figured they grabbed a bunch of the laid off Canjet guys. Disappointed to hear they didn't' hire anyone.
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Gilles Hudicourt wrote:I heard a rumour stating that when Air Transat put out an ad for Seasonal B737 Pilots, including Captains, that no B737 rated Captains applied. Can this be true ?

Any type B737 type rated FOs out there ?

Looks to me like someone is trying to make a case to bring in foreign pilots. I advertised no one applied our the ones that did were not qualified.
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I put up a post asking what terms and conditions (including pay) would be for a seasonal DEC at AT. No responses. Perhaps the terms don't exist yet.

And it would appear from some posts that AT ALPA did NOT approve seasonal DEC

So does it not appear that AT was putting the cart before the horse by placing an ad for seasonal DEC?
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The seasonal thing is pretty new here and very much a work in progress...

And French is not a requirement despite the add. Lots of Anglos here.

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Scuba_Steve wrote:The seasonal thing is pretty new here and very much a work in progress...

And French is not a requirement despite the add. Lots of Anglos here.

Cheers
Have any seasonal DEC been hired at AT?
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rudder wrote:
Scuba_Steve wrote:The seasonal thing is pretty new here and very much a work in progress...

And French is not a requirement despite the add. Lots of Anglos here.

Cheers
Have any seasonal DEC been hired at AT?
Not to my knowledge but I'm a very small cog in this machine :)
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I was applying for all winter only 737NG jobs posted here. At last count I was at 11 times between TA and SW. My last 737NG ride was October 2013. I have now given up.
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newcanjeter wrote:I was applying for all winter only 737NG jobs posted here. At last count I was at 11 times between TA and SW. My last 737NG ride was October 2013. I have now given up.
Do not give up yet.
Rumor has it Sunwing will not get (all) the over 100 Europeans pilots they need for the winter, might have something to do with the Federal election.
Time to push that CV again.
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