confuzed wrote:Dh8Classic wrote:
Later in the thread, there was more than one response from posters who had applied or knew qualified pilots who had applied for the exact position but got no interview. How could this be? So I asked the obvious question to those posters which was, "are you bilingual?". They were not. And we had the answer to the original question and what I have posted earlier. Gilles mysteriously disappeared from that thread as well.
Defending Canadian pilots? Well, yes. A select group of Canadian pilots as directly stated in their hiring ad. The restriction that eliminates 70% of us.
Sunwing doesn't do that. The TFW's have allowed them to expand profitably and they have created a huge amount of jobs potentially available for all of us if experience requirements are met(and the usual hiring hoops to go through).
I am not sure why you STILL keep bringing this inaccurate statement up. I can say with 100% accuracy that multiple times through various threads that it has been indicated that you do NOT need to be able to speak French to work for Air Transat. Not sure why you keep indicating otherwise and that it is a sole reason for people not getting interviewed/hired. There are many Anglos at Air Transat that I know personally.
Please get your facts right before making these ridiculous assumptions.
I would hate to make a ridiculous assumption. But the evidence is 100%.
Requirements
-Hold a valid qualification on B737, A310 or A330
-Canadian airline pilot's licence ;
-4,000 hours of flying time;
-Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident status
-In-depth knowledge of Canadian Aviation Regulations and A.I.P. Canada;
-Updated certified logbook;
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Bilingual (French and English);
-Ready to accept an assignment at our base in Toronto with variable work schedules;
-No restrictions for travelling to the U.S. or other countries served by Air Transat;
-Minimum probation period: one year.
Posting ends: Monday August 25th 2014
Now, I don't have a problem with two equally qualified guys available that the job goes to the bilingual guy. That is reasonable. But this ad eliminates at least 60% of us right away. The occasional true anglo at Transat has been mentioned. Perhaps once all the other metro/King Air/etc have been hired? So the metro guy gets the job instead of the Canjet guy which is exactly how it desired. Hey, it worked out well for Gilles, just look at his public profile.
Pilot.
Air Montreal
March 1998 – October 1998 (8 months)
Fairchild SA-226 and SA-227 Captain
Air Transat
October 1998 – Present (17 years 5 months)
Air Transat
Airbus 330 Captain
Airbus 310 Captain
Airbus 310 First Officer
Boeing 757 First Officer
Boeing 737 NG Captain
Perhaps he was the most qualified applicant at the time.
tbaylx wrote:It's also untrue. I applied, well qualified and bilingual, no call.
As I understand it no one got called, the ad was posted before transat MEC and the company had agreed on temporary DEC, so no one was ever even interviewed. Its was about seniority not bilingualism.
Your response is actually off topic. The MEC intervening to stop the hiring is a separate issue. Gilles started a thread saying ""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 ?"
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 5&t=104735
buzzjob said "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... " and later "Not bilingual...shouldn't matter".
newcanjeter said "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."
Charley said " have a current PPC on the 738 with over 10,000 hours tt and 4000 pic, most of which is on the Boeing. I applied for the Seasonal Captain position that was posted on the Transat website in July, all I got was an automatic email reply acknowledging receipt of my resume. I am Canadian, but not bilingual. Oh, and soon to be unemployed."
767orbust said "Same here. 10,000 plus hrs, 3,000 on NG, anglophone. No reply from AT in July other than receipt of resume. "
So why was Gilles being told, no doubt by someone in the know, that there were no applications by type rated NG guys?