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Encore Hiring 250 hour First Officers....

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Old news. Topic already started.
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Blackdog0301 wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:38 pm Old news. Topic already started.
Except that this is the appropriate place for that topic and General Discussions is not.
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imjustlurking wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:00 am
Blackdog0301 wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:38 pm Old news. Topic already started.
Except that this is the appropriate place for that topic and General Discussions is not.
Alright, well go get 'em then. :rolleyes:
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Blackdog0301 wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 1:33 pm
imjustlurking wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:00 am
Blackdog0301 wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:38 pm Old news. Topic already started.
Except that this is the appropriate place for that topic and General Discussions is not.
Alright, well go get 'em then. :rolleyes:
Alright, follow me over... it's time for some fisticuffs!

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=150610
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Re: Encore Hiring 250 hour First Officers....

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imjustlurking wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 1:40 pm
Blackdog0301 wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 1:33 pm
imjustlurking wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:00 am

Except that this is the appropriate place for that topic and General Discussions is not.
Alright, well go get 'em then. :rolleyes:
Alright, follow me over... it's time for some fisticuffs!

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=150610
I see what you did there…. Noice! :twisted:
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Does anybody know if they are planning to interview people in the coming weeks/months after this posting and if there are GS planned for the coming month?
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Most likely GS this summer.
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hiring @250 is not going to fix our WAWCOM

https://www.change.org/p/transport-cana ... n-airlines
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smash8-400 wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:05 pm hiring @250 is not going to fix our WAWCOM

https://www.change.org/p/transport-cana ... n-airlines
WaWCon. Wage and Working Conditions.

There is a shortage of qualified pilots, hence the need to hire low hour pilots. The training departments across the industry are working hard to modify training programs from teaching people with more experience to less.

We're between a hard place and a rock and it's quite uncomfortable.
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imjustlurking wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:14 pm
smash8-400 wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:05 pm hiring @250 is not going to fix our WAWCOM

https://www.change.org/p/transport-cana ... n-airlines
WaWCon. Wage and Working Conditions.

There is a shortage of qualified pilots, hence the need to hire low hour pilots. The training departments across the industry are working hard to modify training programs from teaching people with more experience to less.

We're between a hard place and a rock and it's quite uncomfortable.
There is a shortage of qualified pilots willing to work for those rates lots of expats would work for proper wages
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fish4life wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:46 pm
imjustlurking wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:14 pm
smash8-400 wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:05 pm hiring @250 is not going to fix our WAWCOM

https://www.change.org/p/transport-cana ... n-airlines
WaWCon. Wage and Working Conditions.

There is a shortage of qualified pilots, hence the need to hire low hour pilots. The training departments across the industry are working hard to modify training programs from teaching people with more experience to less.

We're between a hard place and a rock and it's quite uncomfortable.
There is a shortage of qualified pilots willing to work for those rates lots of expats would work for proper wages
I'm trying to be optimistic... not doing a great job, I know.
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Well... A wage shortage probably started the pilot shortage. If WJ/Encore could only hire pilots with ATPL’s. Overnight they have to offer incentives to get Pilots. Thus improving pay.

At least post COVID..... maybe not now
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Have any 250 hr pilots heard back from HR? As of Jan 2022, there was a training program for low time pilots in the works. Any update on that?

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pild04 wrote: Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:26 am Have any 250 hr pilots heard back from HR? As of Jan 2022, there was a training program for low time pilots in the works. Any update on that?

Thank you!
I doubt it. With the number of people with a couple thousand hours of experience that are still looking for jobs, I don't think we'll see 250 hour pilots being considered until late 2023 or early 2024 at the earliest.

I do believe that the special training program for these super-low experience pilots is still in the works, but based on the performance of the Encore training department recently, I think that they'll do an amazing job.
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pild04 wrote: Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:26 am Have any 250 hr pilots heard back from HR? As of Jan 2022, there was a training program for low time pilots in the works. Any update on that?

Thank you!
I don't consider there's a shortage in Canada, supply of new pilot is more than demand far away and always.
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Any update on Encore hiring 250 TT FOs? Is the training program approved?

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pild04 wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:53 am Any update on Encore hiring 250 TT FOs? Is the training program approved?

Thank you!
Encore is not hiring 250 hour pilots. They are accepting applications from them without an immediate PFO.

With the experience that is rapidly leaving Encore, a 250 hour cadet is a recipe for a literal disaster.
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Mainline is struggling to hire people with 1500 hours, so I very much expect 250 for an FO will be happening very soon. There’s no one else to hire. Anyone with 1000 hours plus likely has enough experience in the industry already to realize that Encore is a dead end job and to hold out for mainline or try for Jazz/Porter/Flair/literally anywhere else.
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Canadaflyer46 wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:32 am Mainline is struggling to hire people with 1500 hours, so I very much expect 250 for an FO will be happening very soon. There’s no one else to hire. Anyone with 1000 hours plus likely has enough experience in the industry already to realize that Encore is a dead end job and to hold out for mainline or try for Jazz/Porter/Flair/literally anywhere else.
Do you (or anyone else) know whether mainline has hired 1500+ hr pilots who had no turbine time?

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