AC Hiring Requirements

[flying4dollars]

To fly for Air Canada, pilots must meet certain basic requirements:

* 1000 hours of fixed wing flying time
* Completion of schooling to the university entrance level. Ability to pass the Air Canada and Transport Canada medical and visual acuity requirements for a Category 1 medical certificate.
* Canadian Commercial Pilot licence, current Instrument Rating and Multi-Engine endorsement.
* Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status.

So they say 1000 hours, but does AC really take guys with that kind of time? Or is this just to lure in more applicants to keep them on file as they accumulate more time at their other jobs?

[El Comat]

Spoke to a guy on the hiring board the other day, he said the computer is programmed to spit out candidates that have over 2000 hours, ATPL, aviation college/university, and some good PIC time. He said they actually want at least 2500 hours, but for some reason they can't make the computer do that (possibly the way the questionnaire is set up?). Either way, he said that things will be slowing down drastically for the summer, with another push in the fall.

EC

[yycflyguy]

Here is a good place to read if you care to beat this dead horse.

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... lit=Hiring
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 1000+hours
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 1000+hours
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 1000+hours
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 1000+hours
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 1000+hours