All Nippon Airways

[d328pilot]

Air Japan is only around 7 years old, so there are only a few guys here that have renewed. Unless there is no need for the company anymore or you go out of your way to make everyone hate you, your contract will be renewed.

 

[Mr.B]

Air Japan is only around 7 years old, so there are only a few guys here that have renewed. Unless there is no need for the company anymore or you go out of your way to make everyone hate you, your contract will be renewed.

How do the locals feel about the gaijin pilots?

 

[d328pilot]

I don't think that any of them are happy that we are here. Would you be if the situation was reversed?

That being said, the Japanese pilots that we fly with are all pretty good. I have not had anyone openly hostile to me since I have been here. You get the occasional dirty look from ANA pilots or the ones that just ignore that you exist, but on the other hand, you get the occasional one that comes up to you and is exceptionally friendly. I don't find the environment significantly different from the US in this regard. I have gotten the same variations in attitude from pilots of different companies in the US.

From what I have been told, when all of this outsourcing started, the company went to the union and said that they have two choices. They can either stop growing because there are not enough pilots, or continue to grow by outsourcing. The union agreed and that is why we are here.

 

[Mr.B]

I don't think that any of them are happy that we are here. Would you be if the situation was reversed?

Of course not.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Job fair October 18th in Newark

Job title :PilotDepartment :Air Japan, ANA & JP Express, Air Nippon, Air Nippon NetworkLocation :Narita, Tokyo, Osaka in JapanJob Status :Contract with Crew Resources Worldwide L.L.C., subsidiary of ANA.Job Description Basic PurposePerforms flight duties as qualified Captain or First Officer in the airlines of ANA group as below ;
Air Japan 767 First Officer based in Narita. Passenger international flight.
ANA & JP Express 767 Captain or First Officer based in Narita. Cargo international flight.
Air Nippon 737 Captain based in Tokyo. Passenger domestic flight.
Air Nippon Network Dash8-Q400 Captain based in Osaka. Passenger domestic flight.1.Employment with Crew Resources Worldwide L.L.C. and seconded to the above airlines after passing flight simulator, interview and medical screenings.2.Training for Japanese pilot certificates will be prepared by those airlines.Specific QualificationExperienceRequired experience and certificates depend on the airlines. Please refer to Crew Resources Worldwide website, http://www.crewresourcesworldwide.com/How to Apply for a JobApply through Crew Resources Worldwide website or recruiter 808-833-4190.
Please do not apply to Los Angeles and San Francisco office of ANA.

 

[ackattacker]

I'd briefly looked into this a few years ago and heard that LASIK eye surgery was disqualifying but that this might change. Anyone know if that's still true? Also heard that Body Mass Index could be disqualifying either high or low.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Lasik is not an approved procedure by the JCAB thus disqualifies you to hold a Japanese ATPL and I have not heard (and don't think) that this will change any time soon. The high BMI number seems to be 29-30 and I have not heard a low BMI number as a disqualification. A low BMI would disqualify 80% of the Japanese pilots

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

I just talked to CREW regarding the military time situation. JCAB (Japan's FAA) does NOT recognize military time AT ALL.

All of the time requirements, are civilian time ONLY.

cliff
YIP

 

[metrodriver808]

lasik

can the doctors tell if someone has had lasik done?

 

[Webslinger]

The biggest complaint that I hear from the cargo guys is the deadheading. A lot of their flying is out of Kansai which involved a DH to start or end the trip. They have started offering some guys apartments there if they will be based in KIX.

I think you are treated better on the passenger side during your initial training. Pax guys get apartments while cargo guys are stuck in hotels. I am averaging close to 80 hours a month on the Pax side where as the cargo guys are probably half of that. Pax guys get uniform hats, cargo guys don't. Both do a lot of China flights with no overnights. Pax is mostly daytime, and cargo has more night time flights into China. Cargo guys visit ORD and ANC in the US, Pax guys get HNL. The cabin crew are mostly nice with a high percentage that are easy on the eyes. Containers on the cargo side are short, fat and cold. Pax airplanes have foot massagers and ice cream service. Cargo doesn't. Pax guys don't have to wait on a bus or car to go to and from the airplane after every flight, where as cargo guys do. I am on the Pax side though so my opinion may be biased.

Now that the difference in pay is smaller, there are cargo guys that are coming over to the passenger side. There are not any pax guys that are trying to move to the cargo side that I know of.

What identifier is KIX...Kansai?