mnspeak

Hello all, I applied to Air Japan through Parc and I received an invite to their initial screening in the USA/Canada. For the initial screening it looks like it's a brief non-technical interview and SIM check using a local airport profile. If that goes well there is another screening in Tokyo including a SIM check and the JCAB medical.

Does anyone have advice or know what the initial non-technical interview consists of? After reading through most of the thread it appears most people have done the entire screening in Tokyo. Any other useful information on the initial screening is appreciated.

fatsopilot

Is it just PARC recruiting for this job? The total time requirements for the FO job say 3,000 hours but it says you can't count any Dual Given time? Or any Dual Received time? Isn't Dual Given usually PIC time? What logging requirements are they going by?

DG1000

I did the pre-screen with them about a month ago. It was VERY simple and laid back. Just a short pre-brief of the sim profile really. It consisted of a demo of a coupled ILS and auto-land, a demo of a visual take-off, pattern, and landing. The actual evaluation was just a visual takeoff, pattern, and landing. Took all of about 45 minutes start to finish. Co-pilot duties were performed by a company Captain (ex-pat), the evaluator (also an ex-pat) was affiliated with them but not directly. I used CrewResources though. YMMV.

We chatted casually before and after the session about the company and it all was very friendly and laid-back. Looks like a nice place to work so far.

Seemed to me they just wanted to meet you in person before sending you off to Tokyo. I don't know how many of my group that interviewed at the time got it, but I do know of several that did not. No idea why.

DG1000

Several crew leasing firms are recruiting for this job. The JCAB interpretation of flight times is very different from ours. You'll have to speak with whatever agency you are using to get with what they specifically want to see.

The Dominican

This is something we (the pilot group) has been pushing for a while now and I for one I'm very glad to see it implemented, is the integration of a western pilot perspective into hiring, they have had a few very bad experiences hiring some certifiable nut jobs! I believe it is an attempt at an additional filter.

First of all, dual recieved time on a part 121 operation is NOT PIC time, you are not signing the book, your line check airman is because he/she is the PIC, you are still in training and not on command yet under the part.

CREW, PARC, IAC global and Paramount all hire for this contract.

Their requirements in terms of hours are not the local CAA (in this case the JCAB) but the company's own requirements.

Legacy

Thanks Dominican, your posts and PMs are always spot on and very gratefully received.

Look forward to working with you someday.

SebastianDesoto

I filled out one if those applications from CREW. I called them to specifify the times on the application. They didn't say anything about leaving off the dual given time or the dual received (you know, that GA flight time for certification and logging time). I think I was advised wrong when told to put it in parenthesis. If I didn't account for it, logbook time an application times wouldn't match.

The Dominican

If you exceed the times then they won't ask you to separate them, remember that they have hired pilots from all over the world and their purpose is not to audit your books and transfer them all into the JCAB's guidelines for logging your flight hours. What they want is that your PIC times to meet the minimums do not include dual recieved nor PICUS times either, AJX wants that the 250 hours PIC doesn't include the times when you were receiving training, nor the times where on a reposition flight you logged it as PICUS, they want those hours to be actual hours in command.

The most important thing here is that if you are looking to use PICUS or Dual to meet their minimums, you are not competitive anyway.

The Dominican

Sorry, it was brought to my attention that I included Paramount as one of the contract agencies, pardon me for the mistake.

tofly

Hi to all especially The Dominican and Typhoon a big thanks for lots of great info. Have read this thread from time to time over the years and I know this may have been covered in years past here but would like to ask again as things probably have changed some.

Out of your block of days working about how many nights and or days do you spend back in Tokyo? Obviously first and maybe last day but I see CREW allows $550 a month for accommodations.
Read way back in the thread about someone trying out living there. Is that an option considering the tax issues and maybe visa status?

Thanks again!