tom14cat14

Good Day,

Air Japan is holding a Pre-Screening in Vancouver from January 7th-10th 2015 for US and Canadian based Embraer and CL65 pilots for B767 First Officer’s contract based in Tokyo, Japan. It is a 5 year renewable contract with option to upgrade to Captain.

Starting salary: US$ 135, 456 increasing to US$ 162, 756 in Year 5.

Plus contract completion bonus of US$ 18,000
12 consecutive days off per month

24 days annual leave

Business Class travel each month



This is an excellent opportunity for pilots to meet with the Air Japan team. If you are successful at Vancouver pre- screening, you will be invited to Tokyo to sit Air Japan’s full assessment.

Minimum Requirements are as follows:

Total time : Minimum of 3,000 hours total time
Commercial Jet time : Minimum of 1,000 hours commercial jet time
PIC time : 250 hours Pilot in Command on any aircraft
OR
250 hours, including at least 70 hours as PIC, and the remaining as PICUS/P1 Under Supervision
OR
500 hours as PICUS/P1 Under Supervision

Licence : Valid ICAO State ATPL with Class 1 Medical Certificate
NEW: LASIK EYE SURGERY NOW ACCEPTED WITH ADDITIONAL CHECKS
Date of Last Flight: Within the last 18 months
Type Rating : Valid Commercial Jet Aircraft Rating on ATPL
English language proficiency level : Minimum ICAO level 4

If you meet these requirements and would like further information, please contact me at [email protected]

If you have transitioned onto another jet aircraft and are interested in the B767 First Officer position with Air Japan, please also let me know and information on Tokyo screening will be provided.

I look forward to hearing from you.

With Kind Regards,




Fiona Reddy

Operations Support, Flight Crew

tuktukdriver

I am guessing this is a commuting contract and you have to commute to/from Japan on your days off, right?

iflysky

Yes it's a commuting contract, but you are given 2 commuting days that are not part of your contractual days off (which is actually 10 days), so it works out to be 12 "off" in total. To maximize days off a lot of guys use vacation days every month. You get 24 per annum, which works out to be 2 days per month or 14 "off" in total per month. To get a vacation you just request a back-to-back which is 28 off in a row, but of course you pay for it as you have to work a back-to-back. This is just one of the options, but you can do whatever you like with your 24 days - all at once or brake it up in 2,3,4 days and so on.

tuktukdriver

Thanks for the explanation. I would apply if there was a possibility to live there, but commuting half way around the world every month for a so so contract job...

PotatoChip

So-so contract job? This is one of the best out there! Not for everyone, but it's a good gig.

PotatoChip

What are upgrade times running at?

iflysky

For a FO position, this is by far the best foreign commuting contract out there (my opinion of corse). Not for everyone, but if you are looking for roster stability, days off, business class commute, possibly an upgrade (no guarantees though) and a little bit of cash on the side this is the one.
The upgrades are currently running at 5 years. I think they might come down a little bit, but not by much. If you plan on being an FO in your first contract than you're safe !

Magpuller

What would stop someone from renting a place in Tokyo and living there?

ImperialxRat

I am by no means an expert, however I looked into this contract. A lot of pilots do rent apartments since your 16 days in Tokyo you do not spend all of them overnight outside Japan.. I was told on a 16 day rotation you could expect 7-12 days in Tokyo.

I have heard however not verified that you also can stay on your days off for a certain period of time... I am not sure how the visa works. I was not selected for the job so I sort of stopped my investigation, but I want to say that every third month you would need to leave for a continuous duration... if that makes sense. So two months of working there and living there on days off, then the third month working there and leaving the country to go some where.

If you choose not to take the business class seat each month you get an additional $2000 which is nice, and also why some pilots choose to do the back to back... 28 days off, then 32 on type thing.

I have heard that you get your days off request about 90% of the time... there actually is a very good thread here in APC if you search.