acebaxter

That could simply be that you did not qualify for 100% simulator training under appendix H due to not having any previous Group II ratings. If so, once you have logged 25 hours in a Group II aircraft you should be able to go the the FSDO or CMO and have it removed.

Jim

RJpanda

Japanese culture is like "everything needs to be perfect" even though I have never flown a 767sim before. I have a friend who passed the interview even though he made mistakes. It's really depend on the check pilots.....I guess

The Dominican

Sorry you didn't make the cut...., It is a rather hard interview to pass.

They are looking for several things during the interview, perfect manipulation of the SIM is not one of them....! Communication skills, interpersonal skills and how much effort you place into learning their SOP's on the interview package, all play a part..., not saying that this were areas that you may have missed though.

RJpanda

Thanks for sharing your thought, I took note after my interview and should look into areas I can improve my communication skill. I might focus too much on the plane and forget to communicate with my PM...
Any idea if there is any reapply opportunity for this position?

jrmyl

Yes there is. Recently flew with an f/o who was invited back after a period of time. I believe he said 6 months but not sure. He was obviously successful the second time around.

1bdun

Sorry to hear also that you were not successful. But from what I was told when I interviewed a few years back, ANA really likes to see a candidate reapply. That in itself shows many positive attributes.

It doesn't sound like you are very discouraged nor should you be. But keep in touch with CReW and reapply in another six months if nothing else pans out.

Best of luck.

RJpanda

Thanks for all you guys input!

spikemath

I know this has been discussed before but how is the QOL for you guys? 2 weeks on then off seems pretty decent. Do any of you fly the route to honolulu and live in honolulu as well? Do you pay for your own apartment in tokyo when your on duty? If so how much is a typical apartment? And the big question, do any of the pilots live year round in japan, or do they need to keep a full time residency stateside for tax reasons? Obvious reason for asking that is because it would be cool to take the family with, but its not always realistic.

myoface

Its not 2 weeks on then 2 off...its 20 days on 10 days off.

iflysky

It's actually 10 off and 2 commuting days, so in all technicality, it's 12 off in a row. Plus a 24 vacation bank that you can tap into at anytime and take as many days as you want up to 24 per annum. So many guys (if not the majority) convert their days off to 14 by pulling 2 every month from the vacation days. So it more like 16 on 14 off.
To take a vacation many bid a back-to-back, like 33 on followed by 28 off. Some guys actually only do back-to-backs a whole year long.

Additionally, when you are on your days on in NRT, you still get a few days off (blank days or more like "legality" days off, like 1 in 7 or during pairing conflicts etc.). I've noticed in a stretch of 17, on average you'll get additionally 2-3 off in NRT between your duties.

BTW, all of the above assumes you are a standard N. American, Australian or European commuter. We have many guys that live locally in the Asian region and bid like a week on week off. (more like 9 on / 7 off )