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Old 08-20-2011 | 03:59 PM
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Does anyone know how to apply to COPA? When I follow the links on there website I end up at a Spanish HR site. I would be grateful for some info or a link. Thanks
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Old 08-20-2011 | 05:37 PM
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Climbto350.com has a link direct to the HR dept at COPA.

You can also go to the COPA Airlines website and (choose ingles) you can apply direct to the HR department.

If you have a 350.com account, that would the the easiest way to get your resume to them.

Try this link again

http://www.copaair.com/sites/cc/en/a...s-Capitan.aspx
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Old 08-23-2011 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by dnick878
Does anyone know how to apply to COPA? When I follow the links on there website I end up at a Spanish HR site. I would be grateful for some info or a link. Thanks
I ran into the same problem. Thankfully, Spanish is my first language, so I went through their Spanish HR site, but I haven't found their English one. I'm a member on climbto350.com and sent them an email, but got a responce that the email has been disactivated...
Haven't heard anything since I applied...
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Old 08-23-2011 | 10:58 PM
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Has COPA upped their pay and terms and conditions? As I recall their pay was abismal and the cost for the licenses and permits to be borne by the expat.
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Old 08-25-2011 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by captjns
Has COPA upped their pay and terms and conditions? As I recall their pay was abismal and the cost for the licenses and permits to be borne by the expat.
A couple of guys I was helping out with some info interviewed there a while back, you pay for uniforms, medical, transportation to and from work, you only get 6 to 8 days off a month and in top of that you will pay taxes in Panama. In today's market, those T&C's are very substandard
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Old 08-25-2011 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by The Dominican
A couple of guys I was helping out with some info interviewed there a while back, you pay for uniforms, medical, transportation to and from work, you only get 6 to 8 days off a month and in top of that you will pay taxes in Panama. In today's market, those T&C's are very substandard
Thanks Dominican. I participated in a survey two weeks presented by a recruiter for COPA as to the reason why I was not interested in starting interview process. Sometime back I was enlightened by a former COPA pilot the unions may have their hand in the T & S's. Many early retirees from US carriers are passing up the COPA deal of the century. Yeah... it's a lot closer than
Asia for most. But it should never cost an employee $$$$$ to work for any company.
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Old 04-30-2022 | 11:26 AM
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Hey, resurrecting this thread since they're hiring and I am well above mins, though my Spanish is B-.
I remember when COPA first started expanding, and they have always seemed to be on the ball. I have an interest in earning $ that is not subject to Social Security scrutiny so this could be a good fit.
Can anyone give a briefing on work rules & pay?
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Old 05-05-2022 | 05:11 AM
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Well, I went ahead and applied, I guess if they're interested that will be when I can get details🤷
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Old 05-09-2022 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Continuingappch
Can anyone give a briefing on work rules & pay?
Hi, I left copa in 2018, numbers were around 55k USD NET per year for FO's and around 100k NET for captains. That's including salaries, perdiems, allowances.. everything

At least 9 days off per month, typical roster used to be ~83hr with 10~11 days off. Usually around 900hrs/year with 30 days annual paid leave.

By the time I left the pilots union signed a pretty reasonable payrise for the following years, 2019-2021... but that's been scrapped because of the pandemic. So I guess they are back to 2018 contract.

They do upgrade expats.. used to take 4 ~ 5 years or less if they are in need of captains.
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Old 05-11-2022 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Continuingappch
Hey, resurrecting this thread since they're hiring and I am well above mins, though my Spanish is B-.
I remember when COPA first started expanding, and they have always seemed to be on the ball. I have an interest in earning $ that is not subject to Social Security scrutiny so this could be a good fit.
Can anyone give a briefing on work rules & pay?
If you're eligible to work in the US, why wouldn't you try a US carrier? I think it would be worth it despite the taxes.
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