COPA Airlines (Panama)
#13
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2008
Position: 737NG Captain
Posts: 34
By the way, as with everything here at Copa, you will pay for both certificates and your medical, and your uniform, and your wings, hat brass, epaulettes, etc, etc...
Good Luck, you will need if at Copa.
#14
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2008
Posts: 660
Saw COPA airlines at the latest Aero Crew Solutions career fair. Was NOT impressed by their presentation. Not only did they struggle to answer questions, they kept bringing up how they are in negotiations and that life may get better. Considering one was HR, I think I would have taken a different tactic if I were trying to recruit pilots. Make your airline sound like it's the best thing since sliced bread and don't keep telling people it will get better. By saying such words, it makes it sounds like it sucks to work for COPA. No offense to anyone who works there as you may be able to prove me wrong, however, your HR could not.
#15
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2008
Position: 737NG Captain
Posts: 34
Are you unemployed/underemployed? If so, then Copa might be a good SHORT TERM job opportunity. As an expat (especially gringos), you will never really have more than 12 months job security here anyways. Never listen to what HR people tell you as they truly have no idea what pilots do.
If you like Latina women and you want to make a little money but realize that you will not get back to your home country much, then this is a decent place to work.
New, clean aircraft with good maintenance and nice cabin crews. They feed you well when at work and the hotels are above average in most cases.
What others have said here in this thread is pretty accurate.
YMMV
If you like Latina women and you want to make a little money but realize that you will not get back to your home country much, then this is a decent place to work.
New, clean aircraft with good maintenance and nice cabin crews. They feed you well when at work and the hotels are above average in most cases.
What others have said here in this thread is pretty accurate.
YMMV
#16
From a former copa employee,
"If you like Latina women and you want to make a little money but realize that you will not get back to your home country much, then this is a decent place to work."
I would add emphasis on the "Make a LITTLE money" part. The rest is very true.
If you like Latina women, go.
If getting back to your home country often is not a big deal to you, go.
If you like a lot of un-certantity in your life, go.
If you don't mind dealing with a bucket load of BS daily, go.
If you like your schedule assigned to you, go.
If days off are not inportant to you, go.
If you don't mind having no say in your schedule ie; days off, overnights, AM vs PM, trips, go.
I don't regret going, I met and married my wife there. The experience was great, but I would not return for love nor money. LOL!
Good luck in your decision. I will be happy to answer any questions.
cielos azules siempre!
"If you like Latina women and you want to make a little money but realize that you will not get back to your home country much, then this is a decent place to work."
I would add emphasis on the "Make a LITTLE money" part. The rest is very true.
If you like Latina women, go.
If getting back to your home country often is not a big deal to you, go.
If you like a lot of un-certantity in your life, go.
If you don't mind dealing with a bucket load of BS daily, go.
If you like your schedule assigned to you, go.
If days off are not inportant to you, go.
If you don't mind having no say in your schedule ie; days off, overnights, AM vs PM, trips, go.
I don't regret going, I met and married my wife there. The experience was great, but I would not return for love nor money. LOL!
Good luck in your decision. I will be happy to answer any questions.
cielos azules siempre!
#17
they kept bringing up how they are in negotiations and that life may get better. Considering one was HR, I think I would have taken a different tactic if I were trying to recruit pilots. Make your airline sound like it's the best thing since sliced bread and don't keep telling people it will get better. By saying such words, it makes it sounds like it sucks to work for COPA. No offense to anyone who works there as you may be able to prove me wrong, however, your HR could not.
#19
I'd hate to break it to all of the guys looking to apply at Copa, but we just went through a little over a week of strikes with the ground handler and cleaning crew union. Negotiations with the pilot's union just went south, as in ALL pilot's rejected the unions quiet negotiations with the company. Life at Copa will get very interesting very soon when a mass exodus occurs again, and new planes keep coming.
#20
Anyone know if foreign First Officers are still getting on with COPA? I spoke with one of their recruiters at Fltops job fair in Vegas on 4/13/12. I was told they were "focusing on hiring Panamanian First Officers" only. They cannot reasonably expect to find enough Panamanian Pilots for 56 aircraft orders.
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