I read that they still have yet to receive or exercise (depending on which one is correct) the last 6 747-8F from Boeing.

Are they options to be exercised or firm orders yet to be delivered?

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So thats why they are hiring and now they do not require 747 type. Must need a lot of crew.

 

No one really knows what will happen with those 6 -8Fs. The company has said they want to just operate 8F's and maybe keep 1 or 2 400's around for charters. They currently have airplanes sitting on the ramp that they are not flying because of lack of flight crew but they really do not want to hire. They have the business but keep turning it down due to lack of crews. They will probably lose at least 6 pilots by the time the 6 new hires start in January and they won't be on the line until October. So schedules will not get any easier for a long time.

The reason they are hiring non-type rated pilots is they are looking for lower time pilots who will not be looking to leave so quickly. This way they can open up the pool to a broader group of pilots and put them on a lower payscale. No one use to leave NCA except when they retired, but that has all changed. Even Japanese pilots are leaving which is unheard of in Japan.

Everything is not all negative but things have changed so much. The people you fly with are great, the maintenance is excellent, you never have to worry about having enough fuel and training is fairly relaxed once you get on the line.

 

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And if you do worry about not having enough fuel you get a nice little paid vacation

We recently had one Japanese copilot leave for Emirates... Now THAT is unheard of. Not to mention guys with 8+ years leaving. I can't possibly see this being a long term destination anymore. Sucks.

 

Wow moving to EK is def a surprise...
Sounds like the gig is a bit of gamble. If they get more frames in near future could be a winner. If freight conditions stay challenging then might be a longtime F/O. Either way from the job I'm in apart from being home all the time, NCA would be leaps and bounds better. Pay for start, support and operation all light years better

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Whats the medical like in Japan? Anything like the chinese astronaut medical?

 

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Wow., I thought NCA was one of the primo jobs along with the airline Domincan flies for!!

Guess all these managers went to the same school….

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Ever since ANA sold their majority on NCA it has steadily gone downhill....! And the T&C'S along with it. They are trying to get some capital by selling their 744's but there are very few buyers on the market right now.

There was a rumor going on a few months back that ANA wanted to buy them back and turn everything into ANA Cargo along with the 76 freighters but I haven't heard anything else in a long time now.

Will see I guess..! ANA is keeping very tight lip about their future plans.....!

 

Yup. Definitely has gone downhill. Our new schedulers have only made matters much worse. Huge discrepancies in days off between pilots with zero reason given, and an attitude of "deal with it".

Haven't heard anything about the ANA rumor in about five months. It would be interesting if it happened... I could use an HNL overnight!