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Old 03-27-2013, 08:22 PM
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Hey Folks! Does anyone out there in the great blue yonder have any current info on Copa Airlines? There is another website that states they need people pretty bad.
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Old 03-28-2013, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by New Guy 007 View Post
Hey Folks! Does anyone out there in the great blue yonder have any current info on Copa Airlines? There is another website that states they need people pretty bad.
They do need people pretty bad since so many leave. Just lost 3 guys to UAL that I know of......Also many other pilots leave for something better, its a shame because they just need to pay more and they would more then likely attract more people and keep people....but they do not care, with two 737NG sims in PTY now they are pretty much a type rating factory.

DEC Capt'n Interview is pretty straight forward, sim, medical, and interview. If you have 1000+ PIC Turbojet you are more then qualified. Not sure what the FO interview entails.....
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Old 03-28-2013, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by New Guy 007 View Post
Hey Folks! Does anyone out there in the great blue yonder have any current info on Copa Airlines? There is another website that states they need people pretty bad.
Which website is it? I must subscribe to the wrong ones.........

PM me if you do not want to list it here, please.

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So going through Copa's benefits summary...

1) They say they will pay for all legal paperwork required to obtain your work visa for Panama up to $2500, above that its pilot's responsibility. Does anybody know if this is enough to cover the full expense? How much does the candidate end up paying for this out of pocket?

2) Im also reading that first officers will have to convert their commercial license to the Panamanian equivalent. They quote the employee must cover that expense of approximately $2500 out of his own pocket. Am I reading that correctly? The applicant has to pay its own written test + checkride in order to obtain their Panamanian license?

Sounds like a solid pile of BS to me, I must be reading it wrong...
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Old 03-28-2013, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Flitestar View Post
So going through Copa's benefits summary...

1) They say they will pay for all legal paperwork required to obtain your work visa for Panama up to $2500, above that its pilot's responsibility. Does anybody know if this is enough to cover the full expense? How much does the candidate end up paying for this out of pocket?

2) Im also reading that first officers will have to convert their commercial license to the Panamanian equivalent. They quote the employee must cover that expense of approximately $2500 out of his own pocket. Am I reading that correctly? The applicant has to pay its own written test + checkride in order to obtain their Panamanian license?

Sounds like a solid pile of BS to me, I must be reading it wrong...
Yes you are reading that correctly.... I also understand that commuting is practically impossible and that gringos are not treated too kindly. I myself have decided not to apply...
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Originally Posted by Flitestar View Post
So going through Copa's benefits summary...

1) They say they will pay for all legal paperwork required to obtain your work visa for Panama up to $2500, above that its pilot's responsibility. Does anybody know if this is enough to cover the full expense? How much does the candidate end up paying for this out of pocket?

2) Im also reading that first officers will have to convert their commercial license to the Panamanian equivalent. They quote the employee must cover that expense of approximately $2500 out of his own pocket. Am I reading that correctly? The applicant has to pay its own written test + checkride in order to obtain their Panamanian license?

Sounds like a solid pile of BS to me, I must be reading it wrong...

When I was down there COPA paid for the visa. I was hired as a DEC. I am not sure about the F/O's but it seems to me that I remember one of my FO's telling me he had to cough up $2500 in fee's to pay for his checkride in a Piper twin.

I did have to pay a lot of stupid little fee's for the "Panama" ATP written and various other BS fee's. I think they stick it to the FO's even harder!

YMMV.
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Old 03-28-2013, 03:27 PM
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Damn...

Yeah, I may be staying away from that one for now... :/
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Old 03-28-2013, 07:49 PM
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Scroll down all of about nine threads in Foreign and READ THE OTHER THREAD. Do 15 seconds of research. Jeez.

The other thread has LOTS of great info.

Further, COPA is at every job fair imaginable. That should tell you something.
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:16 PM
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A buddy of mines just started training Monday for FO position. Will get details from him.
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Sonny Crockett View Post
I did have to pay a lot of stupid little fee's for the "Panama" ATP written and various other BS fee's. I think they stick it to the FO's even harder!

YMMV.
They realize that low timers are more disparate for the right seat than DECs. At the end of the day, is the newbies resist such intolerable conditions, then perhaps COPA will pony up or reimburse the FOs upon completion of training.

Guys and gals are being invited to work in Panama. But they have to pay for their expenses in getting set up. How many of you have been invited to a friend's house for the weekend and wew asked to pay for utilities, food, or maid service. Booze I can understand.
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