Super 80 Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Now, before you guys flame the hell out of me, I should make it clear we are talking about Russians to fly soviet equipment. Does anyone have any experiance hiring flight crew from the former Soviet Union, Norway or Finland? How much of a nightmare is the proceedure? How long does the immigration proceedings take? How are credentials handled? Would it be easier for a Russian national living in Finland or Norway with their credentials to get through the immigration process than one in Russia proper? Any input would be welcome, input from those who actually understand it is much better than trying to figure out government websites that make no sense in either offical language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HardRock Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 If you willingly try to bring them in, you're a bigger scab than they are, unless they are flying the large Antonov's , and there is nothing equivalent in Canada to do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 80 Posted October 14, 2003 Author Share Posted October 14, 2003 I don't think anyone is going to goto Russia to hire guys to fly 737's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest max Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Talking about scabs. How about our own so called "Canadian” company Jetsgo. They just hired a guy with 2,300 hours from Darwin Australia. And “”NO”” he did not have any MD80 time or anything close to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 80 Posted October 14, 2003 Author Share Posted October 14, 2003 JetsGo will hire anyone they can sucker into putting up the training bond, I don't think many unemployed Canadian pilots who know his reputation are going to risk giving their money to scum like Leblanc. As much as I obviously like the MD-80, at this point risking your own money to get an MD-80 rating in Canada is insane, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RKM Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 This is really getting depressing and here I am busting my hump trying to find anything at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bugsy G Darren Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 The bigger issue is certifying the aircraft to Canadian (western) standards. Russian aircraft can operate into canada from a country which certifies the A/C, however if you wanted to fly point to point within Canada, you will have to certify it. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HPT-TOUR Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Call your MP, you`d be suprised at the results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrench Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Probably just wanted someone that didn't want to complain and wanted to do the job they were hired to do. I love all the bickering here. People that would sell their soul's and ditch a good job flying in our country to go to Emmirates or some other godforsaken place to fly something BIGGER (777). There is probably a website in some other country where they talk about "all the scabs" from Canada comming to "steal" all their flying jobs. what a hoot!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 80 Posted October 14, 2003 Author Share Posted October 14, 2003 My understanding is the planes are American owned, I don't know the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gino Under Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 No kidding. Some of these guys obviously have had it too soft for far too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Komodd Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 It does not need to hire foreign pilots from former Soviet Union, because here, in Canada,enough Russian pilots with Canadian ATPL and Canadian passport and huge flight experience on heavy aircraft, but absolutely no chance to be hired by any Canadian airline.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bugsy G Darren Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 They may be owned by an American entity, but they are certainly not registered in the U.S. There is a company called Avialeasing operating AN12's & AN26's from bases within the U.S. They are doing this on 7th Freedom rigfhts which allow them to operate from the U.S. to a third country without filing for traffic rights. At first glance you would say that the Americans would never allow this, however Avialeasing is an Uzbekhistan airline. The U.S. required a base in that region and signed a bilateral agreement with the Uzbeki's. By the way any American company can operate from Uzbekhistan on 7th Freedom rights as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 Hmm, let me guess, Jetsgo will paying his immigration fees etc. I don't think so. My guess would be he has a Canadian wife or something of that sort with the right to live and work here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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