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vincez wrote:No man, just a level =( I'm just working as a part timer, nothing serious homie =) if the worst thing come, I do have a backup plan for tertiary edu.

@ace - I won't forget about the interview, what I've forgot is the things I read, most of it. Damn

dont worry bud, as long as there's a will, there will always be a way..

hehe if u forget then go read again and again and again until it got stuck on ur mind.

m732 wrote:
There are 6 leased 738 at the moment, another leased one coming in end of this month. The new A330E will be replacing the current 90's built airframe on a 1-for-1 basis. Same goes with the 738's. Still don't see reasons for MAS to keep hiring new pilots considering the excess of pilots in MAS now.

Hope you guys are aware of this.

yes including the one coming at the end of this month, there are three more leased B738 coming in; MLG, MLH and MLI. correct me if im wrong. And yes m737, i myself dont see why they are hiring new pilots but whatever reason it is, im sure they know more right? thanks for reminding btw

sassek wrote:
yea, the A330-300 s are arriving, however these are the A330-300 'NG' which are supposedly capable of flying further and with better specs, whoaaaaaa.
There are three leased B738s in fleet already but MAS owned ones would be coming in as u stated.
And seems like the B738s will be stationed in MAS new hub; Kota Kinabalu
Reports state that about 150 pilots and 250 cabin crew would be stationed at KK once fully operational, cool huh...sabah

from what i've heard, they will not send the entire B738 fleet to their BKI hub, only ones that going to East Asia's route will be send there.. and the rest will stay in KUL for domestic flights.. again, this is what i heard from people around me..so correct me if im wrong and i apologize in advance if my infos are not right..

cheers everyone

nice info dude...

Yes, true potgas, not the entire fleet but the KK hub would be primarily occupied by B738s to fly the popular Asian routes with the new aircraft and also aussie destinations looking at the shorter travel distance and time from KK. From what i read of course
And its true MAS are having excess pilots for now but looking at the future landscape of air travel that's economically rebounding and according to reports by Boeing on the Asia Pacific region's demand for air travel thats increasing, seems like the need to train pilots are evident to cope with future growth, no airline wants to be left behind with an issue of unable to meet demand when demand paramounts soon. The benefit / profit to be derived by meeting demand and capitalising on demand definitely outweighs the cost of training and employing pilots while demand grows gradually. Benefit > Cost , so why not rite. It's the same concept in the offering of VSS during economic downturns by corporate companies. MAS is also according to reports in a contractual agreement with a respected flying school and therefore is pressured legally to send their cadets to train to avoid damages and rescission; law of contract, except in the defence of excruciating circumstances.
And as an airline with an exceptional reputation, there should be valid reasons for their conduct in hiring cadet pilots ultimately, its evident looking at SIA hiring as well, both major players in the region wanting a piece of the future market share of passenger demand.
In lay terms, its better to lose (invest) RM5 in order to gain(dividend) of RM 50 later on when investments mature / skyrocket.
Well, I had a buddy of mine who trained wit SIA and was left redundant during the economic downturn after graduation, and was let to go to join Jetstar Asia and now is being recalled by SIA due to their inability to meet increasing demand because of pilot shortage.
The Asian region is very promising after the recent downturn(sub-prime crisis in US), everyone wants a share of the jewel now.
All major investment banks and aviation analysts have released prospective and green reports on the Asian aviation sector and MAS is going to cap on it under YM Tengku Dato' Azmil Zahruddin.
My opinion on an economic aspect of the reason for hiring pilots.
No offence to anyone guys, foremost.

-- Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:01 am --

Guys, my apology for the outdated info on 3 B738s...sorry

sassek wrote:
MAS is also according to reports in a contractual agreement with a respected flying school and therefore is pressured legally to send their cadets to train to avoid damages and rescission; law of contract, except in the defence of excruciating circumstances.

yeah..spot on
they had an agreement with HMA to send in their cadets every year..so maybe that's the reason why the first batch was sent to HMA..huhu..

p/s: correct me if im wrong

haha...you got that one right bro

It's almost 2 months =(

-- Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:25 am --

Sassek - work treating bored, when peak time alot of customer, non peak time Like 3pm, the gym is like dead city man. Hmm, so what's your tertiary edu man?

I passed the personality test!

dude congrats!
btw, how did u know dat?
u called her?
or u r invited to attend an interview?

Thanks..i emailed her n asked bout the test n she said i passed n KIV for interview session..im nt sure KIV if someone drop out from the intrview then only will i be call or will i be call after they hv arrange the interview.. Huhu =.=

dude now im nervous