Job Description
Role Overview Mid-career recruitment for flight crew (captain candidates) at Solaseed Air. Job family: flight crew - captain candidate. Work location: Tokyo, Haneda Airport. Key Responsibilities Duties as captain on the Boeing 737 Requirements Aged 65 or under; a Boeing 737 type rating is not required (applicants with or without the type rating are equally welcome). Applicants aged 60 or over are employed as contract staff. Captain experience on multi-engine jet aircraft with a scheduled airline Applicants who have already reached the age of 65 at the time of application must have passed the supplementary aeromedical examination Residence: either living, or planning to live, in an area within 55 km commuting distance by public transport; or, under the regional residence scheme, living or planning to live near one of the following airports - Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Kagoshima, Okinawa (Ishigaki not eligible), Kobe, Chubu, Fukuoka, New Chitose, Asahikawa, Hakodate, Memanbetsu, Obihiro, Kushiro or Sendai Licences & Qualifications Airline transport pilot licence (Japanese airline transport pilot competence certificate) Valid Class 1 aviation medical certificate Aeronautical radio operator licence (required among the application documents) What We Offer Employment type: permanent employee with a three-month probationary period; contract staff also available Start date: to be discussed Work location: Haneda Airport. The company may require a change of work location where operationally necessary. Working pattern: irregular shift work including Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, with early-morning and late-night duties Pay: in accordance with company regulations. For those under 65 there is an income-support scheme during the captain-upgrade training period. Holidays: 120 days of annual holiday (121 in leap years) Leave: annual paid leave, seasonal leave, relocation leave and special leave (marriage, bereavement, childbirth, etc.) Leave of absence: pre- and post-natal leave, childcare leave, family care leave and leave for injury or illness Social insurance (health, employees' pension, employment and workers' accident insurance) Corporate defined contribution pension plan (DC) Staff discount travel on Solaseed Air flights Mental health care programme Income protection insurance in the event of disability leave Employee benefits package service Additional Information Documents to submit (applicants under 65): Curriculum vitae on the prescribed form (A3 size) - download and complete the prescribed form, and be sure to include an e-mail address, as contact may be made by e-mail Career history (no prescribed format) Aviation experience record (prescribed form No. 22) Copy of the airline transport pilot competence certificate Copy of the aeronautical radio operator licence Copy of the Class 1 aviation medical certificate Copies of aviation medical certificate applications for the past three years, and a copy of the most recent health check result Certificate of administrative sanctions history (using "Form 2" as prescribed in notification No. 2716 of the Civil Aviation Bureau) Applicants aged 65 and over submit the same documents, plus the notification of the results of the supplementary aviation medical examination. How to apply: enclose the required documents and send them by post to the address below. Screening proceeds as soon as the documents arrive; there is no need to press the "entry" button online. Postal address: Captain Recruitment Section, Flight Operations Planning Department, Flight Operations Division, Solaseed Air Inc., 3rd floor, Passenger Terminal 2, 3-4-2 Haneda Airport, Ota-ku, Tokyo 144-0041. Please note that application documents are not returned, and applicants' personal data is used only for selection and recruitment purposes. Selection process: first stage - document screening; second stage - interview and skill assessment; third stage - executive interview. Only applicants who pass the document screening are contacted about the next stage. Contact: Captain Recruitment Section, Flight Operations Planning Department, Flight Operations Division, Solaseed Air Inc., 3rd floor, Passenger Terminal 2, 3-4-2 Haneda Airport, Ota-ku, Tokyo 144-0041; e-mail saiyo-fc@solaseedair.jp. Enquiries other than about flight crew recruitment are not accepted, and telephone enquiries are asked to be avoided.
Requirements
- Duties as captain on the Boeing 737
- Aged 65 or under; a Boeing 737 type rating is not required (applicants with or without the type rating are equally welcome). Applicants aged 60 or over are employed as contract staff.
- Captain experience on multi-engine jet aircraft with a scheduled airline
- Applicants who have already reached the age of 65 at the time of application must have passed the supplementary aeromedical examination
- Residence: either living, or planning to live, in an area within 55 km commuting distance by public transport; or, under the regional residence scheme, living or planning to live near one of the following airports - Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Kagoshima, Okinawa (Ishigaki not eligible), Kobe, Chubu, Fukuoka, New Chitose, Asahikawa, Hakodate, Memanbetsu, Obihiro, Kushiro or Sendai
- Airline transport pilot licence (Japanese airline transport pilot competence certificate)
- Valid Class 1 aviation medical certificate
- Aeronautical radio operator licence (required among the application documents)
- Employment type: permanent employee with a three-month probationary period; contract staff also available
- Start date: to be discussed
- Work location: Haneda Airport. The company may require a change of work location where operationally necessary.
- Working pattern: irregular shift work including Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, with early-morning and late-night duties
- Pay: in accordance with company regulations. For those under 65 there is an income-support scheme during the captain-upgrade training period.
- Holidays: 120 days of annual holiday (121 in leap years)
- Leave: annual paid leave, seasonal leave, relocation leave and special leave (marriage, bereavement, childbirth, etc.)
- Leave of absence: pre- and post-natal leave, childcare leave, family care leave and leave for injury or illness
- Staff discount travel on Solaseed Air flights
- Mental health care programme
- Curriculum vitae on the prescribed form (A3 size) - download and complete the prescribed form, and be sure to include an e-mail address, as contact may be made by e-mail
- Career history (no prescribed format)
- Aviation experience record (prescribed form No. 22)
- Copy of the airline transport pilot competence certificate
- Copy of the aeronautical radio operator licence
- Copy of the Class 1 aviation medical certificate
- Copies of aviation medical certificate applications for the past three years, and a copy of the most recent health check result
Benefits
- Social insurance (health, employees' pension, employment and workers' accident insurance)
- Corporate defined contribution pension plan (DC)
- Income protection insurance in the event of disability leave
- Employee benefits package service