Morris Chirka

[YYB Pilot]

Has anyone been reading all the aviation monthly publicaitons that we have in this country.
Wings, Aviation Canada, COPA, Aviator, etc...

I keep seeing an add for this one guy "Morris Chirka" looking for a job, a low timer expressing his skills as far more superior than that of a Airline pilot for Air Canada for instance.
Look at what his resume says:
"To obtain an entry-level position in the aviation industry to utilize my training as a commercial pilot. Excellent spatial perception and motor coordination. Noted for superior situational awareness. Calm under pressure. Ability to set priorities logically. Resourceful problem solver. Deliver results not excuses. Versatile trouble-shooter. Bring in-depth technical knowledge. Hands-on experience. Perform against tight deadlines. An action and persistent person. Hard-working achiever. Work well alone or as part of a team. ¨ Commercial Pilot License with multi engine ratings, and Mountain rating"

What employer is gonna believe half of this kinda qualities. I wish every pilot I knew where this lucky. As far as anyone I have talked to that has gotten annoyed with these ad''s is concerned he is a rich boy spending all his money to get a job. But annoyance!! Like Stop now, and go visit employers for a job but dont hand them B.S. skills and qualities on a "High End C.V."

Got to hand it to him however, very resourcful and hard driven for a low paying job!
Hopefully a employer doesn''t hire him and finds out half the stuff he has quoted isn''t true and marks himslef up with numerous negative oriented references.
Good Luck Morris, but Do what every other pilot does. Go the old fashioned way.. Will you work for food?

 

[flyguy93]

wait a minute, this guy just described all we pilots are, verbalized them using text, but i must agree, u do not talk like this amongst aviators cause all he is doing is setting himself for a severe adulter-rated shafting session, pardon the pun, but i must agree, total bullshit in the eyes of an employeer. if such employeer''s need to be reminded of our hard earned skills, well i do not need to be working for them. employeers need to see more, the skills earned beyond the stuff you read in books, that is what experience ia all about. somebody needs to give morris a reality check. tell him that he can''t start drinking with the big boys till he pays he''s dues!!!!!!!!!!

 

[delldude]

 

[sharky]

I agree with delldude

 

[KR90]

Don''t knock him, He is creative. And it just might work!

 

[dockjock]

He found a way to highlight the skills he has, as well as attempt to downplay the fact that he has no experience. Ya it comes across as dorky and a bit egotistical but hey give the guy credit. When you have 200.1 hrs its hard to make a resume that doesn''t look more than a bit lame. "Excellent spatial perception" I gotta take issue with that though dude. Does that mean you can find the gear handle in the dark? 😉

 

[Panama Jack]

I think his biggest misfortune is getting advice on writeing resumes/marketing oneself from people who do not know or understand the aviation industry. It is not unlike the technique used for those who look for employment, say, in sales. Found another ad like this:

Services
Versatile Com, Multi pilot w/ various type ratings.

Description:
To obtain an entry-level position in the aviation industry to utilize my training as a commercial pilot. Excellent spatial perception and motor coordination. Noted for superior situational awareness. Calm under pressure. Ability to set priorities logically. Resourceful problem solver. Deliver results not excuses. Versatile trouble-shooter. Bring in-depth technical knowledge. Hands-on experience. Perform against tight deadlines. An action and persistent person. Hard-working achiever. Work well alone or as part of a team. ¨ Commercial Pilot License with multi engine ratings, and Mountain rating. ¨ Training and experience with the following aircraft: - C-152 - MARK 20 - C-172 - Be-76 - C-172RG - 7ECA - PA-28 - Mooney Mark 2 ¨ Contact Nav Canada for current enroute weather report. ¨ Prepare flight plans and institute fuel calculations. ¨ Perform preflight checks. ¨ Night rated, Sim time on Fresca 242 and Elite Level 2 6.1


Phone: (780)405-XXXX Cell or (780)483XXXX Home
Contact: Morris Chirka Website: Not Provided
Email: Reply to this ad Location: Out Side US


While his description is somewhat fanciful, it loses complete credibility when he makes mention of holding a "Mountain Rating" and "various type ratings." And finally, although much much is written but little is said, completely lacking is any mention of flight times, which again loses credibility since it appears he is trying to hide the fact that he is low time. Nevertheless, I wish him luck.

 

[Sundance10]

<_<

Hey what happened to Delldude's post?

 

[gmsemel]

I don't know who this Morris fellow is, but I sort of lost intrest after reading the first sentance of that resume of his. Who ever wrote that dose not have a clue. No chief Pilot is going to read all of that, they will scan a resume and put the ones that look interesting in one pile to consider further and the others, well they go into that round file cabinet.

Try starting with your Name, then Objective, Certification, Flight times types of aircraft flown, some work history and some personal junk like I can answer a phone, and work a broom. That sort of stuff. I'm just using the broom as an example. Keep it to one page, and make sure your contact numbers and e-mail work. To stand out from the rest, most people myself included use plan printer paper, use a good bonded resume paper. Something that looks good and feels good. That will stand out in the pile.

 

[Kyle]

I am not sure what happened to his post but the forums did have an error the other night. Usually when this happens, there is one or two posts that might go missing. No posts have been removed from here at all so if one is missing, I would say the above is the reason.

 

[sharky]

I don't think Delldude's post ever came up, right from the beginning. That's why I was joking on agreeing with him. Operator error maybe. Perhaps his Dell wasn't working properly.

 

[Charles W.]

Hey Guys......

Don't become to complacent about the "Mountain training" thing.

Some years ago when I was flying for Coulson Aircrane we had several B.C.forest guys that Coulson offered to fly to a logging site to to do an inspection in the company C206 on amphibs.

Well I get a form to fill out and two of the questions were...

(1) Where did you do your mountain training course?

(2) What was the name of the school and when did you do it?

I couldn't answer these two questions so I left them blank..... quess what?

Some mental giant by the name of Ralph something or the other from B.C Forestry in Kamloops told the company unless I answered the questions I would not be approved.

So I filled out the form again and answered as factual as I could.

(1) Where did you do your mountain training course?..............Hamilton Mountain, Hamilton Ont.


(2) What was the name of the school and when did you do it?...............Central Airways. 1953.

Well it all went sideways from there on and this guy from Forestry calls me and says he wants to see my personal log book to confirm that I had the flight times that I claimed on the form.

I told there were two problems with that, one I don't keep a personal log book.

And two, since he was insinuating that I was padding the times, even if I had a personal log book he would be the last SOB on earth that I would show it to.

Oh, by the way I didn't get approved.

So don't make the mistake that Mountain Training is not needed..... 😀

The Reverend Chas W.

 

[Always Green]

There was this girl that was I think even more persistence than Morris. What went from persistent to annoying was just what happened. Asides from the regular phone calls every week, she went as far as printing herself standing by one of our company aircraft on a fake cover of Wings magazine. And on the front cover wrote with big headlines that our company has hired her.

Too bad it didn't turn out the way she wanted as we all got a good laugh at it....sorry....not to be rude but that's a bit overboard if you ask me and the rest of the line crew. I appreciate her ingenuity but did put her magazine cover through the blue box after 2 weeks. These are the kind of methods that our Chief Pilot is not interested in. <_<

 

[Panama Jack]

Yes Charles, Mountain training is good. But it is not a "rating." By calling your mountain training a "rating" or your checkout in a C-172 a "Cessna 172 Type Rating" makes it sound like someone doesn't know what he is talking about or puffing himself up.

 

[Charles W.]

Panama:

Nowhere did I say that it is a rating.

In fact having asked a lot of questions of schools as to exactly what a Mountain course is I doubt very much if some of them have the faintest clue about the subject.

But just you wait, TC will find this to be another great idea and we will have mountain PPC's.

Chas.