Working as a Pilot in China
08-25-2016, 12:25 PM
#211
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FDX pilot who has been based in Hong Kong checking in:
(Yes FDX is the last US airline to still have pilots based in foreign domiciles, ours are Hong Kong and Köln)
Hong Kong is a foul dirty noisy city that reminds me of NYC without the good Italian food. And Hong Kong is waaaaaay ahead of any actual Chinese city I've spent time in.
We layover a lot in Guangzhou and Shanghai and granted a layover in a nice hotel is not the same as living there....even a layover in a nice hotel was enough to make me realize you'd have to
1. pay me a staggering amount of money
2. give me a staggering amount of time off so I could escape to the Philippines and Thailand every month
to live in either of those places.
Haven't been to BJ yet but I imagine I'd hate it too.
(Yes FDX is the last US airline to still have pilots based in foreign domiciles, ours are Hong Kong and Köln)
Hong Kong is a foul dirty noisy city that reminds me of NYC without the good Italian food. And Hong Kong is waaaaaay ahead of any actual Chinese city I've spent time in.
We layover a lot in Guangzhou and Shanghai and granted a layover in a nice hotel is not the same as living there....even a layover in a nice hotel was enough to make me realize you'd have to
1. pay me a staggering amount of money
2. give me a staggering amount of time off so I could escape to the Philippines and Thailand every month
to live in either of those places.
Haven't been to BJ yet but I imagine I'd hate it too.
08-25-2016, 09:50 PM
#213
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Posts: 1,067
Originally Posted by Lucky8888
Sounds like you just hate China. That's OK. It's your opinion. For others, China can be a great place if one takes the time to learn the culture. Obviously, that doesn't suit you.
Oops, I said something I should not have. Now I must go to my team leader, who will consult with the big leader, who must report to the powerful leader. The three of them will meet with the big powerful leader to discuss my punishment, which will be published for all the company to see so I can get the requisite public shaming. How dare I upset the harmony...
08-26-2016, 02:32 AM
#214
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Originally Posted by skypine27
FDX pilot who has been based in Hong Kong checking in:
(Yes FDX is the last US airline to still have pilots based in foreign domiciles, ours are Hong Kong and Köln)
Hong Kong is a foul dirty noisy city that reminds me of NYC without the good Italian food. And Hong Kong is waaaaaay ahead of any actual Chinese city I've spent time in.
We layover a lot in Guangzhou and Shanghai and granted a layover in a nice hotel is not the same as living there....even a layover in a nice hotel was enough to make me realize you'd have to
1. pay me a staggering amount of money
2. give me a staggering amount of time off so I could escape to the Philippines and Thailand every month
to live in either of those places.
Haven't been to BJ yet but I imagine I'd hate it too.
(Yes FDX is the last US airline to still have pilots based in foreign domiciles, ours are Hong Kong and Köln)
Hong Kong is a foul dirty noisy city that reminds me of NYC without the good Italian food. And Hong Kong is waaaaaay ahead of any actual Chinese city I've spent time in.
We layover a lot in Guangzhou and Shanghai and granted a layover in a nice hotel is not the same as living there....even a layover in a nice hotel was enough to make me realize you'd have to
1. pay me a staggering amount of money
2. give me a staggering amount of time off so I could escape to the Philippines and Thailand every month
to live in either of those places.
Haven't been to BJ yet but I imagine I'd hate it too.
08-27-2016, 06:01 PM
#215
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Originally Posted by Lucky8888
Sounds like you just hate China. That's OK. It's your opinion. For others, China can be a great place if one takes the time to learn the culture. Obviously, that doesn't suit you.
08-27-2016, 06:20 PM
#216
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Originally Posted by mexipilot84
That goes for most Latin American countries. Except Panama, chile and taca operators at some point.
08-28-2016, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by EMBskillz
YGTBFSM. That's hilarious. I definitely do not want to learn the culture. I like it fine here in the USA, thanks. The bros I knew that relocated to China all hated the US because they were mysogonistic and bad with women and moving there seemed to solve all their problems, lol.
09-01-2016, 02:58 PM
#218
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Originally Posted by EMBskillz
YGTBFSM. That's hilarious. I definitely do not want to learn the culture. I like it fine here in the USA, thanks. The bros I knew that relocated to China all hated the US because they were mysogonistic and bad with women and moving there seemed to solve all their problems, lol.
. China has a huge number of issues. But that doesn't make the culture less interesting. And by the way, some of the hottest women in the world are in Shanghai...lol
09-01-2016, 05:31 PM
#219
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Originally Posted by Check 6
You sir are what is called an ugly American. Don't want to learn the culture? It's only 4000 years old, so I'm sure it's not very interesting. There's a big world out there, some of it very cool. To learn another culture doesn't make you an anti American or misogynistic, it makes you well rounded. But feel free to stay at the mall and the local chick fil la. China has a huge number of issues. But that doesn't make the culture less interesting.
And by the way, some of the hottest women in the world are in Shanghai...lol
And by the way, some of the hottest women in the world are in Shanghai...lol
Sorry, but the current culture of most of the people in mainland China is not 4000 or even 5000 years old. It is the Communist culture that started in the 1930s. It is born of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution and it is despicable.
The only way you can see the Chinese culture that you speak of is to leave mainland China and go to places like Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore where they were not ruined by Communism and the cult of Mao. That said, even those countries have been altered by foreign influences over the last few hundred years.
So really, the only way to see real Chinese culture is to build a time machine and go back to sometime before the late 1800s in mainland China
......and you should change the last sentence to "some of the hottest and most materialistic women in the world are in Shanghai
TP
09-01-2016, 05:38 PM
#220
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There are archeological sites in China and all over Asia where they have found cookware and utensils that date from 8000 to 9000 years BC....! That is 10 to 11 thousand years from the modern age......! From ink, to construction methods, to the ability to harness the power of water..., to the food we eat today, all has its roots in Asian civilization, Where do you think the Romans learned the technique to make the aqueduct? I have a very good friend of mine that is a chef and he always says that everyone eats Chinese food and don't even know it....., every time you cross a bridge, every time you use plumbing, every time you use garden tools, every time a ship crosses the Panama Canal....., all Chinese inventions! We shouldn't be so easily dismissive of other cultures, that is one of the western greatest mistakes.
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