From my thousands of hours over Asia, let me tell you that you cannot understand the international flying, UNLESS YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF HOURS OVER ASIA! Not only Asia, but S. America, Africa, Oceania, etc. What works in our great country, does not work overseas. You must be able to understand how these third world air traffic controllers operate. Yes, hopefully an f/o will learn how to handle situational awareness after several years of this type of work, but please do not think that the world wide ACMI business is anything like our domestic operations. I work for a scheduled 121 carrier in the vast Asian continent, and we spit out lots of guys that think things out here should be like the USA. It just doesn't work that way, and anyone thinking that they can hack a job at a major international freight-hauler should consider my advice. I personally work for a passenger carrier, you must carry a serious sense of humor to even show up to work. On the other hand, I love this work, and it pays lots of money. Nuff said.