International flying is no big deal. Oceanic flying is no big deal. You can "gouge yourself up" in a few days doing nothing but internet searches, and maybe pmailing some guys on online forums. As long as you are able to prepare yourself, I am sure you will do fine.

You are no more dead crashing mid-ocean, than you are into the Rockies.

Europe and mideast can be a bit difficult, not because of bad ATC, but because of many dialects on the radio. Crossing a FIR, you will have a Turkish controller giving you a Spanish fix, or vice versa. You will screw this up the first 10 times, no matter how much you study. So did everybody else. It is not like South and Central America where every controller says "Royer".

BUT, a very smart contract pilot once told me,

1. If it pays a lot, it is because no one wants to work there.
2. If it is a commuter job, it is because no one wants to live there.
3. If they have low standards, see rule #1 and #2, and they are looking for someone desperate.

In your case, you might just be lucky and have an "in".

What the heck. Go for it.



"Don't be afraid of failure, be afraid of the opportunities you miss, when you don't even try."