Originally Posted by
dfwflyboy
It's Asia...read the news lately... lots of incidents happening from their low skill pilots. They'll realize the need for qualified expats soon enough when the tourist market dries up because no one wants to fly on those airlines.
That is a pretty ignorant and arrogant statement. Did you not notice a USAirways overrun in PHL due to pilot error? Something about throwing stones in glass houses comes to mind.
So to answer the previous poster.
I'd be interested in hearing from any Canadian expats working in China. I'm considering taking a leave to work a contract abroad. If any Canadians would like to share their experience and advice I would be happy to listen. I have 6500 TT, 1000 b737 TT and 500 b737 PIC. I've seen plenty of job posts via a multitude of recruiting agencies, but would like some insight from someone 'in the know' before committing to anything.
I'm not Canadian, not sure how many Canadians are on this board to be honest. My advice to start out with is choose your recruiting agency carefully. Next I would say to choose the airline you want to work for based a little on the QOL in your domicile.
There is basically no chance I would take a domicile in Beijing or any cold parts of northeastern China. Beijing because of the pollution and the others because they really aren't into indoor heating in China. It's usually colder indoors than it is outdoors in the winter. You have to experience that to understand what I am referring to.
If you think you'll need western comfort items then you'd be better off with Shanghai or Shenzhen. With Shenzhen it's easy to run across the border to Hong Kong to catch a breather from the cultural shock of China. Otherwise Kunming, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Xiamen, and a few others would be okay. Those places all have plusses and minuses.
Hope that helps,
Typhoonpilot