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Old 05-21-2015, 03:47 AM
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Denti
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The lowcost carriers are hiring, but prefer cadets from very few specific pilot schools, experience is not values there. Apart from that it is pretty slim, although the hiring window at british airways is open right now. Of course as a seniority driven legacy carrier everyone starts at the lowest pay point and as the most junior FO.

However the biggest problem might be gaining an EASA license. Which requires to take all 14 theoretical exams for which there is no officially released question bank. Additional to that you need practical training and a check flight (might be a simulator check). The amount of training depends on what the FTO you want to train with deems necessary.

Speaking the local language is pretty much required for any airline in europe with very few exceptions.


All in all the market is very bad right now, unemployment rates for pilots vary between 10 and 25% in european states.
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