Please read word number one of my post. The word ALMOST.

Based on your previous posts, I figured you would say something like that.

So you have have a couple of Japanese 320 jobs that pay less than 10k USD a month after tax (Vanilla, Peach, Jetstar). A 767 job that currently mostly hires only JCAB licensed captains. ALL these jobs take 6-9 months of ground school. I might do that for ANA, but not for any other job in Japan. Then again, I have always chose NOT to do it for ANA, even though it is a very good contract job.

Pretty much every other contract job in Asia, that pays anything and hires real pilots, requires that circling restriction be removed from your license. Most countries also will not accept a FAA temp license. You need the real deal.

I got a 737 rating a year ago. A week later, I got the circling restriction removed.

When I went to the contract world the first time, I didn't do it till I was ready to go. It cost me 3 months work.

For anybody thinking about doing contract work, do your homework ahead of time. Each country/Company has its own unique requirements, some of which can be EXTREMELY difficult, expensive, or time consuming to meet. Some, all three.

Japan requires all flight times to be in minutes, not decimal. And your logbooks have to be PERFECT, no mistakes. Korea requires flight times to be broken down within a type (aka 737 700 vs 800, 320 vs 321) Some require cross country time, believe it or not. These are just a few examples. Get ALL the requirements as far ahead as you can, to see if you can EVER meet them.

If you don't do it their way, you won't get the job. Period. You won't go there to teach them how to fly. They will teach you how to fly their way, to their SOPS's. Or you won't ever fly the line for them.

I flew in China for a two year contract. It was awesome. Made lots of money, and had a great time. Was it perfect? Not a chance. Neither is the mythical "dream" legacy airline job. I have 20 years at one, and am counting the days till I can get another LOA so I can go back to a contract job, probably China.