Originally Posted by Browntail
There was an article in ATW a few months ago stating that XJT was looking to place those RJs in eastern europe and fly feeder to an unnamed airline. They also said that they are looking at placing planes in China. Mesa is also looking at China as the next growth area. Be careful juinor types, you could end up in Bulgaria or China!
What a wonderful career you signed up for! Have fun commuting home from eastern europe or China on your 5 on 2 off schedule!
There are many, many hurdles to evercome before something like that would be possible.
The crews may need to be locals, and if not, they will need extensive license conversion, like a JAA ATPL
I would probably do a stint in either location if offered...I like to travel anyway, and that give me the benefits of travelling without the actual travel!
Presumably cost of living isn't too bad in quasi-third world countries.