Originally Posted by
FlyHalf10
Is your wife Filipina by any chance? If she is you can become a permanent resident in the Philippines and get a job with CP. Not hiring any fo's on the atr currently, maybe after upgrades happen and expat contracts expire.
To answer your first question, yes.
Even with permanent resident status it's next to impossible to get hired by any Filipino carrier. They prefer hiring Filipino citizens. I have had several conversations with the CebuPac Chief Pilot and I have also had conversations with PAL.
There are lots of Philippine Nationals that can fill those slots. If you want to work over there you have a better chance of working in China or Hong Kong and commuting to the Philippines.