Originally Posted by
UCLAbruins
I spent a few months in Asia. Not the story I heard from Brazilian pilots, not even close. But if that's what you say, then its probably true, I wouldn't know.
Not to argue with you, I really don't care, It's not like I'm planing on going there, Just that I heard a different version, and it wasn't as you're describing it, that's all.
but anyway moving on.
Those pilots you met in Asia lived in a different Brazil, different economic reality. It was the reason they were not in Brazil in the first place back then. Imagine being an MD-11 captain with no job...you would run to Asia as well.
No need to get angry or frustrated about it...glad you don't care
But next time I would suggest prefacing your statements with, "I heard..." rather than making it seem so definitive.
To be fair, what you heard and repeated here was not wrong per se...there was a time when it was true. It is just not the reality of the "new" Brazil.
For some perspective, you would be suprised to hear what some American pilots flying for Emirates, Cathay, and others would say about the U.S.A. Let's just say that the tea party crowd would not be pleased.