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Old 01-20-2020, 08:02 AM
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Well.....So much for romance and adventure in aviation...Trudge on.
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Old 01-21-2020, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Greygore1869 View Post
Hello, I am a 2200TT regional pilot. Currently in a situation where my home base will be shutting down by the end of summer. Looking for ideas and recommendations on good foreign airlines that American citizens can go work for? My wife and I are keeping any options open and think it might be fun to relocate for a few years.

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UAE? Qatar? I'd look to the Middle East. But a better forum for that is PPRUNE.org. Basically the international(non-American) version of this site.
https://www.pprune.org/pprune-worldwide-8/
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Old 01-21-2020, 07:23 PM
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If foreign excitement is what you seek, check out L3 and some of the other mil contractors. The living conditions in some of the places they have rotations are not so great, but you might enjoy the higher risk environment of that kind of flying.

A few years back there was some recruiting going on for C-47 gunship ops. That’s all done for now AFAIK. However there is still some merc type flying going on in places. Most sane Americans would pass it up in this economy.

I think Berry Aviation has some sensor ops over in the ME.
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Old 01-22-2020, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Greygore1869 View Post
Welp this thread didn’t exactly go as I thought it might.....lol
Hey Grey

Yeah the most folks are giving you the straight up... The USA Market is the best place going today... Your CV is a little lite to head out into the Expat market... There are only a few places that hire F/Os NTR with under 2000TT... EVA & Emirates last time I checked... If you did get hired there you could expect 5-10 years to upgrade... The pay these days at the Tier 1/2 Carriers are now much better than the Expat jobs except for some of the Chinese Contracts... China you will earn your money, if you have not visited please do to get a real look... Even staying 2 weeks won't give you the inside look on the way things really roll...

If you are dead set in taking a working adventure good on ya... Do some home work and know more than likely you will loose money in your life long career earnings... I would recommend you upgrade at your regional and get 500 hrs command before heading out on your Adventure... During this time, suspect it would take another year before getting your time... Identify the Carriers you would qualify at... Then take a holiday with your wife to the bases offered and have a look... If things look good start the app process... Do the screening and if all goes well make a choice...

Don"t be dejected that some who are and have been abroad tell ya you are better off to stay put... Take that info, look at what is available and what fits you & your family... Run some numbers (Money/Career earnings) and do what is best for you...

Good luck... PM me if you want some info from some one who has been outside the USA 10+ years and has mate who has done 23+ years and is now back and VERY happy to be...

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Old 01-24-2020, 03:52 AM
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Asiana and Korean Air are two that you may want to take a closer look at.
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Old 01-24-2020, 08:50 AM
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Asiana and Korean Air are two that you may want to take a closer look at.
Both these outfits only take experienced DEC's
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Old 01-25-2020, 02:26 AM
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Both these outfits only take experienced DEC's
Nope.
I had a buddy do an interview/assessment in ‘19 with Asiana for a FO position on their Airbus fleet.
He’s got around 2500-3000 hrs
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Rather than up-end your whole life and make a major commitment you can also look at some of the pilot contracting companies like ACASS, etc. You can get various short term contracts there. Your pay gets routed through ACASS so you don't have a lot of the financial considerations associated with exporting funds that you typically get in Africa, etc. Once you gain some familiarity in a part of the world you like, you can work for principal directly.
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Originally Posted by TiredSoul View Post
Nope.
I had a buddy do an interview/assessment in ‘19 with Asiana for a FO position on their Airbus fleet.
He’s got around 2500-3000 hrs
Good luck with that, now they want 500 hours on type for a job that will NEVER upgrade you, when they (here in Asia) place minimums that they know won't get any suitable takers is because they don't want any, they just don't want to pull the job listing so as to appear in constant demand.
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Originally Posted by geosync View Post
UAE? Qatar? I'd look to the Middle East. But a better forum for that is PPRUNE.org. Basically the international(non-American) version of this site.
https://www.pprune.org/pprune-worldwide-8/
Every repat I’ve flown with here at Spirit that escaped the sandbox all had exactly the same thing to say; they couldn’t get out there fast enough.

There’s nothing glamorous about flying 100+ hours every month doing long-haul red eye turns to India in a wide body.

Stay stateside, get another regional job, suck it up for maybe a year then get on with just about anyone that’s hiring.

It’s not 2010. Conditions with overseas employment are not even remotely close to what they were a decade ago.

Especially in the sandbox. They will work you to death.
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