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Originally Posted by NYC Pilot
Short answer is no. Most Chinese jobs require a type rating with 500 PIC hours in type..
In general true i guess. However, chinese carriers are open for cooperation on that front with other airlines. We had a program running for a while where our FOs were selected as Captains with chinese carriers, (Tianjin, Xiamen and another carrier) did their upgrade with us plus their normal linetraining (100 hours, 40 sectors) and then went on to fly as normal captains in china on A320 or 737. That way they didn't need the 500 PIC hours on type, but some hours experience on type. IIRC 4000 hours for the A320 and 1500 hours for the 737. Sadly i have no idea about something like that for the Embraers.