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Agreed. Not withstanding pay and QOL, one of my considerations for accepting a contract is the cultural experience the location offers. Usually half the pilot group are citizens where the airline was located. The other pilots, of course, were from all corners of the globe. Met a bunch of great guys and gals along the way. SOme of which I'm still in contact with from as far back as my first contract from 1992. I guess I have to say all the contracts were great... some greater than others though.Originally Posted by The Dominican
OMG! From everywhere......! Just about every expat pilot gig is like that....., and that makes it very interesting actually, I've been very fortunate to fly with pilots from very diverse backgrounds and I have learned a lot from many of them...., hopefully I've taught them something along the way as well...!
I will say contracts in the earlier years was a crap shoot. No internet to gather information other than word of mouth from pilots I met along the way. There were fewer agencies out there too... more reputable too. Some agencies today do not come to the defense of their clients allowing airlines to violate the basic concept QOL and or pay. With the Internet, in addition to word of mouth the potential expat can now be an "educated consumer" before signing on the dotted line.
Still the best 25 years of my flying, and wouldn't trade if for, no pun intended, the world.