OP, if your friend has deep pockets there are still type rating schemes in Turkey with Sun Express via Stella in Holland, but from what I hear its hit and miss if you get hired. Having said that, SXS seem to like ex-pats and it may be worth a shot, although he would need to pass the DLR or equivalent and stump up the 30K Euro for the type rating. Don't have any contacts there but we have many cloggies that were there here and talk highly of the work environment. This is SXS Turkey, not SXD we are talking about.