Originally Posted by
Truckdriverhsu
So, whats up with the hostility towards asian pilots? Yes, we do not welcome expats, there i said it. Just like how the US/EU carriers DO NOT accept pilots who are non-citizens/residences. All countries, want to protect their own labour opportunities, especially in the avaition industry. The fact that we do, shows that Asia is definitely still short of pilots (captain mostly ofcourse).
Western airlines accept pilots who have the right to work in their respective countries. It's not uncommon to see various nationalities working in western airlines, even the majors. But the key here is those foreign nationals went through a process to either gain citizenship or become a resident. The big difference is, western airlines welcome anyone, irregardless of nationality as long as they meet the criteria. Asian airlines have an obvious grudge against westerners, even if they jump through the hoops of citizenship or residency of the host country.
Originally Posted by
Truckdriverhsu
Instructors, are not god. I dont know what information or what pilots other people have met, and ive come across national instructors, south african instructors, Australian instructor a whole lot, and people are people, there are instructors who you just dont like, nor do they like you, it depends on your attitude and skill too, does it not? As if working in western airlines dont have this issue. Im going to come clean though, some specific airlines or fleets do have a higher possibly to meeting such instructors, but most are freindly.
In western airlines, the training is professional and taught by professionals. The majority of western airlines have embraced the AQP method of training which focuses on actually training the pilot, not just giving a continuous checkride.
In asian culture, training must be brutal and humiliating. The asian philosophy is "If you are punished, you will learn". While western airlines have Instructors who are vested in seeing the students succeed, asian carrier instructors view themselves as the ones that must weed out the weak.
Also, in asian culture, titles mean everything. To have the title "instructor" or "check pilot" means they sit on the side of God himself, and they are to never be questioned. Never.