Are you pretty shure that they are working in the middle east? I heard a rumour, they are still in that EMS company as free lance pilots?!!! So, maybe, there are no vacancies.
There is at least one guy which is not working in the oil business and there is only one british/german citizen, I know for shure that he will be in Abu Dhabi pretty soon.
What's about flight and duty times in that business? I heard there is one company, which forced their pilots to manipulate these things? Is that true? How is the pay? What kind of type rating is needed? Do I have to pay for it?
