Medwin,
they upgrade by seniority not by nationality
Not true they do upgrade the odd token expat but for the most part it is locals first everyone else next ...they don't even upgrade the local pilots in order of seniority...it's mostly a political selection as in who spent the most of their days off working for free in the office. Also the locals need only 4000 hours logged to upgrade , expats are only considered if no locals meet the min qualification numbers.
xtwapilot
if you can get a 747 left seat where you are get it ....don't come as an F/O .
18 months ago 744 f/o started at 5300/month for 70hours then it went to 5100 now 4500 but most of the new guys don't have a type rateing so need a long course you would get a short course
these amounts do not include perdiem (4-600/month) or houseing about 1000 as a f/o more for a capt
get your left seat where you are or better yet apply to parc aviation for the NCA contract on a 742 way way better pay
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