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Old 29th January 2006 | 05:31
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zakpeegoodus
 
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From: australia
forget it!!!!!!!!

Is this a wind-up?

I went to Canada in 2002 with 1,000 hours, a one year working holiday visa (you need to be under 30 to apply) and a few hundred seaplane. I was extremely fortunate to get work up-north flying a floatplane – I don’t think I will ever beat that for adventurous bush flying. I was VERY lucky.
But if you are not Canadian, with less than 1,000 hours forget it…even then forget it, unless you don't have anything better to do...

I had nothing better to do last year and went to the USA last year - with 3,000 hours, turbine time and an FAA ATPL. I stayed 3 months trying to get work before giving up…Without a green card forget it.

You WILL NOT get your first job overseas. Get some hours in Australia – it so much easier to get work in you own country....Seriously, do you think someone from north America could get a job flying in Australia with a fresh CPL and no work papers?
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