Genghis: Off the topic of pay, but is it more difficult for new pilots to catch on over there, partly due to much less experience for many, when they finally get hired by a regional? From reading Pprune in the past, and talking to an FO here, who left Cathay as FO a few years ago with the 744 and 777 type ratings, there seems to be so much more stress on the very deep academics in Britain/Ireland and Europe, Pac Rim, i.e. knowing how weather forecasting is done...
It leaves me wondering if too much extra academics could could confuse new pilots (and those from other flying cultures) make the "hands-on" training with the need for learning overall SA awareness more difficult than it needs to be? Pardon my questions about other flying cultures and traditions. Ours leaves a lot to be desired, especially from a foreign perspective.
Even in the US, pilots sometimes forget how so much book training can clutter the flow of cockpit procedures and cause too much analysis or second-guessing of what is built into company standardization, until they filter out almost all theory and simply remember procedures and develop "good judgement" and awareness.
[ 10 July 2001: Message edited by: Ignition Override ]