Expats vs. Locals
I've heard that CHC Global generally prefers to hire local nationals to fill copilot slots and only uses expats to get the pilot experience needed for captain slots. Do any of you anticipate that, as those local copilots gain experience, the company will eventually stop hiring expats as the local pilots become captains? I'd imagine that would lower the company's costs considerably.
As an aside, how would a job with CHC Global compare with working for one of the CHC outfits in the North Sea while living someplace other than Europe? Wouldn't the higher compensation in the North Sea significantly exceed the pilot's out-of-pocket cost to fly between work and home for each hitch? I guess it would depend on the tax situation and whether a non-EU citizen would have to pay income tax in the country they work. And then there's the work visa issue...not sure how easy those are to get.