Questions pertaining to the state of the american employment market? Seeking advice? Obviously not a moment to lose so lets roll our sleves up and get down to it.
The employment situation:
A certain regional airline (turboprop equipment) has suspended several essential air service contracts as a consequence of chronic pilot shortage,58 pilots are reported to have moved onto greener pastures within a 54 day period.
With your experience you will have no problems securing employment with a regional carrier although remuneration along with working conditions and quality of life will of course suck.
Now the advice:
Perhaps better to stay in good old blighty where a laughably inadequate 200hrs of bug smasher time nets you the right seat on a 'die by wire scarebus';you just have to twiddle a button or two and watch the aircraft fly itself.It is rumoured that on occasion the aircraft actually does what the pilot would have made it do manually if only the basic flying skills had been there.I personally place the blame for this lamentable state of affairs on british flight instructors insisting upon students watching the wingtips during primary flight training,stirling character building stuff of the old school that is unfortunately hopelessly wrong.
However,should you end up stateside then welcome to the real world of aviation and hearty congratulations on your escape from the limey twilight zone.
US regional airlines need pilots, you really should encounter no problems in getting hired.
[This message has been edited by XL5 (edited 17 October 1999).]