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Old 10th Oct 2009, 09:27
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GlueBall
 
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Captain Mercurius: True, true, true . . . there aren't jobs for ALL unemployed pilots! Not now and not ever! Because we are not living on planet utopia.

Assuredly you are aware that the work reality outside western culture is far different from the culture of entitlement and escalating expectations that you may be accustomed to and may have taken for granted.

Because if you were to take up a job as a "guest worker" with an outfit in the desert or east asia you would necessarily have to suspend your pride and ego. In most cases you would be working as a glorified slave with no rights, no seniority and a roster that is ever changing.

Many experienced western expats quit because they cannot cope as second class citizens in a harsh, discriminatory work environment. The initial adventure and glitter of flying factory fresh jets soon gets old.

Notwithstanding the culture shock and social upheaval of transplanting your wife and kid(s), the 3RD world life style is hardly appealing to laid off senior citizen pilots from the western world.

Ideally, the expat jobs as such are well suited to homeless, divorced pilots without kids and baggage, without expectations beyond being paid to fly from point A to point B, one day at a time.
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