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Old 7th Feb 2010, 00:15
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If you want to work in China..!!

Hello,

In China it is difficult to find a job unless you are an experienced Captain. The reason is pilots are recruited from College by the airlines and the airlines pay and send them to flight school. The pilots complete their flight triaing with around 300 hours and a Commercial, Multi and Instrument rating. They then start flight training with the airline and mainly ride as a jumpseat cockpit observer and fly on occation with an instructor. They slowly build their flight time but is is a very slow process, resulting in the airlines running short Captains. That is the story for China.

They get thier pilots for very cheap, pay them very little and keep them for life. They are not allowed to quit. Remember China Eastern? The Chinese air carriers own their pilots and have there way with them, their quality of life is low.

To answer your question more directly there have been some instances of pilots getting jobs with low times. They need to be very young, a college grad and start as a so called cadet. Not in China but Korean Air and other air carriers offer this type of employment.

Check with airlines direcly and agencies to see those opportunites.

But once again for China I just don't think so.

Good Luck,

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