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Old 24th Apr 2010, 21:00
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mad_jock
 
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Depends which country and what your experence base is and what you want to do.

European countrys generally are ok but most mainland europe will have a local lingo requirement for low houred pilots. This magically disappears if you have a skill set that they want.

Outside europe generally they have some form of local protection for low houred pilots nicking local jobs. Again if you have a skill set they want you will get the job.

You will find expats in most country's and depending on the country will dictate at what level you will find them at.

First job cpl/ir/mcc no type rating or less than 1000 hours on type/class (when i say Class i mean TP/ Jet/wide body etc, you can get away with having zero hours on type but if you say have 4000 hours on a similar type in the same class and they need DEC's you won't have a problem if of course you are already a Captain) and you won't get touched. Sometimes the company will actually want to employ you but local rules and regs mean that you won't be able to convert your lic to a local one.

Your banging you head against the old problem of nobody will touch you without hours and you have no way of getting those hours.
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