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Old 21st Sep 2011, 23:51
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flysax
 
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yes there might be a shortage for pilots in asia, but sure no airline is hiring a first officer with
  • 250 hours total flight time - 220 hours SEL and 30 hours MEL
  • Private Pilot, Airplane Single Engine Land
  • Commercial Pilot, Airplane Single Engine Land / Instrument
  • Commercial Pilot, Airplane Multi-Engine Land / Instrument
so the odds are very low for you to get a job rite away with an airliner as soon as you get your licence as of today. May be things might change and look different when you get your licence (to be optimistic), but still it can swing against you.

As of now most airliners across the world (Asia) are hiring someone with 1500 hrs TT of which min 500 hrs on type. But there have been odd cases were people with out 500 hrs on type get a job they would have more experience and would have flown some other EFIS modern jet or have done instruction with 3000+ hrs on multi etc. So pretty much not for 250 hrs TT time. So honestly speaking there is no way you will land up with an airliner with 250 odd hrs.

And it would not be as easy as you would think,
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being korean american i want to work for a korean airlines and commute from cities in the us(LA, Dallas, Chicago)
i guess you need to wait for few years to get to fly routes of your choice.

If you have the right to work in US, you can get your Instructor rating done after your Commercial and the odds rite now are looking better for getting into a regional airliner with 500hrs TT and 100hrs multi. which will open up the gates for you to move to any airline in the world after few years.


Good Luck
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