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Old 11th Jun 2012, 16:00
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If I were in your shoes, what I would do is come to the US and take a CFI job. If you are flexible about where you live, this should not be a big problem. Do this until you can get hired by a regional, and try to get into an aircraft that has wide usage internationally, like an Embraer regional jet, or an Airbus. If you can get to the point that you have 500 hours in something like that, there are jobs in China, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, etc. that pay well. Just be prepared to not make any real money instructing and at the US regional.
I know guys flying Embraer at NAS in Saudi Arabia making more than $12,000 a month as captain or more than $9000 a month as F.O. I would do that myself, but those jobs need 500 time in type, and for me to go to a regional now to get that would be a big step backwards.
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