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Old 14th Feb 2013, 19:36
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archer_737
 
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Easy point here.

How many turkish pilots do you know in Air France? Actually, how many spanish or british guys do you know in Air France?
And how many italians in Lufthansa? And how many expats in KLM? Alitalia? British? etc etc etc

This is a flag carrier that, as someone mentioned above, belongs to a "big" country who will soon or later meet the requirements with the locals.

My advise, come here knowing that this isn't the place to progress as a young guy. Come here as an FO to grow your hours and do some money.
If you're a captain and you're close to the retirement age, come here to spend a nice time in a nice place and do a good money and that's it.

Good news for the 320 or 737 guys. Some of them already moved from right hand seat in the "small" planes to the 330 and 777 which means having a nice 3 weeks on 1 week off (often 10 consecutive days off a month) with a nice salary and just 2 or 3 hours away from home.
But... only few cases known, let's see if they really upgrade some few more guys or if we see finally some expat FO upgrading to CPT position.

Good luck to all.
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