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Old 11th Oct 2013, 12:29
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mad_jock
 
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Not really for just starting pilot in there career.

the main problem with China is that they really don't want western crews over there and that there is a conflict of interest between the aviation groups which control things. One side wants them and the other doesn't

There is a huge failure rate of medicals as the westerners don't fit Chinese body profiles. And even if you do get in the door if a local looses face you will be out the door in a second.

that 30% of the total aviation workforce will retire between 2013 & 2014, something which John Allen from the FAA said was "astounding and dramatic" and that "we don't have a system to address the issue."
That's across all jobs related, the pilot side of things have been churning out pilots if we needed them or not for years. There will never be a shortage of qualified 200 hour without a type rating pilots in the EU.
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