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Old 27th Jan 2014, 13:02
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karanou
 
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you are exceedingly lucky you might land something but you need to be prepared for the possibility of finding an extra £30,000 or so to fund type rating and also be prepared to have travel to another country or continent to find work. ......

Correct in a fashion however Id add the following

To be clear on this point: even with a type rating and currency there is still quite a queue for these jobs.

I know of guys with ratings on B737 and A320 who cannot even break into the market half way round the world on chicken feed wages

Also there are guys out in these jobs with unfrozen licences and jet experience hours into four figures cant find a way back into the UK

Do comprehensive research on both the European marketplace and the UK marketplace. Never forget the training schools have thousands and thousands of reasons to tell you exactly what you want to hear.
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