Italian Bob, its not that they struggle so much to find candidates from the " West" its more that so many fail at selection.. nearly 50% medicals, some at sims, some with references and the rest don't even get as far as day 2. These western candidates then end up trawling the agencies and trying to find a gig for the over 55s. On the other hand, the sharp Russians and Baltic State guys seem to sail through..me thinks there is a clear message there! You can't be out of the game for years, swilling beer in Surrey, have belly like a whale and expect to get through on the " well when I was a TC at xxx" . Why people choose to apply in the first instance is up to them, maybe escapism, maybe the 5th wife, kids in college etc, who knows. But... as pointed out to exhaustion, guys should go into this with their eyes wide open..Now days Istanbul is about as safe as Belfast was in the 80s..
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