Flight instructor job

[aymthemis]

Hi everyone,

I am currently a flight instructor in France with 500 Hrs.
I'd really like to move to South East Asia and work there.

Are there any chances to find a job as an instructor there.

I was also planning to come in may and knock at the airlines and small commuter's door.
Is it worth it or is the market completely saturated.

Thanks

[Captain Stravaigin]

As a Brit living in Malaysia I can only answer for one country.

It is not easy. I had a German friend trying to get an AFI rating here, she eventually gave up.

I spent 9 months trying to get my AFI rating renewed (admittedly whilst the two MH disasters were extant). So the bureaucracy is infuriating.

This is one of the few (two) countries in ASEAN where English is the main language, I exclude Singapore as they have no airspace worth talking of.

I teach in Vietnam and can tell you that French is becoming of increasingly less importance in that country. Only (in my experience) people of over the age of 50 have any knowledge of the language.

Hope this helps.

[abby001]

Hey fellow pilot.

I talked to all the schools that exist in Indonesia in 2014, CFI and head of operation of one of the schools told me the law says you must have at least 250 hours of instruction given to validate your license and for insurance purposes, but the schools only consider people with 500 hours of instruction given, and that's just considering them for possible interview.
And from my friends in Indonesia I hear the operators won't accept walk in interviews. And remember the law for validating your license there is you must have at least 250 hours of time on type before they hire you and convert your license and everything. (That law only applies to planes with more than 12 sits.)
Why dont you consider Susi air? I hear guys have a lot of fun flying with them, and no need for 250 hours on type with them.