300 hour pilots
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From: australia
well ?
thanks for the replies...
Let me see if I understand this,....so lets say that, if my UNCLE owned an airline flying, RJs or whatever, and I was commercially licensed and instrument rated with 250 hours, could he legally hire me in the Great White North or would airline insurance companies preclude him from doing so...? (if i understand this right, most of you seem to think not...?)
Let me see if I understand this,....so lets say that, if my UNCLE owned an airline flying, RJs or whatever, and I was commercially licensed and instrument rated with 250 hours, could he legally hire me in the Great White North or would airline insurance companies preclude him from doing so...? (if i understand this right, most of you seem to think not...?)
Joined: May 2005
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From: Canada
To me a good solution to the poor pay in Canada is to have something like a trade union. Then inorder to have a valid license you will have to be a member of the union. Imagine the barganing power we pilots would have then when an employer starts to get cheap with us. Be it the pay issue or the bond issue I think things could be made alot better for us.
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From: Vancouver, Canada
Have been flying in the UK for the better part of the last decade.
The truth is, there is high demand for pilots here, and as long as you have a JAA ATPL (or even frozen CPL) and the right to live and work here, there are plenty of jobs to choose from.
In general, pay rates are much higher unless you are comparing with longtime AC captains, but no new AC joiners will ever see that payscale anyway.
It used to be that the UK was twice as expensive to live in as Canada but over the last few years that has changed dramatically. Unless you live in London, but I don't know how anyone can afford to live there!
Cost of housing is almost prohibitive for anyone coming here now, unfortunately. That is where the UK falls down in a big way. But day to day living is OK, prices look high because they already include the tax (unlike in Canada where it is added at the till). Same goes for restaurants, where the menu looks expensive but tax is already included.
Its all worth it though, if you want to get into a jet.
The truth is, there is high demand for pilots here, and as long as you have a JAA ATPL (or even frozen CPL) and the right to live and work here, there are plenty of jobs to choose from.
In general, pay rates are much higher unless you are comparing with longtime AC captains, but no new AC joiners will ever see that payscale anyway.
It used to be that the UK was twice as expensive to live in as Canada but over the last few years that has changed dramatically. Unless you live in London, but I don't know how anyone can afford to live there!
Cost of housing is almost prohibitive for anyone coming here now, unfortunately. That is where the UK falls down in a big way. But day to day living is OK, prices look high because they already include the tax (unlike in Canada where it is added at the till). Same goes for restaurants, where the menu looks expensive but tax is already included.
Its all worth it though, if you want to get into a jet.
