Any Help For an experienced pilot?
 

Hello fellow ppruners,

I feel as if this post might be a long shot, but i'll go ahead and ask around hoping to get a response.

Do any of you know of airlines/companies hiring guys with a CPL? I have 2100+ hours total time 500+ PIC and 1500+ multi turboprop time. A corporate jet job would be nice. I'm not necessarily looking for an airline job it can be a private operator also. I've tried applying at Air Macau (Non-Typed FO), Hong Kong Airlines (Non-Typed FO), Hong Kong Express (Non-Typed FO) even Cathay Pacific as an SO. I haven't received a response from any of those carriers and at this point don't expect a response to my applications at this point. I have a European passport, but not an EASA license. Would be willing to convert to an EASA ATPL if offered a job in the operations department of a European carrier however.

I thank you all for your responses and thanks for trying to help a fellow aviator out.

Regards,

I think you need to decide whether you stick with operators who recognise the FAA licence, or whether having an EASA licence would improve your chances of employment.
Do you hold a FAA ATP?
The chances of being offered in anticipation of an EASA licence is remote. Start with the 14 ATPL written exams, and then the flying conversion course.
Probably issue of EASA class one medical must be a priority before spending your hard earned money

No I dont hold a FAA ATP, my written expired. I would like to stay with operators that recognuize the FAA license, but they are mostly only in the USA and I have no green card or work permit to work there. I feel I would stand a better chance with an EASA license because I possess the nationality. The EASA medical should be a problem at all because for my ICAO medical I have to do all the same examinations as EASA such as blood test & EKGs.

Thanks for the response.

Time to crack on with the EASA route then.
UK modular routes are well served by competent GS organisations with distant learning options.

Yea, thats what i was thinking also. Those 14 exams sound like work. The only subjects I'm worried about are General Navigation and Radio Navigation. For my ICAO license I had to also do Navigation which consisted of calculating the great circle distance and beginning and ending angles. Something tells me the EASA includes that too.

Thanks for the advice.