Middle east flying gigs
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I’m very new to this forum. I’m a US citizen but I’m originally from the middle east and I wanted after I get my CPL from the USA to go back to the middle east(any country) to fly there. What are some low time pilot jobs out there and where can I look at to find them. Thank you for your help’
I’m very new to this forum. I’m a US citizen but I’m originally from the middle east and I wanted after I get my CPL from the USA to go back to the middle east(any country) to fly there. What are some low time pilot jobs out there and where can I look at to find them. Thank you for your help’
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You live in the literally the best place in the world to become a pilot. Get your commercial, instrument and CFI. Instruct until 1500 hours then get a regional jet job for a couple of years. Once you have some big jet time you'll be able to walk into any ME os an expat.
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I’m very new to this forum. I’m a US citizen but I’m originally from the middle east and I wanted after I get my CPL from the USA to go back to the middle east(any country) to fly there. What are some low time pilot jobs out there and where can I look at to find them. Thank you for your help’
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Stay in the US for your own sake!
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I think one reason why there are so few Americans in the ME is because of them still having to pay income taxes like normal US residents.
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They are exempt from tax on the first $120,000 of their Foreign Earned Income. The reason they all left (and stopped coming to) the ME is because they can easily make $200,000+ as a LCC FO with 15+ days off a month. At one point the largest pilot nationality at EK was Americans… they left simply because the Terms and Conditions, and opportunities got much better back home.
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Join any SO cadet programme CPL-> B737/A320 be it FlyDubai or some A320 operator preferably in Egypt, and after 5 years and 2000 jetliner hrs move back to US?
Long shot, but the finance should play out with two added benefits:
+ will appreciate the US for life
+ will quench the thrist of expat lifestyle and the roots calling for the ancestral region (two birds)
At the proper age which he seems to be, workable?
Join any SO cadet programme CPL-> B737/A320 be it FlyDubai or some A320 operator preferably in Egypt, and after 5 years and 2000 jetliner hrs move back to US?
Long shot, but the finance should play out with two added benefits:
+ will appreciate the US for life
+ will quench the thrist of expat lifestyle and the roots calling for the ancestral region (two birds)
At the proper age which he seems to be, workable?
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I'll bite now, or chew a little. 8-)
Join any SO cadet programme CPL-> B737/A320 be it FlyDubai or some A320 operator preferably in Egypt, and after 5 years and 2000 jetliner hrs move back to US?
Long shot, but the finance should play out with two added benefits:
+ will appreciate the US for life
+ will quench the thrist of expat lifestyle and the roots calling for the ancestral region (two birds)
At the proper age which he seems to be, workable?
Join any SO cadet programme CPL-> B737/A320 be it FlyDubai or some A320 operator preferably in Egypt, and after 5 years and 2000 jetliner hrs move back to US?
Long shot, but the finance should play out with two added benefits:
+ will appreciate the US for life
+ will quench the thrist of expat lifestyle and the roots calling for the ancestral region (two birds)
At the proper age which he seems to be, workable?
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My observed experience in the EU is the fishy pay-to-typerate programmes break out even or actually outperform the in-house/MPL cadetship routes within 5 years. While being more accessible to wider choice of talented people of various backgrounds and geographical roots.
Good for the poster to read your valuable insights, thanks for sharing those.
Good for the poster to read your valuable insights, thanks for sharing those.
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My observed experience in the EU is the fishy pay-to-typerate programmes break out even or actually outperform the in-house/MPL cadetship routes within 5 years. While being more accessible to wider choice of talented people of various backgrounds and geographical roots.
Good for the poster to read your valuable insights, thanks for sharing those.
Good for the poster to read your valuable insights, thanks for sharing those.
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Yes however the original poster is not in the EU they are in the US where there are neither MPL “cadetships” or “pay to play” routes…..for a US airlines you build some time in a light aircraft, get hired at a regional airline then THEY give you your type rating and instead of bonding you they give you a bonus if you stay…. Then (in the current era at least) you move on to a legacy or LCC in a few years . Apples to Oranges
The pitch was WizzAir Abu Dhabi (TR cost 15k USD) or cadetship at DXB FlyDubai. I would suppose Air Arabia preys on the market of young talent too. By the end of year 4 the gent would have accumulated 2k jet hours, but that's a full circle we discussed already.
Not sure how much of a curved ball that is, luckily I don't need to play it. The point being made was about finances, that pay-to-rate is not any weaker on the cash after 5 yrs - despite the instincts to opine otherwise - pure capitalism at work. Not that it is any good but only that the financial argument cannot be used against it.
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You live in the literally the best place in the world to become a pilot. Get your commercial, instrument and CFI. Instruct until 1500 hours then get a regional jet job for a couple of years. Once you have some big jet time you'll be able to walk into any ME os an expat.
