Making the move....
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Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Calgary,Alberta, Canada
Making the move....
Howdy folks, I need some advice from any of you that can give me some honest answers. This includes the most experienced airline drivers to private pilots. I am in the middle of the JAA ATPL modular course. I am an EU citizen who grew up in Canada. I have experience and education. I will have over 3500 hours (all multi crew/multi turbo prop experience) when ready to make the move. I want to work in Europe within the next 2 years. Now the question. What, given the current situation and the hope things improve in the near future can I expect for jobs??? Should I continue?? Thanx in advance and good luck to ALL of you good people looking for work or training for the best job in the world. You can't beat the view.
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From: Way Down South
Hi there.. .I personally can't see much in the way of good news on the horizon. Have a look at the 'Rumours and News' forum and see the thread 'Free First Officers'.. .I got my FATPL over a year ago, you do have around 6 times the hrs I have though.. . . . <small>[ 23 March 2002, 19:36: Message edited by: Im Not ]</small>
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Actually, with your hours and experience, and the current improvement in the whole aviation outlook, I would think you have a fairly reasonable chance of emplyment in two years or so. I would expect the backlog of currently unemployed pilots to have disappeared by then, and the output of the then-remaining FTOs to be insufficient to feed the airlines' requirements.. .Study of the recovery after the 89/90/91 aviation recession would suggect that things will be looking pretty good by 2004.
