2010 deadline for expat pilots to leave INDIA
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I've been training Indian students in Miami for almost a year now... and they certainly are in a tough spot to find jobs back home. Personally I'd love to go to India and pick up a job flying an A320 but I'm not typed so that probably won't happen. Half of me is a bit jealous because it cuts me out of the loop, but on the other hand it does at least guarantee some of my students and ex students jobs. Like said previously, every government should take care of their own first. American pilots would become very bitter and spiteful if the American carriers were hiring type rated Indians, Chinese, Latins, Europeans etc. over paying for type ratings for upgrading American CFI's and FOs.
That all said I don't buy into this "by 2010" completely. Thats a goal, but the bad economy won't last forever. Worldwide, just like in America there will be a larger class of retiring pilots bringing up demand for pilots again. And from what I've seen in the past if they're short of pilots in America, they're even more desperate overseas and with the the potential aviation growth in India I don't think they'll be free of Expat pilots anytime soon. Aviation in America has already peaked, but in India/China/SE Asia they're still a lot of room to grow!
That all said I don't buy into this "by 2010" completely. Thats a goal, but the bad economy won't last forever. Worldwide, just like in America there will be a larger class of retiring pilots bringing up demand for pilots again. And from what I've seen in the past if they're short of pilots in America, they're even more desperate overseas and with the the potential aviation growth in India I don't think they'll be free of Expat pilots anytime soon. Aviation in America has already peaked, but in India/China/SE Asia they're still a lot of room to grow!
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i dont know anything ... :-(
how long does it take to convert your foriegn ICAO licence to DGCA india ?
how many jobless CPL + MECIR indians are there at the given moment ?
how many expat pilots are there at the moment in india ?
i am a student pilot will have my CPL in 3 months time and then i am thinking wat to do go back to india with MECIR or stay in australia with an INSTRUCTOR RATING .... ?
should i pay and get a A320 / B737 type rating ?
should i get 100 hours multi PIC Private hire after my MECIR ? and then look for a job ?
what to do i really dont know !!!!!!!!
how many jobless CPL + MECIR indians are there at the given moment ?
how many expat pilots are there at the moment in india ?
i am a student pilot will have my CPL in 3 months time and then i am thinking wat to do go back to india with MECIR or stay in australia with an INSTRUCTOR RATING .... ?
should i pay and get a A320 / B737 type rating ?
should i get 100 hours multi PIC Private hire after my MECIR ? and then look for a job ?
what to do i really dont know !!!!!!!!
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stay in australia with an INSTRUCTOR RATING .... work and fly as Inst until you get your ATPL....for the next 2-3 yrs there no jobs in India for CPL's....DO NOT PAY FOR TYPE RATING..until you get a letter of employment from an airline....
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One way F***s
10,000's of IT people are unemployed in the States because of Indians on H1B Visa program. Time to send them home. I wouild expect safety to suffer in India
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If you are an Indian CPL, flight instructing and gaining the experience you need will be critical for being prepared to sit in the right seat of a large transport jet. Being qualified should be more important than the politics of where your passport is issued. If you don't gain this experience, you will never have the respect of your fellow pilots.
