Foreigners working in Philippines?
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Foreigners working in Philippines?
Are there any foreign pilots or expats whatever you wanna call it working in the country or do they only hire locals? If yes what licenses FAA or European or something else? Thanks
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Originally Posted by Flying Mechanic
Yes there are expats with Cebu pacific and Zest Air, think most icao licenses can be converted to the local one. Nice country to live and work.
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tu144... CebuPac is the only airline in the Philippines that i am aware of that definitely hires expats (at the moment). Last I heard Air Asia and Seair were open to the 'possibility' of hiring expats in future but as the two best paid airlines in the Phils they have no shortage of locals hoping to join.
I'm a dual national flying in the Philippines and know pilots flying for most of the airlines. Whilst it may seem some of the airlines (other than Cebupac) hire expats normally the person has a connection to the Philippines e.g as far as I'm aware the only 'expats' that fly for Zest are a German-Filipino (with dual nationality), an Indian married to a Filipina and a Qatari (who's lived in Philippines most or all his life and may as well be Filipino... speaks Tagalog etc). Same with Seair. I converted my licence from JAA/EASA and I know of others converting from Canadian, FAA and Australian licences.
That said, I know of plenty of expats working in General Aviation as instructors, flying cargo etc.
I understand there are no contract agencies anymore, any expats or 'expats' hired on local terms.
I'm a dual national flying in the Philippines and know pilots flying for most of the airlines. Whilst it may seem some of the airlines (other than Cebupac) hire expats normally the person has a connection to the Philippines e.g as far as I'm aware the only 'expats' that fly for Zest are a German-Filipino (with dual nationality), an Indian married to a Filipina and a Qatari (who's lived in Philippines most or all his life and may as well be Filipino... speaks Tagalog etc). Same with Seair. I converted my licence from JAA/EASA and I know of others converting from Canadian, FAA and Australian licences.
That said, I know of plenty of expats working in General Aviation as instructors, flying cargo etc.
I understand there are no contract agencies anymore, any expats or 'expats' hired on local terms.
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all the expats were ask to leave cebu the end of last year. there are no expats at cebu unless they have some kind of dual citizenship.
I'm sure allot of the past expats would like to return if possible........unless something has changed very recently
I'm sure allot of the past expats would like to return if possible........unless something has changed very recently
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All of you are wrong. At Zest there are 3 mexican, 3 romanians and and a few americans. As far as cebu is concerned, there are lots of expats, but they have to agree to local terms.
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how about PAL?
How about pilots at PAL? How come we haven't heard much/ complains from pal pilots. Maybe its a good place to work for now? Any info about pal would be greatly appreciated.
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