China Hiring U.S. pilots...
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Maybe I just got lucky! My first chinese job was a 50% parttime contract with MU starting in CDG and ending in CDg after twelve days! The rest of the month belonged to me (2008/2009). Was too good to be true . Then had the chance to change to HU, frustrating five months until first flight , then full time ex PEK with ten free days in Europe. After 1 1/2 years a 70 percent parttime job with guaranteed 14 days off in Europe (excluding travel/DHC days). Was ok and would have gotten better. The two remaining chaps of my original 11 man group are on 70% respectively 50% parttime contract, but for me it was enough. Not that I was treated unfairly but the commuting was taking its toll and the grey areas that you as Cpt were held responsible got too big for my liking. Money was 30% above my old salary and the scheduling was horror pure but only because we wanted our free days en bloc.
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As far as I can tell it's the same old, poaching out of the commuters for guys with the requisite time in model and not hiring guys with serious flight time.
An Airbus type is cheaper then King Air reccurent, yet, they need 320 PIC to sit in the cockpit.
Not sure who's insuring them over there, but there are a ton of high time pilots with zip airline time that would be willing to go over there and kick some butt. At some point this airline mentality of circling the wagons toward the guys that 'got in' will have to morph to just hiring qualified guys.
An Airbus type is cheaper then King Air reccurent, yet, they need 320 PIC to sit in the cockpit.
Not sure who's insuring them over there, but there are a ton of high time pilots with zip airline time that would be willing to go over there and kick some butt. At some point this airline mentality of circling the wagons toward the guys that 'got in' will have to morph to just hiring qualified guys.
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There will most certainly be an easing of type or time in type requirements, but there is no possibility of putting a citation driver into the left seat of a transport jet. It is a different animal, and 1,000 PIC in a heavy jet (> 50,000 tons) would seem a reasonable minimum to offer a CCQ into a different type.
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Sorry, 3000k in airlines doesn't trump 11000 PIC in corporate.
An Airbus type is one week, 300 in type is 3 months.
So do you really think 3 months in type trumps 20 years full time in aviation?
If so you have drunk the kool aid and again this is just about filling seats with marshmellows that are too scared or too unqualified to work anywhere else. This is about control and keeping the natives docile.
Sooner or later, a few more crashes, more dead bodies, the airlines will be forced to hire experience. Right now no one cares, to let the stupidity continue.
Sorry, 3000k in airlines doesn't trump 11000 PIC in corporate.
An Airbus type is one week, 300 in type is 3 months.
So do you really think 3 months in type trumps 20 years full time in aviation?
If so you have drunk the kool aid and again this is just about filling seats with marshmellows that are too scared or too unqualified to work anywhere else. This is about control and keeping the natives docile.
Sooner or later, a few more crashes, more dead bodies, the airlines will be forced to hire experience. Right now no one cares, to let the stupidity continue.
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"So do you really think 3 months in type trumps 20 years full time in aviation"?
First thing you have to realize in the contract aviation world is the current minimums are REQUIRED. It may not seem right or fair to you but to the requesting companies this is what they want. Nothing less. 500 hours in type will always trump 20 years in a corporate jet, unless of course you are applying for that particular type corporate jet. It is just the way it is. If you want to be marketable then you have to fulfill the prerequisites.
"So do you really think 3 months in type trumps 20 years full time in aviation"?
First thing you have to realize in the contract aviation world is the current minimums are REQUIRED. It may not seem right or fair to you but to the requesting companies this is what they want. Nothing less. 500 hours in type will always trump 20 years in a corporate jet, unless of course you are applying for that particular type corporate jet. It is just the way it is. If you want to be marketable then you have to fulfill the prerequisites.
