Working in China!

[Enzo999]

As someone who will very shortly be looking for work. A320 Captain with 700 PIC on type China is likely to be my only option for a few years. Can anyone shed some light on what it’s like to work there, language barriers, Companies to avoid/target, recruitment processes, basically anything useful you can think of. I have worked in the ME before but never the Far East and before CV hit I never thought I would be looking for a new job so my knowledge of the Chinese market is very limited.

Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

[TheAirMission]

As a heads up, not sure if you have looked in the past, but with that amount of PIC time you are probably looking at a return to the RHS with any Chinese airline.

[Enzo999]

Oh right. I did not think China took non nationals in to the RHS. I had a quick look most 320 operators seem to be asking for 500 PIC on type.

[macdo]

As far as I'm aware (and I might be wrong) of the substantial number of redundant Thomas Cook pilots who looked at China, not one actually went. Took too long, too many obstructions etc. Try Jetstar Japan.

[FlightDetent]

Have you read the book?

[TheAirMission]

Originally Posted by Enzo999

Oh right. I did not think China took non nationals in to the RHS. I had a quick look most 320 operators seem to be asking for 500 PIC on type.

Maybe I was only looking at the heavy jets for direct entry captains, but I'm sure most DEC big jets were requiring a few thousand hours PIC. Happy to be wrong, hope it works out for you.

[UberPilot]

Originally Posted by TheAirMission

Maybe I was only looking at the heavy jets for direct entry captains, but I'm sure most DEC big jets were requiring a few thousand hours PIC. Happy to be wrong, hope it works out for you.

The A320 operators seem to want either 500 or 1000 PIC. It’s a bit of a moot point though as all the expats were sent home in December and not much has happened since. I doubt anyone who loses a job in Europe will walk into a Chinese one...

[randon]

Originally Posted by Enzo999

As someone who will very shortly be looking for work. A320 Captain with 700 PIC on type China is likely to be my only option for a few years. Can anyone shed some light on what it’s like to work there, language barriers, Companies to avoid/target, recruitment processes, basically anything useful you can think of. I have worked in the ME before but never the Far East and before CV hit I never thought I would be looking for a new job so my knowledge of the Chinese market is very limited.

Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

It's gonna take almost 12 months for you to complete all the screening and the training to be ready to fly. By that time, you will be probably back flying to your previous airline.

[bringbackthe80s]

Originally Posted by Enzo999

As someone who will very shortly be looking for work. A320 Captain with 700 PIC on type China is likely to be my only option for a few years. Can anyone shed some light on what it’s like to work there, language barriers, Companies to avoid/target, recruitment processes, basically anything useful you can think of. I have worked in the ME before but never the Far East and before CV hit I never thought I would be looking for a new job so my knowledge of the Chinese market is very limited.

Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

Don’t want to sound pessimistic, but what makes you think China will be hiring anytime soon?

[captains.log]

Originally Posted by FlightDetent

Have you read the book?

"Flying Upside Down"...?

P222

Unpleasant people...

[Meester proach]

Peach air Japan want A320 folk. 5-7 months out there licence con version , training. Long time to be away if you have fam

[hijack]

Originally Posted by Enzo999

As someone who will very shortly be looking for work. A320 Captain with 700 PIC on type China is likely to be my only option for a few years. Can anyone shed some light on what it’s like to work there, language barriers, Companies to avoid/target, recruitment processes, basically anything useful you can think of. I have worked in the ME before but never the Far East and before CV hit I never thought I would be looking for a new job so my knowledge of the Chinese market is very limited.

Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

You need to go thru an employment agency.

[hijack]

beware of the so called agencies.

[FlightDetent]

Read the book. As matter of fact GCR themselves become a bit of a secret sweet spot for some time before covid hit, on the pay vs. off-days scale but lately there are verified accounts they treated the foreigners the worst during the pandemic years. Also the HNA group has not yet learned to respect a written contract.

SCAL, Xiamen, CZ, Spring - not pretty but years ahead of the famous team.





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