Bjammin
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I'm an direct entry FO based out of LAX. I had 2800hrs, mostly jet, when I applied, no airline experience, and about 1000hrs multi-engine jet PIC.
What usually happens is the frieghters originate out of LAX, JFK, or now ATL and DAL then we fly through a secondary city like JFK-ORD, ATL-DAL or LAX-SFO then all those flights go to ANC. From there the jet will go across the pond to HKG while the crew spends the night and grabs a flight to HKG the next day or fly a flight coming in from HKG to one of the other domestic cities. If the crew goes to HKG we will spend a night or 2 then do the reverse. 2 or 3 of those a month with max out our hours.
You have a remote possibility of doing some domestic Asia flights out of HKG for a couple of days before you return to the states.
During training almost all my flights were on the PAX 744 flying all around Asia and based out of HKG.
As far as being an FO, I fly with almost all US or Canadian nationals and only see HKG for a day or 2 at a time.
Second Officers will be on the A-340 or 744 PAX and WILL be based out of HKG for a while. There are ways to get to the states after a year or 2, but it usually involves commuting back to HKG. SO's usually fly the ultra long haul PAX flights HKG to Europe or to LAX, SFO, JFK.
Sometimes we have a HKG based SO fly with us on the frieghter, but usually our crew of 3 is a captain and 2 type rated FO's with one being a relief captain.
The US bases are LAX, JFK, ORD and ANC. Maybe ATL and DAL someday.
Life in HKG is what you make of it. I absolutly love the city and can't wait to be based there eventually, but some get island fever and don't want to move their kids there because of the bad pollution. The air is VERY bad, but they are taking measures to improve the quality.
Hope this helps.
What usually happens is the frieghters originate out of LAX, JFK, or now ATL and DAL then we fly through a secondary city like JFK-ORD, ATL-DAL or LAX-SFO then all those flights go to ANC. From there the jet will go across the pond to HKG while the crew spends the night and grabs a flight to HKG the next day or fly a flight coming in from HKG to one of the other domestic cities. If the crew goes to HKG we will spend a night or 2 then do the reverse. 2 or 3 of those a month with max out our hours.
You have a remote possibility of doing some domestic Asia flights out of HKG for a couple of days before you return to the states.
During training almost all my flights were on the PAX 744 flying all around Asia and based out of HKG.
As far as being an FO, I fly with almost all US or Canadian nationals and only see HKG for a day or 2 at a time.
Second Officers will be on the A-340 or 744 PAX and WILL be based out of HKG for a while. There are ways to get to the states after a year or 2, but it usually involves commuting back to HKG. SO's usually fly the ultra long haul PAX flights HKG to Europe or to LAX, SFO, JFK.
Sometimes we have a HKG based SO fly with us on the frieghter, but usually our crew of 3 is a captain and 2 type rated FO's with one being a relief captain.
The US bases are LAX, JFK, ORD and ANC. Maybe ATL and DAL someday.
Life in HKG is what you make of it. I absolutly love the city and can't wait to be based there eventually, but some get island fever and don't want to move their kids there because of the bad pollution. The air is VERY bad, but they are taking measures to improve the quality.
Hope this helps.
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