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A good friend of mine went over there to Air Sahara contracted to be a Check Airmen on the CRJ when they aquired them. SCARY PLACE TO LIVE if you're American. He left early due to the threats made at him.

Other than that, they "civil" ones treated him as if he was royalty.
 
Thats a little hard to believe. We're talking about India here and not the middle east.

There are no threats against any foreigners in India at all. They are welcomed there with open arms.

DX Rick said:
A good friend of mine went over there to Air Sahara contracted to be a Check Airmen on the CRJ when they aquired them. SCARY PLACE TO LIVE if you're American. He left early due to the threats made at him.

Other than that, they "civil" ones treated him as if he was royalty.
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Guam360 said:
Is there good surf in India?
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Yes, but not a lot of great breaks have been discovered yet. Go find some and don't tell anyone (except me). Sri Lanka has great surf, and a very short flight straight south will take you to some of the most perfect, least crowded waves in the world in the Maldives. Not a bad region to be hanging out if you are a surfer. The brown girls are of a different flavor though, and I'm not sure I can get past the big red dot, but that's another subject...
 
Maldive women are going to be Muslim, so you can forget about chasing any there unless its women on vacation from somewhere else. Also I dont think you can drink there.

There were definitely some hot Indian women I met in Pune. In the bars and nightclubs, the women are defintely more Western in many ways. Cover charges in decent clubs and bars in India, are often higher than in the US. Also you dont see waitresses anywhere hardly, its most always men.
 
Ok guys, I think I have the answers to all your questions. I am flying 737's in command, am employed with Jet Airways India Ltd.....And let me tell u all we will be flying to US in the next month. Jet need over 400 pilots in the next 1 yr. Things are expolding in INDIA right now. India does not have any unemployed pilots left anymore. Ppl are picking & choosing jobs. I can be of B737 or A340/340 pilots seeking a job in INDIA. No problem with converting any licences as it is not required for expats. Jet Airways has 42 planes and is looking at 65 total by next yr. There are 10 new airlines opening soon. Jumpin guys. Anybody needing info on jet pls contact me at [email protected] or call me at +919820176710.

Any pilots flying A330/340 looking for jobs on contract pls mail me at [email protected] .Pls write subject A330/340. Salary 11k per month.
Thanks
 
Jet Airways seemed to be a decent airline. Air India/Indian Airlines is just a big inefficient government entity, where people never get fired and some people only show up for work on payday. I cant remember the number of employees per airplane, but it was huge, especially compared to private airlines in India.

Tell Savio hello, he started training last august/september timeframe on 737. He was one of my copilot for Wxmod, good guy.
 
The relatively miniscule times required for FO's has been eluded to here, is it true? Could a US pilot with 40 multi and 300 TT really fly a 73 in India?
 
I dont know about the exact time requirements, but that much total time could well be okay there, not sure on the multi.
 
Vik said:
Thats a little hard to believe. We're talking about India here and not the middle east.

There are no threats against any foreigners in India at all. They are welcomed there with open arms.
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He was staying in New Dehli and gave pan handlers money a couple times. They all caught word that he was there. When he walked by people and didnt give money, they started pushing and shoving him, getting worse every day. He had to leave his hotel earlier and earlier every day to avoid them, and come in the back door.

Besides the people deficating and urinating right outside the lobby of the hotel, and the animals walking in the streets, it doesnt sound like a bad place to live.
I saw the pictures he took, he wasn't lying.
 
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Oh you can experience that just trying to walk out of the Mumbai airport.
 
So what is the QOL like out there?
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No disrespect to the Indians on this board, but India is a $hithole. Yes, there are some very nice parts to the country, but if you are asking about living and working in one of the major cities I wouldn't recommend it. Let's just take a look at today's weather forecast for Mumbai :

2005/04/25 21:00VABB 252100Z 260024 00000KT 4000 FU FEW020 BECMG 0507 26008KT 5000 FU BECMG 0911 27010G20KT 6000 BECMG 1315 30010KT 5000 FU BECMG 2022 31004KT 4000 FU.

That is actually a good day in Mumbai, most days it is 2000 to 3000 meters in smoke. Delhi is much the same and Calcutta is worse. Now that is just the air you breathe. If you want to get into dealing with Indians on a daily basis, be prepared for major culture shock. " Yes " can mean no and " No " can mean yes. " Soon " means probably never and then only if you stay after me every day for a week. I still haven't figured out the whole head bobbing thing, it seems to be a combination of "yes", "no", and "i'm confused".

Once I travelled from Delhi to Ramnagar, a distance of less than 300 kilometers. The Atlas showed the road as a " major highway " as far as Moradabad, about two thirds of the way and then a highway for the last third into Ramnagar. Ramnagar being in the Himalayan foothills outside of Corbett National Park. I did have an idea to take the bus for about $2.00 but after two hours at the bus station trying to find the right bus I gave up and hired a taxi. It was a bit comical really, I would walk up to one of the many ticket booths and ask where the bus to Ramnagar was, the attendant would then say, " Rishikesh ? " which is another city in the foothills. I would say, " no, Ramnagar ", he would then point to a bus. I go to the bus and ask if this is the bus to Ramnagar, the driver would inevitably say, "no this is the bus to Rishikesh".

Anyway, I get in the taxi ( old 50s style Indian taxis are cool ) and our turban top Sikh driver with the handlebar mustache heads off for the " Super Highway " to Moradabad. We get onto this road and, me with visions of a quick three hour drive on a super highway quickly comes to the realization that the Indian idea of a super highway isn't the same as the American idea. Our " Super Highway " in India is little more than an undivided two lane country road with dirt shoulders. On this highway are the usual assortment of cars and buses, as well as people on bicylces, people walking, horse drawn carts, ox drawn carts, and these huge orange trucks that look like life size versions of a Tonka truck ( oddly, they all have eyes painted on the front and the loudest horn you have ever heard, we'll find out why later ). So we're cruising down this road and are having to make passes of the various slower vehicles as we go. Passing the horse drawn carts and ox drawn carts is generally not a problem, but when you come up to a horse drawn cart that itself is trying to pass an ox drawn cart ( oxes being slower than horses ) and you end up way out on the opposite shoulder making the double pass with a huge orange Tonka truck baring down on you from the opposite direction, it gets a little interesting. I began to notice that there was a frightening number of burned out hulks of mangled vehicles on the side of the road. After three hours of shear terror in the back of this taxi as we pass carts, people, busses, etc while our turban topped Sikh driver deftly manages to avoid getting creamed by orange Tonka trucks we take a break at a roadside cafe. Here I come to find out that we are only halfway there. To make a long story short we managed to get to Ramnagar in one piece and had a nice trip into the Park before heading over to Rishikesh via a nice back road without any Tonka trucks on it.

I think everyone should go to India once in their travels. It is a fascinating country and culture, but I wouldn't want to live there.


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