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Actually, lets hope this shortage continues. Maybe it will force airlines to figure a way to get the money and pay us pilots more; like we deserve.
 
I'd go to Qantas in a heart beat if they would pay to transfer the ratings like Cathay.
 
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Erlanger said:
Actually, lets hope this shortage continues. Maybe it will force airlines to figure a way to get the money and pay us pilots more; like we deserve.
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Show your employer you will not work for your present wages, leave that job and go to another job that pays you more. Employers are very sensitive to employees voting with their feet.
 
pilotyip said:
Employers are very sensitive to employees voting with their feet.
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Very good point. Why do you think that the salaries are going up in the contract world? (our company just announced an increase in pay and conditions) there is a feeding frenzies right now due to the pilot shortage and folks are moving on for better paying gigs, most of the folks let the company know and ask for improvements but if the company doesn't pay better, they move on.
It is funny to read some of the mail that I receive here at home in the US (the address that I gave when I got my Japanese ATPL) all of them begin with "our records show that you have an ATPL yadda-yadda" "we are very interested in talking with you" It is really funny how airline management becomes so polite and friendly when they need you
 
OCP said:
I'd go to Qantas in a heart beat if they would pay to transfer the ratings like Cathay.
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You might have a chance! With the need for pilots in Australia in the next few years, the contract companies are expecting that this market that was up to now an exporter of ex pat pilots will become an ex pat market it self
 
CX880 said:
I would but I still don't know the difference between an ATP and an ATPL.
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An FAA ATP is an ICAO ATPL ( JAA, FAA...etc..)
 
I moved to the UAE last week. Love it here and am making a ton of money(not taxed!)
 
siucavflight said:
I moved to the UAE last week. Love it here and am making a ton of money(not taxed!)
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Are living expenses very rough over there? Definitely seems like a lot of opportunity, I am just trying to figure what the catch is.
 
with all the open skies, Australia being the latest it is no wonder their need for aviators. the guys going over seas now may have the seniority jump when airlines are foreign owned.
 
Flyby1206 said:
Are living expenses very rough over there? Definitely seems like a lot of opportunity, I am just trying to figure what the catch is.
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No, the company I am at has me in a hotel till I can find a place to live, they are giving me 110,000 Dirhams for living expenses(about 35,000 dollars) This should get me a very nice two or three bedroom apartment on the beach. This is in addition to my salary, if I spend less then the 110,000 I dont get the difference.
 
Atccfi said:
Not at all... The JAA ATPL is a whole different monster!
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agreed however.....if a job asks for an ICAO ATPL......FAA ATP in an ICAO ATPL.......I miss-stated my purpose of the post.

yes the types of ICAO ATPLs are all very different and much different in attaining.

But if one of these jobs asks for ICAO ATPL, an FAA ATP counts.
 
I cant sleep at all here, I am still on US time, right now it is 330 in the morning and I am wide awake. Yes lots of beer there, but it is strange seeing Budweiser as an import!
 
siucav, you still flying the legacy down there? How long is your contract and what type of schedule will you be faced with each month??
 

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