Cumulus From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2006, 1390 posts, RR: 2 Posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 2910 times:
Stupid question, but I have no idea!
I flew BA the other day SOU-MAN, pilot was French.
Flew Emirates LGW-DXB, pilot was American.
Flew Virgin last year LHR-LAX, F/O was Swiss (and female a looked gorgeous!!)
Anybody want to hazard a guess as to what percentage of a airline's aircrew are not resident of the country from where the airline they work for originates?
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ManchesterMAN From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2003, 1113 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 2892 times:
Well I would guess that for an airline like Emirates it is in the 90% range?
Zeke From Hong Kong SAR, PRC, joined Dec 2006, 4790 posts, RR: 65 Reply 4, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 2858 times:
Quoting Cumulus (Thread starter): Anybody want to hazard a guess as to what percentage of a airline's aircrew are not resident of the country from where the airline they work for originates?
All three examples could be pilots resident of the airline home base. Resident, passport, and place of birth can be three different things. E.g. the swiss FO may have been born in france, has a swiss passport, and resides in the UK.
Quoting Brenintw (Reply 2): I know CX has a pile of English/Australian/New Zealanders flying, possibly some Americans as well.
From all over the world, a lot of them are residents in Hong Kong. The majority of pilots in CX are expats. The company was set up by two expat pilots, an american and australian.
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Gr8Circle From Canada, joined Dec 2005, 2390 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2638 times:
Quoting HAWK21M (Reply 5): We have 30% of Expats mainly Brazil,UK & philiphines.
regds
MEL
This will be temporary, maybe for next 3-4 years.....the sudden surge in civil aviation has created the need to use expat pilots....in a few years time, when lot of Indian pilots come out of training academies, etc., the expats will be pushed out for sure....
Zeke From Hong Kong SAR, PRC, joined Dec 2006, 4790 posts, RR: 65 Reply 9, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 2481 times:
Quoting Gr8Circle (Reply 8): This will be temporary, maybe for next 3-4 years.....the sudden surge in civil aviation has created the need to use expat pilots....in a few years time, when lot of Indian pilots come out of training academies, etc., the expats will be pushed out for sure....
I think not, the local training capacity (around 200 per year) is less than the current order ledger.
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Zeke From Hong Kong SAR, PRC, joined Dec 2006, 4790 posts, RR: 65 Reply 11, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 2454 times:
Quoting Gr8Circle (Reply 10): Who says all Indian pilots will train locally...? Lot's will go abroad for training....In fact, i'm quite sure it must be happening already...
At some point one must to obtain a local licence.
At some point one must to work for a local airline.
Your point being ?
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AirWillie6475 From United States, joined Jan 2005, 2447 posts, RR: 2 Reply 13, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 2342 times:
If you look at most of the job requirements of pilots it doesn't say you have to be a citizen of the airline's country. Because of the nature of the business, pilots comer from all corners of the world. That being said, it is VERY difficult to fly in many countries if you obtained your licenses at a different country. Places like UAE, or most of ASIA, they use a standard form of license that is why there are many pilots from different countries. Europe uses a specialised license system so you will not see many non-European pilots there.
TristarSteve From Sweden, joined Nov 2005, 2822 posts, RR: 23 Reply 14, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 2322 times:
Quoting TinkerBelle (Reply 12): Just out of curiosity, why do we men feel inclined to comment on a female pilot's looks??
I was made to feel really old yesterday. I was called into the flightdeck of a BA A319 to talk to the Captain, and it was a young girl who looked not much older than my daughter!. (My daughter is 24)
I asked the dispatcher who is about 30 yrs old, and she said they were about the same age.
Its time to get early retirement. I wish an offer was coming.
FXMD11 From Thailand, joined Aug 2004, 181 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 2015 times:
SQ has a lot of Expat / Foreign Crew. Many from them are from Scandinavia and Australia. Thai (TG) used to have around 60 foreign pilots. Most of them
were Danish or Swedish. The last left 1996. Since then it is all Thai.
Phuket Air used to have 3 French Captains. One of them has a bar in Hua Hin now. Well....
717-200 From United States, joined Oct 2000, 601 posts, RR: 4 Reply 23, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1990 times:
I deal with a very diverse group of expat Captains at KE. They primarily have
American, Australian, Canadian, Malaysian, and Russian Captains, along with
at least one Austrian, Colombian, Mexican, and a New Zealander in their 777
left seater group. There are also probably a good nationality mix in the 744
captains as well.
Jrosa From Brazil, joined Jun 2005, 351 posts, RR: 15 Reply 24, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 1911 times:
My father was an expat captain with China Airlines for 4 years (MD11 and A340), now he is back in Brazil working in Gol (737-7/8). I know that there are some Brazilians working in Air India, Singapore, Korean Air, Emirates, Ryanair, China Airlines, EVA, and I heard about one working in JAL.
ThereAndBack From Turkey, joined Aug 2005, 657 posts, RR: 5 Reply 25, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1733 times:
I've heard that Kenya Airways has a lot of pilots from Europe.
26 9VSRH: The majority of Cathay Pacific's pilots are Australian, British, and Canadian there are also some locals that have come throught the cadet program. I
27 SA7700: No, this guy is based at STN. Rgds SA7700
28 BaylorAirBear: Hopefully, I'll be flying on Oz, soon. A better question would be, why does the topic title end in an exclamation mark? BAB
29 CX flyboy: About 90% of our guys and gals are from overseas.
31 KLM685: Probably it was the question he always wanted to ask or what he always wanted to discuss. Mexicans fly alot in US airlines.
32 Cumulus: And I'd just love to fly to Brazil with FR, not!! Mind you, wouldn't mind if it was on one of their old 200s!!!!!!!!!!
33 Sunandan: I've flown SQ on numerous occassions, but on two particular instances, the captain was an Indian on one flight, while both the captain and the F/O wer
34 HAWK21M: Did they use the "NAMASHKAR" word.I doubt it since it was not an Indian carrier.It sounds good on VHF though. regds MEL
35 Gr8Circle: I recall that even back in the 70's, quite a few AI pilots used to quit and join SQ....
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