Cumulus From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2006, 931 posts, RR: 1 Posted (1 year 9 months 4 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 2709 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?
What Goes Up Must Come Down, Hopefully In One Piece!
Zeke From Hong Kong SAR, PRC, joined Dec 2006, 3274 posts, RR: 40 Reply 4, posted (1 year 9 months 4 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 2657 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, 2034 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (1 year 9 months 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 2437 times:
Quoting HAWK21M (Reply 5): We have 30% of Expats mainly Brazil,UK & philiphines.
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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, 3274 posts, RR: 40 Reply 9, posted (1 year 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2280 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.
Cathay Pacific celebrates expansion of services to India
Zeke From Hong Kong SAR, PRC, joined Dec 2006, 3274 posts, RR: 40 Reply 11, posted (1 year 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2253 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 ?
Cathay Pacific celebrates expansion of services to India
AirWillie6475 From United States, joined Jan 2005, 2415 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (1 year 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 2141 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, 2044 posts, RR: 10 Reply 14, posted (1 year 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 2121 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.
Shamrock_747 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 1536 posts, RR: 37 Reply 20, posted (1 year 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1893 times:
At BA there's a nice mix of nationalities amongst flight deck crew. In particular it seems a lot of the new FOs are Dutch.
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