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    Chinese Pilot Pay Parity With Expats

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    Chinese Pilot Pay Parity With Expats

    I agree, it is currently a high risk situation to be employed in China. ExPat Captains make about 40% more than a basic Chinese Captain but you have to evaluate the whole package. Any economic hiccup and the ExPats are the first to go. The long term outlook is good for the foreseeable future...
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    B777 Captains

    The agencies in China are meaningless, they just want their recruitment fee. I have been here 4 years now but on my way out. The money here is great but in the end it is not worth the money with an extremely difficult flying environment, QAR events and the Chinese punishment culture, Mindless...
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    Dubai to allow Rents to jump as much as 20%----article

    Hmmmm. Let's see a United narrowbody FO at year 6 is 118 per hour. Even if he flew 900 hours last year which is possible he earned 118 X 900 for a whopping $106,200. Factor in health care deductions and your 20% tax rate and he takes home $78,000. Granted he will make retirement...
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    Emirates Looks At Transpacific Operation

    Here is an interesting article discussing the Big 3 Gulf carriers expansion. The author seems to think the European carriers are most vulnerable. What he might be overlooking is the sheer size of the growth will inevitably have an effect even on US carriers. European traffic headed into S...
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    United Pilot Dies After Inflight Heart Attack

    As if US pilots have a better safety record. Don't be so hypocritical as to stereotype all Asian pilots as what happened in SFO. Take a good hard look at: 1. UPS A-300 recently in BHM. 2. Southwest at LaGuardia recently 3.American Airlines 737NG in Jamaica. Accidents happen for a myriad of...
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    United Pilot Dies After Inflight Heart Attack

    Originally Posted by WYOMINGPILOT I agree it will not change overnight but continuing the ridiculous PASS ANYBODY medical the FAA is currently using will continue to be the reason Pilots are dying at the controls. There is MUCH room for improvement and tightening up the standards perhaps an...
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    United Pilot Dies After Inflight Heart Attack

    I agree it will not change overnight but continuing the ridiculous PASS ANYBODY medical the FAA is currently using will continue to be the reason Pilots are dying at the controls. There is MUCH room for improvement and tightening up the standards perhaps an incremental phased in increase in...
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    United Pilot Dies After Inflight Heart Attack

    Yes toughen up the standards. No an EKG is not enough. In China every year you do an EKG, 24 EKG, treadmill stress test, 24 hour blood pressure test, blood and urine tests of over 40 items, heart color ultrasound test, some pilots do a minimally invasive Heart CT scan. In Japan only 50% of...
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    United Pilot Dies After Inflight Heart Attack

    It all goes back to the FAA medical process. It should be much more thorough and a much lower pass rate. In Japan less than 50% pass a medical the first time and it is just as difficult every time you take one. Time to toughen up the standards and enforce the process. RIP!!!
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    Etihad info

    Best of Luck on your new job. These new gigs in China are becoming one of the best deals going for an ExPat. If you live in a city where you have layovers then it will become even better. China Southern and Hainan are offering these type contracts as they seek highly qualified widebody...
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    Kalitta Furlough

    One of the old Jade 747s sits on an obscure ramp in Shenzhen and hasn't moved in almost 2 years. It is being held hostage by the Chinese govt. for Jade's failure to repay their former employees and creditors. It is supposedly owned by a German banking group. There is no true bankruptcy in...
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    Emirates eyes UK to US direct flights

    The guy who wrote the article above from the Arabian is a writer/editor not a pilot. Delta is flying via Japan from old post WW2 negotiated flying rights Northwest held when Japan had no airlines servicing those routes. Actually the Delta CEO is complaining about Japan not complying with Open...
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    Emirates eyes UK to US direct flights

    “Emirates could flood the North Atlantic with swathes of Airbus A380s and 777-300ERs out of places like Birmingham and Manchester, two cities which are bursting with pent up passenger demand, tempered only by the lack of long haul airlines operating there, particularly for Birmingham,” he said...
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    Asiana 777 crashed on landing at SFO

    Great post by Pilotyip. I also have seen and experienced this same automation dependency at my Asian carrier. They were initially in V/S mode and 1500' VVI as they were high with autopilot engaged until 1500' agl. The PAPI was operational as the Instructor said it showed all red at 200...
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    Asiana 777 crashed on landing at SFO

    In the US, FOQA programs are observed closely, and pilots are protected by anonymity. Breaking that trust results in the collapse of the program. Yes precisely this is the key difference between the Asian flying cultures and N. America. In Asia each QAR event is brought up as an infraction...
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    Asiana 777 crashed on landing at SFO

    Quick Access Recorder (QAR) Downloads automatically every time we land and thoroughly checked by management every day for violations. A very common term in Asia. In N. America QAR events are only utilized for training LOFT scenarios but in Asia you are severely punished for even minor...
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    Asiana 777 crashed on landing at SFO

    A serious threat this crew experiences and Most Asian carriers are subject to is an Extreme QAR threat. This causes automation dependency. The Captain will be highly scrutinized and the crew punished. Asian carriers have a massive punishment culture when QAR parameters are exceeded. Because of...
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    Etihad versus Emirates

    Etihad is hiring more DECs which will slow the upgrade time considerably. Etihad also uses the A-320 for the initial Captain upgrade airframe not the widebodies like Emirates. You need to take a bigger look at Abu Dhabi and not state "not a factor." It will or should be a huge factor in your...
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    Emirates could order up to 275 777-X aircraft for replacement & expansion! Article

    I fully expect they will place a large order in the next year or so. This will be the largest order ever for any aircraft manufacturer so the stakes are enormous for Boeing/Airbus. Good high paying American jobs to support the ever expanding Middle Eastern carriers, hopefully. It seems as the...
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