Flying overseas and then returning to a major

Sidious said:
Interesting about the 5 year rule that FedEx has. I "live" out of the country right now flying for a carrier in Central America, however my credit cards and mailing address are in the states and I come back at least once a month for things.

Would that still be considered "living" in the US? I file my taxes from a US address too.
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No, and Fedex will terminate you after the fact if they found out you misled them.

There is a chance that rule is going to go away though and it's only with Fedex so I wouldn't make career decisions based on it.

The Lion Air F.O. program ( which I think this refers to ) does offer a lot of 737 time. You fly over 100 hours/month. The standards there are very low though. So the problem, and I have seen this already, is that when guys come from there to an airline interview they fail the simulator test. They simple don't know they are flying like crap because that is how they have been doing it in Indonesia and it was acceptable there. Since they are low time pilots and have not worked for another airline they do not know what are considered acceptable standards.

I'm not saying don't do it, but you need to be aware of the pitfalls.



Typhoonpilot
 
typhoonpilot said:
The standards there are very low though. So the problem, and I have seen this already, is that when guys come from there to an airline interview they fail the simulator test. They simple don't know they are flying like crap because that is how they have been doing it in Indonesia and it was acceptable there. Since they are low time pilots and have not worked for another airline they do not know what are considered acceptable standards.
Typhoonpilot
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This is definitely food for thought. Thank you.
 
typhoonpilot said:
No, and Fedex will terminate you after the fact if they found out you misled them.

There is a chance that rule is going to go away though and it's only with Fedex so I wouldn't make career decisions based on it.

The Lion Air F.O. program ( which I think this refers to ) does offer a lot of 737 time. You fly over 100 hours/month. The standards there are very low though. So the problem, and I have seen this already, is that when guys come from there to an airline interview they fail the simulator test. They simple don't know they are flying like crap because that is how they have been doing it in Indonesia and it was acceptable there. Since they are low time pilots and have not worked for another airline they do not know what are considered acceptable standards.

I'm not saying don't do it, but you need to be aware of the pitfalls.



Typhoonpilot
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Spot on, I have a friend that has flown in Indonesia for Merpati and for Air Asia the 737, he is back in the US now, and can`t find a job, I don`t think he is a bad pilot but he may have developed bad habits and practices that are not acceptable in the western aviation. But i also know few that after flying for Lion Air have joined Southwest.
 
swisspilot said:
Spot on, I have a friend that has flown in Indonesia for Merpati and for Air Asia the 737, he is back in the US now, and can`t find a job, I don`t think he is a bad pilot but he may have developed bad habits and practices that are not acceptable in the western aviation. But i also know few that after flying for Lion Air have joined Southwest.
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That's surprising that he can't find a job with that experience. Can he just not find a job at a major at this point in time or not even with a regional? Just curious if there's more to the story.
 
STS-41B said:
Can this be done with an FAA license or is a conversion needed?
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This is a question I see a lot around the various forum. There is no other place outside the US and few other small places you can fly with your FAA ticket, you need a conversion ICAO license to ICAO license, unless you fly a N or the Isle of Man reg airplane (and very few others)...I have peoples ask me all the time: can I fly with my FAA license in Brazil? I mean with a bit of common sense..of course not
 
Sidious said:
That's surprising that he can't find a job with that experience. Can he just not find a job at a major at this point in time or not even with a regional? Just curious if there's more to the story.
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He has a family and lots of bills to pay, he can`t afford to fly for a regional...and the whole point he left the US is so that he would not have to fly for one
 
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