tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093644604429778937.post7630302350635046994..comments2023-10-01T04:45:07.532-07:00Comments on Geekinthecockpit: One hell of a commute...butGeekinthecockpithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15853969211193512474noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093644604429778937.post-53465944292631807332009-04-27T04:21:54.000-07:002009-04-27T04:21:54.000-07:00Wow! That sounds incredible....is it just a coinci...Wow! That sounds incredible....is it just a coincidence that your wife is studying Japanese? Hmmm? Maybe meant to be: ) Good Luck!sarahttp://Theflyingpinto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093644604429778937.post-67947052365596077042009-04-27T13:06:18.000-07:002009-04-27T13:06:18.000-07:00Not wanting to appear as a paid shill ... I'm ...Not wanting to appear as a paid shill ... I'm not .. although JAL is by far my favorite trans-Pacific airline ... there are anumber of pilots in the US who ought to look very hard at this.<br><br>For perspective, I am a non-professional US pilot with more than 50 years in some aspect or another of the aviation business. US born and bred, I am retired now and happily make my home in the Philippines. I've lived nearly 10 years in one Asaian country or another and enjoy the lifestyle. I particularly enjoyed my years in Tokyo, Japanese corporations treat employees, as a rule, significantly better than US corporations, no matter what their field of endeavor. JAL has always had a significant percentage of non-Japanese aircrew ... some of you who follow the aviation press may remember John Deakin, long time aviation columnist, author and now a principal in www.advancedpilot.com. John is a retired 40K hour airline pilot who spent a lot of his career with JAL.<br><br>While the US and Canada seem to suffer one round of furloughs after another, airlines in Asia and Australia are going concerns, and as the JAL ad shows, they tend not to treat pilots as just ramp rats with better uniforms. Here in the Philippines ab initio flight training is booming ... every flight school is packed and a number have started just within the past year. (seems to be a significant demand for CFI's too, BTW). Most Asian countries are quite open to ICAO certificate reciprocity, so US "tickets" are typically good at face value or easily endorsed with additional country ratings.<br><br>My point? Everyone rightfully thinks of their own country first, but especially for the younger pilot corps, it's probably a good time to explore 'outside' the USA possibilities as well. Anyone who thinks JAL's salary/benefits package is good ought to take a look at what Emirates Air pilots get ... uit takes me back to my boyhood when I used to look up in awe at real airline captains.Dave Starrhttp://www.retiredpay.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093644604429778937.post-5273224896778955072009-04-28T09:34:20.000-07:002009-04-28T09:34:20.000-07:00I've read some articles about this. I can only...I've read some articles about this. I can only credit my source to Wall Streat Journal.<br><br> One guy they had quoted started for some company as F/o 737s, then after 4 years, he was able to upgraded to F/o 747 or 737 captain. His pay was around 80k 90k as a First Officer.JeBarryhttp://InterstingPointDavenoreply@blogger.com