Yes, you are probably right. I will have to see.
Over here, I guess an american pilot could find a job (if there is
any). All he needs to do is get his(her)american licenses
converted-which from my experience can take more than a year (yes, one
year)- and of course learn to speak spanish (forget about english
being the aviation lenguaje, everybody speaks his own tongue when he
is on his own country). Plus getting a working permit which it may be
a bit easier than in the US but I am not so sure. Most aliens than
work here do it with false paperwork and they work in construction.
And this person needs to maintain himself during that period, then
live in fear from being kidnapped if anyone finds he has money, he can
walk around Buenos Aires and enjoy the sights which are actually very
pretty, but there are always groups complainging about this or that
and they cut the streets so the traffic is a chaos.
Ah, but asuming this lucky individual undergoes all the process, he
could start looking for a job here. Are there any jobs here? Maybe.
Depends on how much you are not willing to earn. And they are really
hard to find. An instructor makes 5% of what the school charges for
the airplane (say they charge 180 pesos -about 60 dollars- and he gets
10) that means they have to rely on somebody else to live. Thereīs a
lot of people that fly for free just to keep current or get hours,
altough they donīt realize they are taking the profesion lower and
lower.
Want another number? United express is hiring 70 pilots a month at
least till the end of the year (i know it from a guy that was hired).
And there are several US big companies that are hiring too.
Here last year Aerolineas Argentinas(pretty much the only airline left
after 5 o 6 years of economic problems) started hiring people and so
far they actually hired about 10 pilots.
So you want to fly in Argentina? you can come here to build hours,and
rent a plane for 60 or 70 dollars (you can fly a Baron for 150)and go
land in grass runways, fly with very few airspace restrictions, and of
course nobody will think you are trying to bomb their house with a
nuke every time they see you go by in C-172. If you just come to visit
or something like that it is great. I like the flying here. The
problem is to actually work as a pilot and live as such.
Take care
Anibal
"Brad Z" wrote in message news:w_HJc.86676$a24.64369@attbi_s03...
I'm pretty sure that unless you're willing to work for biscuits and water,
Companies have plenty of commercial pilots with US Citizenship to choose
from.
Any jobs for us American pilots in Argentina?
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