the beautiful maldives.

[teapoo]

gday

im a low time flying instructor interested in doing some charter type work in the maldives.(or ant type of flying there at all)

i am prepared to get float endorsements ect.

would like to hear from anybody with experience there or any leads to this awsome place.

cheers :)

[Kaptin M]

Get yourself another rating - as a Dive Instructor (scuba) - lots more opportunities in that field I'd guess.

Magic place alright!! :cool:

[Lee]

Teapoo,

Also don't forget the Sex Instructor rating with IR and Night Rating too.

Cheers.

[The Riddler]

Teapoo,

Had an experience there once but it's really not something we could talk about here!

Follow Lee's lead.

:D :D :D

[Lee]

teapoo,

The must have Sex Instructor rating: IR because many women out there wants an instrument too besides your own!

You'll make more money with that rating!

Cheers

[teapoo]

thanks for you help. Ill have to budget for all of those ratings but i think i can manage.
im there on the next plane. from the sounds of it if i can go flying as well its a bonus.
any other info on anything at all will be great.
thanks cheers

[Lee]

teapoo

Have a nice flight.

Cheers

[international hog driver]

I spent nearly three years there on the twotter, currently there are 2 players MAT (essentially crewed by Borek from Canada) and TMA that crews expats and locals.

Typical third world merry-go-round with regard crew/licencing/living arangements.

There are some outstanding labour issues between on of the operators and the local and govenment.

Generally though I had a great time the flying was fun, the night life when based on a resort was great, concentrate on multiple renewals........

You do a lot of hanging out with the other expats, the pool @ Club Med, the Bar @ Bandos, Beach Parties @ Ari Beach ooohh better not forget the Spa @ Kurumba the list goes on, it is actually where a few of us have met our wives & partners.

Just remember, "Guide is good, Guest is best".

[Sheep Guts]

Seen a few adds on the webb sites for a Twin Otter float instructor in the MALDIVES, They want 2000 floats and 3000 Otter sounds alittle over qualed to me!

[Iso]

I have bags of hours on the Twotter as a land plane, is it difficult to transition to floats, and what is the best way, or where is the best place to do it. Would they consider someone like myself.

[Slasher]

KM I heard a certain SQ FO expat did manage to get inside the pants of that horney gym-instructress on Karumba back around '92! Wasnt you was it? :D

Ah those Bandos overnights on the way back from Rome! 5 days of jet-skiin, cattamarannin, divin, boozin on the beach till the wee hours, and chattin up those Sterling airways chicks! :)

[John (Gary) Cooper]

Hi, I went to the Maldives twice, both times with the RAF, once for a fortnight at RAF Gan in the Addu Atoll, to work but as there was nothing to do it was like a holiday! The next time was on 01/03/1960 again at Gan, now for all of you aviators this is not how to miss the 8000' runway by 1.5 miles. Read about the Hastings 'landing' in the sea with undercarriage down and locked on http://splashdown2.tripod.com

[Kaptin M]

Not guilty on that count, Slasher - my best effort there was brushing up on Russian, one moonlit night in the clear water. :D

Ahh, that bar & disco on Bandos, what a great spot after a hard day of scuba diving, swimming, and night fishing, or a trip across to Male on the putt putt. :cool:

Now here's something noteworthy - I haven't read one post that has had a bad word to say on this topic.

Certainly is a Paradise out there on the Maldives!!

[Slasher]

Russki da comrade M? Nah never succeeded there. Only had luck with the Sterling girls provided I didnt drink too much and make a social @rsehole of myself at the disco with Blackjack or Nutsy!