I see Cobham have advertised for FO's for Darwin and Broome. Im just wondering if anyone has any inside info on what they are like to work for? How many hours you fly? what the rostering is like? etc. They seem to advertise a bit so I was wondering if they have a shortage of applicants or quick turn over of pilots?
Great company to work for, good experience and good money for aircraft type. Regarding the comment about the coast watch exam, it's nothing a little study won't fix!!!
I understand that they used to take kiwi pilots on as well but this seems to have changed... Any one know whether kiwis are eligible for the security clearance or an equivalent??
I've eyeballed this position for a long time now. Unfortunately I have nobody with any inside info about the special mission day-to-day operations etc. any info via PM would have me shouting the first round at the local!
I was told that pilots can be sent to another base for week/s at a time on very short notice. Can anyone advise if that is true? Pretty hard on family if it is true.
RDO can only be taken at "home" so you have to return to your domicile at some stage unless you elect to take them down route.
That said they do some long deployments from time to time.
Where they are recruiting for, BME & DRW (?) tend not to do these long away trips. Mainly CNS!
When away you receive overnight allowance - not sure what it is but I think it is approx $100/night tax free. From that you feed yourself so up to you how much you save or otherwise!
I dont think the 12K Broome allowance or the 1K Darwin allowance will go very far at all. They are both very expensive cities. People in Karratha are paying $4-500/wk to rent a ROOM in a house. A 3x1 house was reportedly renting for $80K/yr on news earlier this week. I assume Broome will be very similar???
If so your 68K base bay isnt going to go too far at all.
Just before the GFC hit they were paying over 70-75K or more I think it was for a Broome FO with FIFO available.
Quote: I understand that they used to take kiwi pilots That's true, and you could also apply if you were a Pommie. I never understood why it was all changed about a couple of years back.
Cause the Captains got so bloody tired of hearing how much better it was in NZ from their FOs
I understand that they used to take kiwi pilots That's true, and you could also apply if you were a Pommie. I never understood why it was all changed about a couple of years back.
Well given that the federal government has handed a strategic coastal surveillance contract to a UK company I think being careful about where their pilots were born is the least of their worries.
Well given that the federal government has handed a strategic coastal surveillance contract to a UK company I think being careful about where their pilots were born is the least of their worries.
How many of the UK Directors hold Customs Clearances?
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I dont think the 12K Broome allowance or the 1K Darwin allowance will go very far at all. They are both very expensive cities. People in Karratha are paying $4-500/wk to rent a ROOM in a house. A 3x1 house was reportedly renting for $80K/yr on news earlier this week. I assume Broome will be very similar???
If so your 68K base bay isnt going to go too far at all.
So how much does a BME based Baron Pilot make then?
