Originally Posted by
future_airline_cpt
Very helpful thread. Does anyone know the best time to head to the top end? Some people say 'there's no perfect time' but I'm trying to minimise my lease breaking costs here in Brissy.
No perfect time! The sooner you get up there, the better. Opportunities are always popping up year round and 99% of employers will only hire those already up in location. Some companies go busy during the wet, others thrive during the dry, a lot stay busy year round.
I would avoid the GA course at all costs. Go seek the set up down at MKT if you are after 200 series time or to learn familiarity with the Darwin airspace.
The people who run the GA course are genuinely not interested in developing and growing you as a pilot. If you don’t fit the model they seem to be looking for (plenty of other posts describing the type), you are ostracised since day 1 of the course. They use it for candidates to essentially pay for an interview, nothing more.