If you went to SA with a decent whack of 406 time do you think you would still end up on horn Island to start with of would there be the possability to get a spot on the Reims first up
Yes there'd be a chance of going straight onto the F406. It all depends on what the company needs at the time. They'd prefer to promote within the company but sometimes there aren't enough pilots ready to step up.
They don't decide that they need 7 (generic) pilots and hire accordingly, they decide they need 3 Islander, 1 F406, 1 DHC-8 FO and 2 DHC-8 Capts and hire accordingly, I believe the applicants know what position they are being considered for.
What's wrong with the Horny Islander anyway?
Speaking of Coastwatch contract, is it relevant that Surveillance Australia and NJS are actually 100% foreign owned by Flight Refuelling in england.
Nope, not relevant.
Gee, in-flight refuelling, wouldn't that make for nice long surveillance flights!