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Old 26th Jan 2005, 22:38
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ppheli
 
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Gimbo,

You seem to be on the right lines now.

A) "aviation knowledge in the cockpit is valuable" - yep, can't argue with that

B) "Crew/Co-pilots - The pay (food) is the same for both" - are you not going to give them some cash recognition, or is it really just food they are working for? Pay peanuts => get monkeys.

C) "bonding with pilots" - go careful here. Many countries have laws against having a question about sexuality on an application form. Unless of course you only plan to recruit from the San Francisco area?

D) "we will be using low time pilots" - good tactic. This is also known as "your true colors"

E) "We are expecting to fly 2.05 hours per day". maths lesson coming up. That's an average, right? So there will be some days you fly more than 2.05, and some days you fliy less. Some days you may fly 5 or 6 hours even. Now, you don't mention air-to-air refuelling, so you need to make sure these hours are only being flown near airports (for filling up...).

You are on the right lines. It's clear that you will need a new pilot for each mission due to the previous one falling out with the management.

Good luck - an remember "safety is no accident".
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