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Old 16th Apr 2005, 09:43
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ramshorn
 
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Hour building in Africa??

Hi

I'm approaching the end of my training,and have been thinking about the possibility of trying to get some hour building work in Africa?At first thought this seemed like a great thing to plan but am now looking at the possible downsides such as:
1)Lack of IMC possibly leading to rusty holes in my IR?
2)Not being in the UK for the next year over which the recruitment 'boom' is being forecast.
3)Not being in the uk scene making the contacts etc etc etc!
My other options are obviously either forking out for FI rating or going about using my contacts within the industry here to try and get air taxi or charter work which i don't know how likely it is with my lowly 300 hours TT?
Has anybody got experience of this,or is anyone planning to do the same?
I would much appreciate your views.

Thanks.
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