He hasn't gone yet , but off to New Brittain .
They are having trouble attracting a replacement as the "package" is woefull.
Yes THL upper rates are for the longer term pilots . The 1500 hour pilot on 30 k , actually about 35k . The two recent ski plane pilots taken on with 100 hour heli time are on about 30k to start. Not too bad when you consider straight onto twin time.
I actually agree that pay rates are not great in NZ , but its not just aviation rates , its NZ pay rates in general.