K1,
if things where so good than why did you leave?
I´ve been there in 04 for 8 month and can´t share your opinion.
Their mx sucked and the tolerance level of your fellow Turkish
collegues where extremly high. On a fairly high number of occasions
I have refused to take an aircraft and have just been swapped onto another flight. The sick airplane was than flown by a Turkish captain without being properly fixed (only on paper). Crews will not use the FTL to log malfunctions but inform mx to fix it if there´s enough time. I remember the mx mngr in AYT being a complete ignorant and dangerous old man.
The ban in 05 was overdue and I hope things have changed eversince.
Sector pay was for domestic flying only (MD fleet). You´ll be paid at the end of the month in Turkish Lira at the exchange rate of the 15th each month.
Loss of licence is provided for permanent crews only, not for contractors.
The roster during peak summer season is issued weekly and will change daily.
For the Hadj season they´ll pay you 30$ pdm
not more.
I still have a few nice things to remember. They´ll picked me up last before every flight and droped me off first after the flight.
Their cabin crew...priceless !
The best Turkish charter airline (eventhough smaller) is by far Freebird Airlines.
