Spinney being sarcastic.....never! He's been in the Gulf off and on since the late '70's and definately has his fingers on the pulse. However, ADA do have a number of VFR pilots working in Iran. Ex long-line Yemen drivers without any IR or even night ratings, dangerous work out there at night with an Iranian co-pilot sharing the duties. An accident waiting to happen....24 hour duty days for weeks on end! I guess it comes back to "supply and demand" at the end of the day. Oh yeah, one more thing from ADA, the latest attempt to give their pilots a pay rise was turned down yet again by the 3rd floor. Too bad, but their management has to make up the "Missing Millions" one way or the other.
Last edited by munchkins; 24th Nov 2006 at 05:09.