career furtherment
Jim,
is ok for furtherment if you are a crewie under 30, bit hard for some of us older fella's trying to keep up with CHC's down the wire fitness standard so they can send you to whatever contract requires people. Poor ol Chief found that one out. Pilots ok they can get fat and old and zoom around Nigeria. Engineers week/fortnight/month on and off in who knows where this week? whoo hoo
Dissappointment,
hear hear E86, it's up to you to look after number 1, don't expect a free ride in this industry. There are better places to work than the sewers of sydney, especially if you are in 412's scrounged out of the deserts of Arizona. Good Luck
It's a life style choice, work to live not live to work and I for one would prefer the community based set up, less stress and no hassles trying to get your pay sorted out by someone thousands of kilometres away and is rewarding when the ex patients come in for a chat. Go for the big bucks fella's but as a wise old crewie told me years ago "You won't get rich doing this job, you do it because you enjoy it."