alwaysmovin makes an excellent point. at the risk of thread drift, or the requirement for a new thread dedicated to the iaa, i think that this analogy sums up the iaa, and therefore its relevant to this particulat thread.
in recent times the iaa has shipped out controllers to germany, holland, and south africa - the south african and dutch contracts ended this year, 2007 - so them stating that this is a new departure for them is technically correct, and yet completely untrue. bottom line is they want to do this as cheap as they can. this sums up the iaa in a nutshell - demand highest standards, pay as little as possible. the fact that the ceo is an accountant by profession, should not surprise anyone.
personnaly i would welcome and benefit from direct entries coming, for the reasons already stated by my colleagues in shannon. but with the actual lack of a package ie no relocation etc, it seems that you make your own way here, your own way home, any paid flights home during the contract? a designated person to help with accomodation etc? these things are fairly standard everywhere else
i wouldn't recommend it, nor have i recommended it to anyone out there.
best of luck if you can negotiate a good package for yourself. but beware of verbal offers, and also vague promises. the iaa have a habit of writing words like
" a bonus
may be paid " or
"such and such may be done/paid at the
discretion of the company"
you will be told verbally that these mean they will happen - this is not always the case. feel free to pm if you have any queries.
