thanks for interest in my post to add a bit more background info…
too old for airline being 40 never interested me anyway, I’ve have friends who fly for Ryanair and Easyjet neither of which are happy and both agree they miss real flying.
I fell in love with Africa, during the time I lived there, and this may be why I have been so determined to find a position there. I would be happy flying anything, as long as I have the privilege betting up in the morning and flying each day
As for career, I would rather fly for a small to medium charter company flying small aircraft working up to turbine who respects my loyalty than fly for a bigger one in which I would just be another pilot. Perfect job would be a contract job working in different places around the continent on the 8wks on 4wks off sort of thing.
As one of you has said so far job satisfaction is everything having no strings means I can have that principle if only I could find that illusive first job