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Old 23rd Jul 2008, 19:44
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cavortingcheetah
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It is most kind of you to say so, thank you.
With the pilot hat firmly on, here's a website that one and all might find useful.

ParsPilot.com - Welcome to the Persian/Iranian Pilot Network


Quite apart from finding someone to employ you in Africa, your problem really will be one of work permits. Most people who find work flying in Maun in Botswana, usually just seem to turn up there at the beginning of the season, and take their opportunities from there. Quite a lot has been posted on this forum on Maun. You would probably just need to scroll back though reams of pages looking for likely enquiries about charter flying or even instruction. Don't think there's much that ever comes up about Nigeria. It's not a place that most seem to want to live. I went for an interview once for a job there with a Dornier 328 operator. It was very disquieting to be told that one should not sleep with the local women or contract malaria and that if one were to find oneself a little crazy, the company would help one import a piano, as they had done for another one of their Captains. Perhaps best to avoid altogether, just look at the history of the place!
I wish you the best of luck.
Flew for a little while for Gandalf in Bergamo, a really lovely city and a very nice company. The Chief Pilot was a fine chap.
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