...forgot an important factor that helps alot : TIMING
a bit hard to influence this one. Looks like many small operators don't plan that far ahead. Suddenly they run out of pilots or open a new sector and then they start to realize that someone has to fly the plane after all and call you up at 2am. Another guy here from the UK just got a job on the RHS with even less hours then me-and having less hours then me is not easy... "When your shower is cold, the electricity is off and the mosquitoes are getting through the mosquito net, total flight time does not matter." - more the kind of person you are. A fellow who flew in Africa summed it up quite nicely.