I am with SayItIsn'tSo on this one:
Results 2008-
154 days of flying, single engine day vfr only
485 flight hours
If not flying mostly on standby with mobile phone on beach or where ever...
Basically no ad hoc flying, program given usually minimum one day in advance.
No office duties.
60 days out of the country, vacation not used completely thanks to good flight and duty time rules in India.
Leave is paid in full, of course. Received 12 salaries.
5500 USD cash after tax-no tax in home country as well.
no expenses for:
care taker- he cooks(well), does the laundry, keeps the house clean and so forth, more like a butler.
rent
car
gas for car !!!
telefone
internet
telly
flight medical
When sitting in some hotel food and beer is taken care of by room service
The more you are out the more you save.
Cost of living is very low here, spending 400 Dollares a month takes quite an effort.
Yes, 98% of indian air traffic controllers don't deserve that title and a lot of them are afraid and incapable of handling helicopters.
Paperwork is more than just incredible, but once you know what to do when it is easy, especially when you get yourself a good dispatcher...
Security at airports is a nightmare, these guys are not the sharpest tools in the box. But then again so aren't the guys who invented the rules and manifested them in the book which everybody follows.
I keep hearing this "Don't argue, you have to follow the procedure".
Makes we want to kill somebody every time.
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