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when you talk about accomodations ie. in Libya it's depend of your base: Tripoli there are few hotels wich were no so bad 2 years ago, ie Bab el barh hotel I used to stay there , of course it's not Corinthia hotel, I can understand if you stay for a night stop in the desert, it's different but it's just for a night stop.
I know this job in Libya because I did it for 6 years, obviously you 'r in Africa not in Europe but I think for an experienced captain it's not a big deal.
about Carpatair what do you mean by " you have to pay the sim session and do the course convertion"
doing a course conversion when enter a new company is a normal way as far as I know, I mean under the JAA policy.
for the sim sessions, is it for your annual recurrent, usualy company pay for that, or is it for something else, could you explain?