I PMd a pilot on here, he said he went to Africa and said not to come, that all the jobs were being offered to expats only if they had 500tt or more. The reason he said is because by requiring 500 hrs the operators could say they could not find any native pilots who qualify, so the 500 hr was being used as justification to not hire a native, or at least not search forever to find one with low hours,so raise the hours and say there is no one native that qualifies.
I have PMd him twice asking for additional information like, which country. How long did he stay etc. but no response.
Anyone weigh in on this, I am interested in Namibia myself...
Anyone? Anyone?