I must say that I do have to agree with Flyinglion29-if there are 42 guys around Maun looking for a job there some guys need to consider whether they should be heading out to Botswana at all! Clearly there are too many guys fighting for position and I wish good luck to some of the pilots hanging around Bon that a few of them will find employment but adding another 5 or 10 more people to the town won't help matters. I can't believe some people have been waiting around Maun for over 6 months-when I went there I only had to hang around for one month before I was taken on, however, timing has a lot to do with getting employed in Bots.
I worked as a bush pilot in Maun for almost 2 years although this was a couple of years ago and can confidently say that Maun was the biggest dust bowl on earth-apart from the drinking and socialising after hours there ain't much to do-I also went to Namibia for a holiday after leaving Botswana and had a great time but getting a job in Nam may be a different story.
Those pilots who do get a job will get some fantastic hands on flying and will enjoy a wonderful lifetime experience. You do need to keep your wits about you and no doubt most pilots will have a close call whilst flying around the Okovango Delta-you're flying heavy loads at high temperature off short dirt strips from 3100' elevation and the the 206 is not always the easiest to fly.
I would also recommend that someone start a new thread on flying the Cessna 206 in the Delta. Bush flying is obviously very different to the flying school training that most of us received in getting our licences. Any tips or techniques should obviously not be used if this conflicts with any company SOPs that are laid out.