There's definately opportunities in Maun for the right kind of pilots, but the Bots DCA and the operators are really getting fed up with the attitude of some of the expat youngsters that come there looking for jobs. They go there full of spunk and eagerness, the operators spend a heap of money training the guys when they take them on by getting their work & residence permits, and then the sh1t starts. Ego's bigger than IQ's, rotten attitudes, and some act like real babies. Some of the operators are simply just tired of teaching these spoilt brats manners, and changing their nappies. Furthermore the Bots DCA is putting a lot of pressure on the operators to employ more locals.
In recent months there has been a number of pilots that joined companies and Maun, and some of them turned out not what they pretended to be, and some of them really did not fly the expat flag very well. One can only but wonder why the rich parents who paid for the training did not teach their kids any manners.
One guy got his licensed withdrawn by the Bots DCA for violating the law, and when he was called to explain himself, he left the country overnight. And the list goes on.
The time will come when the operators there are going to move away from hireing young inexperienced pilots. Some of the spoilt kids simply have no manners, and they are the ones who is messing up for the ones that are really dedicated.