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Old 22nd Aug 2012, 22:53
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Have an ex colleague who did a 6mth contract . . .with Garuda (so delete the parts attributable to working for them)

No SOP, No CRM (OK if you are all Britair/ not flying with "locals" forget that) WX cr@p/impossible (really) to fly the programme without the odd CB encounter. Health issues ( severe tummy probs & even worse, parasites "acquired" in hotel swimming pool which if left untreated could have resulted in cancerous lesions) Very long transfer to/from airport-city in crazy traffic resulting in. . pollution (exposure to) . . .a general problem in Jakarta.
Domestic flights wer operated into fairly "inadequate" airports with "imaginative" approaches & terrain that certainly wakenend the imagination ! ! My colleague had only one period of 1 week off, during which he went Scuba Diving to the best place he ever visited in his life, that "nearly compensated for the rest of the 6mths he spent there.

Be very careful in the "detail" of your contract mes amis.
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