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Old 22nd Oct 2012, 16:22
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Just be aware of the risks, too. From AIN earlier this month:

Business aviation charity Sky Hope Network is collecting donations for the families of nine industry workers who were killed in a terrorist attack on Sept. 18th in Afghanistan. Employed by South Africa-based ACS/Balmoral Central Contracts, the nine included three pilots, five mechanics and a customer service representative, who were targeted by a suicide car bomber as their minivan stopped at a gas station on its way to the airport in Kabul. The company provides contract air transport in support of embassies and relief programs such as USAID, using turboprops such as Hawker Beechcraft King Airs and 1900Ds. Thought it often operates in dangerous areas it offers business aviation workers good pay at a time when jobs may be scarce, as well as an opportunity for low to medium hour pilots to gain valuable right seat time, flying approximately 100 hours a month.
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