Dont mean to sound synical but why is it so hard over there? I mean everyone I speak to that goes from here, (Aussieland) to the UK or Europe, pick up a job on a turbine within months. Sure it costs a bit but !!!! if thats what it takes.
I fly in the REAL bush of Australia where one day its scenic flights and the next aboriginies to their camps. The other day I had to stay the night in the aircraft as I was worried that they would draw on the wings and put rocks in the fuel. I slept through them doing it! and found 4-5litres of water looking substance and there aint any moisture here.
We get spat on, told to f**k-off, strangled and bascially treated like !!!! by our customers. If we're lucky we'll get guards on the flights with prisoners. We work 12hr duties and get paid for 2 hrs if we're lucky at $30 AUD an hour.
Now this might be the world standard, I really hope its not, but Aussies come to the UK with 2000hrs in command of C210's and jump straight into RHS of turbines.
Over here you get your licence for around $45,000 AUD then go to the bush for 2 years, flying a single. If you get a break you will go into the bush a little bit more to fly a twin (Baron or C310) for 2 more years. Now if you suck the right tuber you'll get a RHS on a Metro where you'll stay there for 5 years. Then Command on a C441 untill by the time your 35 you'll be LHS of a Brasillia.
Unless you get a job in QANTAS with 500hrs command.
Hope you guys arent complaining about the difficulties of getting a turbine job after completing your licence.
I really want to come over but dont know where to start getting info, of inside info on the places to go.
Any advice here would be great.
Keep your bloody chins up as we fly cause we love it. We're all the same at the end of the day, we love getting raped for what we do.
S