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for Zenj:
interesting theory u got there my friend correct me if i am wrong in understanding ur comments...according to you the company in question is a leading company because its amongst the leading paymasters in the country? whatever happened to safety,on time departures,and customer satisfaction?
It seems to me we are either not talking about the same company or you have only seen wht meets the naked eye...
For:chris & mo'
see guys its difficult to improve on perfection thats one of the reasons i havent changed but by mr.zenj's column you can clearly see the need to shout out your stories..
keep it up there fellows
no more 406pilots
ps:no offence meant to mr.Zenj but do you come from a commuter background yourself?
interesting theory u got there my friend correct me if i am wrong in understanding ur comments...according to you the company in question is a leading company because its amongst the leading paymasters in the country? whatever happened to safety,on time departures,and customer satisfaction?
It seems to me we are either not talking about the same company or you have only seen wht meets the naked eye...
For:chris & mo'
see guys its difficult to improve on perfection thats one of the reasons i havent changed but by mr.zenj's column you can clearly see the need to shout out your stories..
keep it up there fellows
no more 406pilots
ps:no offence meant to mr.Zenj but do you come from a commuter background yourself?
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Hmm,
Interesting thread.
Simba Kali,
Try out AIRKENYA. its a better option if youre from Nairoberry.
Mr Zenj
Why is it that I get a feeling you are one of the 737 drivers who is ready to light a rocket towards a caravan ?
I think when it comes to flying most of us, who have flown a 206 at least, do care for safety and some class makes us profesional.
Money is something everyone needs, and if needs are not met we all know what comes next.
from this thread I get a feeling that Coastal pay very good, but make you work hard for what you earn...... 406 correct me please.
LF
Interesting thread.
Simba Kali,
Try out AIRKENYA. its a better option if youre from Nairoberry.
Mr Zenj
Why is it that I get a feeling you are one of the 737 drivers who is ready to light a rocket towards a caravan ?
I think when it comes to flying most of us, who have flown a 206 at least, do care for safety and some class makes us profesional.
Money is something everyone needs, and if needs are not met we all know what comes next.
from this thread I get a feeling that Coastal pay very good, but make you work hard for what you earn...... 406 correct me please.
LF
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Well Guys ,
I know the sweedish woman very well that runs coastal as she is my friend.
First as you all know in TANZANIA or any African country it is difficult to get respect from men when you are a woman and have a high up position , so this might explain why she is sometimes hard . Secondly , it is very easy to send free critics but she has built this charter company almost herself so if she did not know anything about aviation she will not be running the biggest and most sucessfull charter company in east africa ( may be Africa ) If you are interested give a call to Cesnna in the US and ask for the best caravans operators in the world , coastal is in the list.
cpt hamna sheeda , a bad pilot is not a pilot who specially crash plane or dammage them , it is more like you someone with a BAD attitude.
RICCARDOVOLANTE ,
If you have an opportunity to fly for Coastal go for it , experience is very good , the country is lovely and the salary is great .
Gusto
I know the sweedish woman very well that runs coastal as she is my friend.
First as you all know in TANZANIA or any African country it is difficult to get respect from men when you are a woman and have a high up position , so this might explain why she is sometimes hard . Secondly , it is very easy to send free critics but she has built this charter company almost herself so if she did not know anything about aviation she will not be running the biggest and most sucessfull charter company in east africa ( may be Africa ) If you are interested give a call to Cesnna in the US and ask for the best caravans operators in the world , coastal is in the list.
cpt hamna sheeda , a bad pilot is not a pilot who specially crash plane or dammage them , it is more like you someone with a BAD attitude.
RICCARDOVOLANTE ,
If you have an opportunity to fly for Coastal go for it , experience is very good , the country is lovely and the salary is great .
Gusto
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stop sucking up oli
hey fellows...
c'mon gusto u got ur dream job now u dont have to be nice to her anymore??
i still keep urge the damn guys who refer to stay in pm's 2 shout out their reviews...
"the truth is out there"
keep it up there fellows
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ps: respect to women thats a new one from gusto did that momma look-alike gf of urs teach u that???
c'mon gusto u got ur dream job now u dont have to be nice to her anymore??
i still keep urge the damn guys who refer to stay in pm's 2 shout out their reviews...
"the truth is out there"
keep it up there fellows
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ps: respect to women thats a new one from gusto did that momma look-alike gf of urs teach u that???
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Hey Gusto you Clown. If that Swedish Cow is your friend then you must be a really "Sad Bastard". Cpt Hamna Sheeda is right on the money about her. She is a complete control freak. I worked for the Bitch for a number of years...her nick name was the smiling knife...so work it out Buddy!
As for that Belgium Tosser (Yogi)...those two belong together.
Cheers Captain Hamna Sheeda (our nightmare is over)
As for that Belgium Tosser (Yogi)...those two belong together.
Cheers Captain Hamna Sheeda (our nightmare is over)
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Well well well. I really didn't want to get into this one and I still would not wanna go too much in details. I understand Cpt Hama sheeda and Kiwifly, and I also understand Gusto's because he is a friend to Anna and Vincent.
I would not consider myself really a friend of Anna and Vincent, but I have know Anna for many years and have always been in good and friendly terms with her.
Because sometimes long ago, many many years before even Gusto or Juliettepapa step foot in East Africa I had a very short "personal relationship" with her
I do not wish to make any comments on whether she is bad or not. I am still in good terms with them and I respect her work.
What I do not like, what I do not respect, is that like Anna's other best friend, the Mighty greek of Arusha, as soon as a pilot leaves them or does not want to come back to work for them, they justify this by criticising and bull****ting on him like old women, trying to build him a bad reputation. Unfortunately, it is a small word down there in the aviation world of Arusha and Dar and those operators have come to believe that they can make or brake a pilot, or the world itself. Fortunately they are bull****ting themselves and a handfull of pilot-believers they have managed to convert.
I have also been involved in business with Coastal before I was myself a pilot and I disagree, it is not the best air operation in East Africa and surely not in Africa. They almost came under in the late 90's because they were greedy taking every business possible and they only exist today because the owner has many other businesses and always finds a way to get money from the banks. They're back in the positive, but their operations is not the best. Coastal is know for taking more business than it can operate and having to sub-charter other planes at loss. They are bad with keeping time on their schedule and even on their charter business. The owner, Nicolas, has managed to score a few good contract with the mines, with great mark-ups, and as long as he keeps that going, he can lose on the rest, he's fine.
I respect Anna's work but I will never work for her. Even if the hours are great (and I love the flying in Southern Tanzania) I would never. But I am in a different situation now, I am now hungry for hours anymore, and I think I should be paid a fair salary, comparable to what pilots with my hours get.
I would work for Northern air and Regional Air in a heart bit although I know that they have had disappointed/unhappy pilots too.
As for the best company to work for in Tanzania, I will stick to Northern Air and Nomads. The pay is very correct, the hours are good and those companies are not in the "hyena price fight" that Air Excel, Coastal, Zanair, Regional and others are living everyday. I can tell you, I have been involved with the management of Air Excel, the life these people are living is unhealthy. Spending 20 hours of their days worrying about competition and how to beat them and leave them dying in the mud. Hey, but that's why I'm not a aviation business owner in Tanzania
So, we go back to the old discussion we had about Air Excel a few months ago: do you need hours? do you need a job right now? do you need to get a pay? Get the job, go to Coastal and make your opinion on your own, and later decide if you want to stay, or have enough hours to bugger off. It is worth it if you have nothing else planned.
406pilot, you know I didn't want to comment anything, you shenzi rubani!!
I would not consider myself really a friend of Anna and Vincent, but I have know Anna for many years and have always been in good and friendly terms with her.
Because sometimes long ago, many many years before even Gusto or Juliettepapa step foot in East Africa I had a very short "personal relationship" with her
I do not wish to make any comments on whether she is bad or not. I am still in good terms with them and I respect her work. What I do not like, what I do not respect, is that like Anna's other best friend, the Mighty greek of Arusha, as soon as a pilot leaves them or does not want to come back to work for them, they justify this by criticising and bull****ting on him like old women, trying to build him a bad reputation. Unfortunately, it is a small word down there in the aviation world of Arusha and Dar and those operators have come to believe that they can make or brake a pilot, or the world itself. Fortunately they are bull****ting themselves and a handfull of pilot-believers they have managed to convert.
I have also been involved in business with Coastal before I was myself a pilot and I disagree, it is not the best air operation in East Africa and surely not in Africa. They almost came under in the late 90's because they were greedy taking every business possible and they only exist today because the owner has many other businesses and always finds a way to get money from the banks. They're back in the positive, but their operations is not the best. Coastal is know for taking more business than it can operate and having to sub-charter other planes at loss. They are bad with keeping time on their schedule and even on their charter business. The owner, Nicolas, has managed to score a few good contract with the mines, with great mark-ups, and as long as he keeps that going, he can lose on the rest, he's fine.
I respect Anna's work but I will never work for her. Even if the hours are great (and I love the flying in Southern Tanzania) I would never. But I am in a different situation now, I am now hungry for hours anymore, and I think I should be paid a fair salary, comparable to what pilots with my hours get.
I would work for Northern air and Regional Air in a heart bit although I know that they have had disappointed/unhappy pilots too.
As for the best company to work for in Tanzania, I will stick to Northern Air and Nomads. The pay is very correct, the hours are good and those companies are not in the "hyena price fight" that Air Excel, Coastal, Zanair, Regional and others are living everyday. I can tell you, I have been involved with the management of Air Excel, the life these people are living is unhealthy. Spending 20 hours of their days worrying about competition and how to beat them and leave them dying in the mud. Hey, but that's why I'm not a aviation business owner in Tanzania
So, we go back to the old discussion we had about Air Excel a few months ago: do you need hours? do you need a job right now? do you need to get a pay? Get the job, go to Coastal and make your opinion on your own, and later decide if you want to stay, or have enough hours to bugger off. It is worth it if you have nothing else planned.
406pilot, you know I didn't want to comment anything, you shenzi rubani!!
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hmmm let it out bro all of it,i know u got more in you buddy...
"406pilot-1 shenzi rubani-0"
what can i say man when ur good your gud man i knew sooner or later you were gonna spit it out....mo' ur up next i know u got it in you ...
keep it up there fellows,
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ps:karibu rjs bbq 2moro???
"406pilot-1 shenzi rubani-0"
what can i say man when ur good your gud man i knew sooner or later you were gonna spit it out....mo' ur up next i know u got it in you ...
keep it up there fellows,
no more 406pilot
ps:karibu rjs bbq 2moro???
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Some clarification please:
Are Coastal Airline, Coastal Travels and Coastal Express the same operation or are they different operations?
Who is Nicola and who is Anna, or are they one and the same?
What is the present make up of Coastal’s (one or all of them!) fleet(s)?
Thanks.
Are Coastal Airline, Coastal Travels and Coastal Express the same operation or are they different operations?
Who is Nicola and who is Anna, or are they one and the same?
What is the present make up of Coastal’s (one or all of them!) fleet(s)?
Thanks.
Gusto your a nugget. I bet if this post was about the greek you would never defend him. By the way was really nice how coastal offered youa job after you walked away from the greek. Great friends aye. It wasnt her that brought that company up it was the outside the box thinking and very exciting uncle Nicola. If anything the company's growth has been restricted by some personal interest in someone else's aircraft and fear of switching over to automation. To answer Carrier Nicola is the owner Anna is a shareholder Gm of the aviation side of coastal Travels called Coastal Aviation, No such thing as Coastal Express.
406 i wont be suckered ive said what i had to say, so go to RJS's party and get pissed,I'm sure a showdown will happen between said parties one day then you'll hear about it.. i'll be down on Sunday.
I wont work for them again thats all i can say... Pay might be ok but you never get time to spend it then when you do they make your life hell.
406 i wont be suckered ive said what i had to say, so go to RJS's party and get pissed,I'm sure a showdown will happen between said parties one day then you'll hear about it.. i'll be down on Sunday.
I wont work for them again thats all i can say... Pay might be ok but you never get time to spend it then when you do they make your life hell.
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GOTCHA
FOR ZENJ:
if costal is such a nice company how comes everyone who has left it "never" wants to go back to it??
FOR MO'
FOR ZENJ:
if costal is such a nice company how comes everyone who has left it "never" wants to go back to it??
FOR MO\'
well said buddy,a bit on the diplomatic side but but all the same at least you found the courage in you to spit out the truth...will miss that salad of urs 2nite buddy.
FOR CARRIER:
coastal express was rumoured as an alliance between coastal travel and air express but thatss all i heard about it
keep it up there fellows,
no more 406pilot
if costal is such a nice company how comes everyone who has left it "never" wants to go back to it??
FOR MO'
FOR ZENJ:
if costal is such a nice company how comes everyone who has left it "never" wants to go back to it??
FOR MO\'
well said buddy,a bit on the diplomatic side but but all the same at least you found the courage in you to spit out the truth...will miss that salad of urs 2nite buddy.
FOR CARRIER:
coastal express was rumoured as an alliance between coastal travel and air express but thatss all i heard about it
keep it up there fellows,
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Kudos to the few brave men for "spitting" it out. Am just surprised no one parked the caravan some where in the jungle and left with its keys
Means we got some very tolerant folks , as for me I might have to reconsider fishing for a gig with them after all. Sounds like my plans for Nairobi will work just fine for me. Keep it rolling guyz, atleast I learnt something today. Wenzangu shukrani
Am just surprised no one parked the caravan some where in the jungle and left with its keys Means we got some very tolerant folks , as for me I might have to reconsider fishing for a gig with them after all. Sounds like my plans for Nairobi will work just fine for me. Keep it rolling guyz, atleast I learnt something today. Wenzangu shukrani
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Happy weekend to all. 406Panda Bear, hope you clean the JD's at the party. It's easier to fly the sim when you're hungover, I've tried. no fear of falling off the sky.good ol'Africa! Our home forever!! mmmmh, weekend - back to my snowboarding !!
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Clown or nugget , well neither of the above .......
I love comments of people that don't know of what they are talking about .
For your info Mo I have nothing against Mike , he can be difficult in the cockpit and when you work for him , but otherwise he is fine. He actually offered me my job back in JAN04 .
406 you 're also not in your shoes man , the friends of mine also offered me a job , but at the time I was not too keen to stay in HTDA so I went west.
Kiwifly No wonder why you got a problem with Anna your posts just reflect your personality and I am sure that in any small charter company a guy like you will not stay long before being kicked out. Get a life man all I can say....
I love comments of people that don't know of what they are talking about .
For your info Mo I have nothing against Mike , he can be difficult in the cockpit and when you work for him , but otherwise he is fine. He actually offered me my job back in JAN04 .
406 you 're also not in your shoes man , the friends of mine also offered me a job , but at the time I was not too keen to stay in HTDA so I went west.
Kiwifly No wonder why you got a problem with Anna your posts just reflect your personality and I am sure that in any small charter company a guy like you will not stay long before being kicked out. Get a life man all I can say....
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Hey Mzungu Chafu, are you who I think you are??! Welcome Masta!
Well, I don't want to get in that debate, but yes, the Greek is not fine. real shenzi mbwa. But we know enough already, no need to try to sell our opinion on this. Let his defenders, the 2 or 3 on this forum talk about it if they need to justify their views. I don't.
LOL
Yes ! I wonder if he is who you think he is ???, and by the way NO he is not welcome !!
Well, I don't want to get in that debate, but yes, the Greek is not fine. real shenzi mbwa. But we know enough already, no need to try to sell our opinion on this. Let his defenders, the 2 or 3 on this forum talk about it if they need to justify their views. I don't.
LOL
Yes ! I wonder if he is who you think he is ???, and by the way NO he is not welcome !!
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Gusto....just curious,
Wat special treatment did you get in Coastal? You seem to much on the defense. A shenzi mzungu is not welcome at all, cross over into Kenya you will know what I mean.
Wat special treatment did you get in Coastal? You seem to much on the defense. A shenzi mzungu is not welcome at all, cross over into Kenya you will know what I mean.