Mango - all you need to know about it (threads merged)
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Originally Posted by Avi8tor
Oh No..has he surfaced again???
In any case, don't expect command anytime soon (quite frankly the whole 'career plan' there sounds a bit weak), and things seems a tad chaotic. They also seem to be using some utterly crazy system for working out seniority amongst the F/O's at the moment, so don't expect your hours to count for as much as you may think once you are in their system. Expected pay increases haven't materialised (despite crew actually being told that they would be getting an increase), and management seems fairly 'random' on the whole. (I'm being polite.)
On the plus side, it is a nice rating to have if you plan on leaving SA sometime soonish, and the -800 is fun to operate, so they say. Salary is ok-ish I suppose if you can live on it (clearing about 21-22K for an F/O after tax?). No pension/medical etc provided.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be negative, merely objective. I am however concerned with the standard of aviation managers/management in general in SA at the moment, and Mango (IMHO) is no exception.
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Have never sent a CV to them so not sure how they got my info
Sorry guys, I won't support the 'newly advantaged' doing it for blacks and definitely not the 'good ol' boys' doing it for whites either. This is state money, I want it spent wisely.
I smell the fu
k up fairy coming, with a good lawyer in tow.P.S.
(clearing about 21-22K for an F/O after tax?)
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More specifically, the guy who runs the 'pay me for turbine flight hours' business calls you, or so I'm told.
Guess it won't be long. Maybe this is his Life-Line on how to repay the 100's that had been
screwed over the last 15 odd years.(Skyhaul Reunion @ Mango - I hope not)
I still respect everyone at Mango, except ONE!!
If you can get the job and it fits with your Career Plan, TAKE IT!!
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Maybe this is his Life-Line on how to repay the 100's that had been screwed over the last 15 odd years.
Also the man has the 'mugabe touch', everything he has been involved with turns to sh
t. This does not bode will for Mango.
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This looks like a 'hiring mates' job to me, with my taxes!!
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Why would you be paying taxes in SA if your primary residence is located in the UAE
Oh wait, maybe you are like one of the okes that can only like to drive the plain?
I understand the confusion, you only have one source of income.
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Avi8tor,
Oh, my apologies. Never expected someone of your mentality/superior know-how to be investing his hard earned Dhirams in a corrupt African ****-hole we call home....
Oh, my apologies. Never expected someone of your mentality/superior know-how to be investing his hard earned Dhirams in a corrupt African ****-hole we call home....
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Question...
Should someone be interested in Mango, but not be from the local SA market... do they have even a fighting chance... or is it a bit like MDC vs Mugabe (over before the vote has begun)?
If the fighting chance is still a possibility.. who (or where) is the place to send the CV to?
Many thanks
Should someone be interested in Mango, but not be from the local SA market... do they have even a fighting chance... or is it a bit like MDC vs Mugabe (over before the vote has begun)?
If the fighting chance is still a possibility.. who (or where) is the place to send the CV to?
Many thanks
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Mango requirements.
Mango requirements are a little hazy at the moment; to be honest I don’t think there are any?
To answer your question, unfortunately you do need to be a safa or rather have the right to live and work in SA.
But NOT necessarily be involved in the SA aviation scene. Mango has had pilots join from Ryanair and EK. And there are a lot more where they came from. It’s a good job to have once you’ve made your $’s and you just enjoy flying an 800 around SA.
Good luck mate
To answer your question, unfortunately you do need to be a safa or rather have the right to live and work in SA.
But NOT necessarily be involved in the SA aviation scene. Mango has had pilots join from Ryanair and EK. And there are a lot more where they came from. It’s a good job to have once you’ve made your $’s and you just enjoy flying an 800 around SA.
Good luck mate
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Tel me more about JO.
I have some dealings with him, to me he is really a nice guy. I know that some of the Mango Crew fly for him occasionally on the Zambian B732.
If they get paid is another story..
Is it just another case of...
I have some dealings with him, to me he is really a nice guy. I know that some of the Mango Crew fly for him occasionally on the Zambian B732.
If they get paid is another story..
Is it just another case of...
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afreekanhoar - Mango requirements are a little hazy at the moment; to be honest I don’t think there are any?
To answer your question, unfortunately you do need to be a safa or rather have the right to live and work in SA.
So assuming I live in SA at the moment, I guess I can apply? Where to apply though... what is the easiest route?
Thanks for the input so far
To answer your question, unfortunately you do need to be a safa or rather have the right to live and work in SA.
So assuming I live in SA at the moment, I guess I can apply? Where to apply though... what is the easiest route?
Thanks for the input so far
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So your question isn't immediately answered because it's possible folks are taking a weekend off or just don't have the info to hand. You take offence at this and read something into it which very likely doesn't exist, ie, they're deliberately excluding you and have an agenda to keep the jobs within a "closed circle". That kind of paranoia and immaturity won't go down too well during the psychometric testing phase should you get that far...
Have you tried calling their offices and getting a number for the Chief Pilot or HR person?
Have you tried calling their offices and getting a number for the Chief Pilot or HR person?
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SRT is correct, there's no 'special process' or 'easy' route to follow - just some basic number/email finding (I can recommend a 'phone book', it lists lots of telephone numbers in it - or use the 1023 directory service 
), send your CV, and there you are. About 10 minutes of work maybe. If they want to call you, then they call you. Nobody will give their numbers/email addresses to you on an open, public forum, for obvious reasons.
), send your CV, and there you are. About 10 minutes of work maybe. If they want to call you, then they call you. Nobody will give their numbers/email addresses to you on an open, public forum, for obvious reasons.
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