First job in Africa concerns
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pac - nope sorry mate I know eff all about flying in Indo hhahah I just got here - Ive only got 1000hrs and that all done in the wonderful landscape of the okavango delta, Botswana!
Rawhammer - no you dont pay for the training, the company does and most will bond you for a year - but not for the entire 50hrs, just for things like learning how to bounce a 206 properly and checkrides, medicals and government fees etc, one company takes the piss entirely and tries to bond you with a 2year monster that is not amortised.
I worked my one year off and left not owing the company a thing, with an extra 800hrs in the sack and a bunch of life long mates.
Not a bad deal at all.
Rawhammer - no you dont pay for the training, the company does and most will bond you for a year - but not for the entire 50hrs, just for things like learning how to bounce a 206 properly and checkrides, medicals and government fees etc, one company takes the piss entirely and tries to bond you with a 2year monster that is not amortised.
I worked my one year off and left not owing the company a thing, with an extra 800hrs in the sack and a bunch of life long mates.
Not a bad deal at all.
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Type of flying refers...ever landed at Cazombo in Angola in heavy rain or Bujumbura with a lake wind and low cloud or trying to find Kisangani without GPS. Not talking about 747 IFR from Josie to London and back. If this guys wants adventure flying where a mistake oftem means a survival challenge after surviving a crash then Africa is the place.
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Firstly, before I answer your question I would kindly ask you to elaborate more on why you think Africa is a better place for the fresh starters?
Because frankly speaking this is the same mentality that placed the Aviation industry at its Criticality stage in Africa today, is simply being used!!! a stepping stone... If he has invested his money in Aus, why cant he stay gain experiance and come to Africa?
And I did not mean, that way that all newly qualified pilots fly in Africa, and you know for sure a small boy would not mean that. of coz there are some all over the world.
What Africa needs at the Moment is highly experienced pilots, to come and bridge up the gap. Above all if he is worried about the dangers of the African Sky, Why is he still considerating to come down and build his hours, what diofference does he think he is gonna make than just adding to the current predicament? Why cant he be more productive like a true Aviator and build his exp and Come down to Africa enhance on the situation.
But please guys do not take me wrong on this, and sorry it has to be you Rawr...
Because frankly speaking this is the same mentality that placed the Aviation industry at its Criticality stage in Africa today, is simply being used!!! a stepping stone... If he has invested his money in Aus, why cant he stay gain experiance and come to Africa?
And I did not mean, that way that all newly qualified pilots fly in Africa, and you know for sure a small boy would not mean that. of coz there are some all over the world.
What Africa needs at the Moment is highly experienced pilots, to come and bridge up the gap. Above all if he is worried about the dangers of the African Sky, Why is he still considerating to come down and build his hours, what diofference does he think he is gonna make than just adding to the current predicament? Why cant he be more productive like a true Aviator and build his exp and Come down to Africa enhance on the situation.
But please guys do not take me wrong on this, and sorry it has to be you Rawr...
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I'm not even going to bother responding to people making assumptions about my persona and about how I funded my training.WOW!No offense either but those are some very unintellectual posts.
For all those who shed some light on my queries and were kind enough to help out, It's much appreciated.
For all those who shed some light on my queries and were kind enough to help out, It's much appreciated.
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In order to get experienced pilots to stay in Africa you need to creat incentives for them to stay. Various things are insanly expensive and when someone starts thinking about having a wife and kids this often encourages them to leave.
Operators are just as bad since they will hire low time pilots in the hope of saving a few bucks. It often bites them in the ass when their newbie pilot ends up crashing because the operator threatens him with dismisal if he does not fly into the thunder storm and deliver the overweight tourists with their mountains of luggage to the other side of the mountains.
I always wanted to bush fly before I became an airline pilot. It's real flying, and it's fun. But most importantly you gain valuable command experience. You often are in the middle of no where, where the regular rule book need not always apply because of the enviorment your in. You make logical and sound decisions. You don't have the luxury of hidding behind a mountain of support staff and wrap yourself in mountains of regs.
Operators are just as bad since they will hire low time pilots in the hope of saving a few bucks. It often bites them in the ass when their newbie pilot ends up crashing because the operator threatens him with dismisal if he does not fly into the thunder storm and deliver the overweight tourists with their mountains of luggage to the other side of the mountains.
I always wanted to bush fly before I became an airline pilot. It's real flying, and it's fun. But most importantly you gain valuable command experience. You often are in the middle of no where, where the regular rule book need not always apply because of the enviorment your in. You make logical and sound decisions. You don't have the luxury of hidding behind a mountain of support staff and wrap yourself in mountains of regs.
