Maun 2009/10 season
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Thanx Guys,
Planning To Get There For Next Season, So Far I've Got An Frozen Atpl, From A Spanish Integrated Course, With Cpl, Ir, Mcc, Bla,bla,bla...crap Basically!!!!, Because They Stick To Minimums For Licence Issuing And I Just Have 150hrs Tt (just A 100 Of Them As Pic) And 60hrs On An A320 Simulator (needed For The Mcc).... So Still Have To Save For A Year And Pay Myself For Some More Hours In U.s. In Order To Get A Better Chance Once I Get There....... And Marry A Donkey.
Planning To Get There For Next Season, So Far I've Got An Frozen Atpl, From A Spanish Integrated Course, With Cpl, Ir, Mcc, Bla,bla,bla...crap Basically!!!!, Because They Stick To Minimums For Licence Issuing And I Just Have 150hrs Tt (just A 100 Of Them As Pic) And 60hrs On An A320 Simulator (needed For The Mcc).... So Still Have To Save For A Year And Pay Myself For Some More Hours In U.s. In Order To Get A Better Chance Once I Get There....... And Marry A Donkey.
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You've really composed that text bro!
Maun is awesome. Sometime hotter than it should, but i was prepared for that. I'm not missing the Hungarian winter and snow at all!
Maun is awesome. Sometime hotter than it should, but i was prepared for that. I'm not missing the Hungarian winter and snow at all!
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Unemployed pilots in Maun
Things ain't shiny here, but as I see none of us is too desperate. We are trying to have fun if we came such a long way.
Yesterday morning we had a conversation at the airport with a couple of unemployed pilots. And I've found out that there's a mutual alliance amongst them. They even have a chairman. The guy who is here for the longest time and still didn't get a job. So I decided it is time that we have a patch... We could wear it on our jackets. Would be something like: been there, done that
Here you go:
Yesterday morning we had a conversation at the airport with a couple of unemployed pilots. And I've found out that there's a mutual alliance amongst them. They even have a chairman. The guy who is here for the longest time and still didn't get a job. So I decided it is time that we have a patch... We could wear it on our jackets. Would be something like: been there, done that
Here you go:
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Missed the season. Current hired pilots are having issues geting work permits due to amount of unemployed local pilots.
Even though they just want to sit in Gabarone waiting for Air Botswana to hire in April. Not interested in flying C206's because it is beneath them.
No less than Caravans.
Even though they just want to sit in Gabarone waiting for Air Botswana to hire in April. Not interested in flying C206's because it is beneath them.
No less than Caravans.
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Ridiculous
Bots immigration hand in hand with the local CAA wiped out the foreigners from Maun. But fresh Bots CPL guys don't give a shyt on C206 jobs... They all wanna be bigboys on those 3-4 ATR's?
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Maybe it's better if they're looked after by a senior captain for a couple of hundred hours than being let loose alone in a C206 in the bush somewhere. RUMOR has it that most of them didn't exactly finish with flying colors, let alone close to required minimum hrs, or well within the time for the CPL/ATPL subjects...
So if this is true then no worries guys, just relax and i'm sure you all get what you want and worked hard for. Never loose the dedication towards your goals!
Best of luck
So if this is true then no worries guys, just relax and i'm sure you all get what you want and worked hard for. Never loose the dedication towards your goals!
Best of luck
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Big boys on the ATRs?
Well, yes, this certain deficiency was fun at the time.
BBC News | Africa | Suicide pilot destroys Air Botswana fleet
Eisshhhh,,,,,
Well, yes, this certain deficiency was fun at the time.
BBC News | Africa | Suicide pilot destroys Air Botswana fleet
Eisshhhh,,,,,
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At the moment yes. But we will see, we will see...
I hear 10 Bots guys were hired? Can someone confirm this? I've left Maun three weeks ago, and just get some rumours.
I hear 10 Bots guys were hired? Can someone confirm this? I've left Maun three weeks ago, and just get some rumours.
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He guys,
I´m new in this forum and would like to ask you over Maun:
- when does the season start for jobhunting there?
- is it true that they are not going to take foreign pilots in the future because law has changed, or is this a bull****?
Thanks to all
I´m new in this forum and would like to ask you over Maun:
- when does the season start for jobhunting there?
- is it true that they are not going to take foreign pilots in the future because law has changed, or is this a bull****?
Thanks to all
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Tyndal: nope, from Namibia will probably head to Tanzania. I'm waiting for some news to decide whether it's worth or not.
Toro78: no law has changed, the companies only need to give priority to local guys (this is the same everywhere in the world and in every industry). And as there were a few freshly trained Bots CPL guys things changed a bit. But then again, it might change back in a couple of months and companies will probably be able to hire foreign pilots also.
Toro78: no law has changed, the companies only need to give priority to local guys (this is the same everywhere in the world and in every industry). And as there were a few freshly trained Bots CPL guys things changed a bit. But then again, it might change back in a couple of months and companies will probably be able to hire foreign pilots also.
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Not entirely true Csanad unfortunatly.
Immigration is refusing to issue work permits and resident permits for pilots as they have local pilots sitting in Gaborone.
At the moment, Sefofane has 3 pilots waiting out of the country until this issue has been sorted.
I don't know where the rumour of 10 guys being hired came from, as that isnt true, so far only 2 local pilots have been hired. But there are a few companies that are looking at others. Including ours. Perhaps that is going to be a bit of a bargain with the immigration department to hire the rest of this seasons pilots as we have already been trained.
As for the next year, things may be very different here. But only time will tell.
But as for this year. The season is done.
Immigration is refusing to issue work permits and resident permits for pilots as they have local pilots sitting in Gaborone.
At the moment, Sefofane has 3 pilots waiting out of the country until this issue has been sorted.
I don't know where the rumour of 10 guys being hired came from, as that isnt true, so far only 2 local pilots have been hired. But there are a few companies that are looking at others. Including ours. Perhaps that is going to be a bit of a bargain with the immigration department to hire the rest of this seasons pilots as we have already been trained.
As for the next year, things may be very different here. But only time will tell.
But as for this year. The season is done.
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Hi, I'm thinking of going to Maun in the early June.
I know is already out of seasson but I need to try.
Does anyone know if I could get a job as other matter meanwhile I find a job as a pilot? Is there any chance to do that? Is easy to get a work permit over there?
As I said before I know that the hiring seasson is in January to February but also I know that in June is going to take part the Football Worldcup in a neighbour country.
Thanks a lot
I know is already out of seasson but I need to try.
Does anyone know if I could get a job as other matter meanwhile I find a job as a pilot? Is there any chance to do that? Is easy to get a work permit over there?
As I said before I know that the hiring seasson is in January to February but also I know that in June is going to take part the Football Worldcup in a neighbour country.
Thanks a lot