Maun 2009/10 season
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Hi I was hoping someone could help me, I have just applied for my police certificate. However was told that it takes 6 weeks. Could someone give me a heads up if this is true or is there any other way I could get it sooner? I was hoping on leaving on the 21st December.
Many thanks in advance!
Many thanks in advance!
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Same in Maghiaristan, but then the papers arrived in a week.
Worst case you have somebody send it after you.
Worst case you have somebody send it after you.
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z987k The type rating's for 206's and 210's just makes me laugh. That is a real joke.
I can't even get a type rating for a small single here. I'm simply qualified to fly them.
I can't even get a type rating for a small single here. I'm simply qualified to fly them.
Enjoy trying to get a job in Maun!
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There was written here and other places a few dozen times that if you have a type in your logbook with a few hours (5 in Bots and Nam as far as I know) then the local CAA will endorse it as "type rating" when converting your papers.
It is that simple, and it is the way it goes...
It is that simple, and it is the way it goes...
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okay....vacancy for 400tt......
any idea about vacancies for freshers.....with 250 tt.
Question: Where does a fresher pilot start their career from??..I mean there has to be something.
P.S.
Atleast there's one vacancy ...situation must be on a rise....gr8
any idea about vacancies for freshers.....with 250 tt.
Question: Where does a fresher pilot start their career from??..I mean there has to be something.
P.S.
Atleast there's one vacancy ...situation must be on a rise....gr8
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I believe it's a bit ordinary that they actually get it on their website when they are looking for people, so just because you can't find it on the site it doesn't mean they are not looking. But as has been said a lot, if you don't go down there you won't get any.
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I'm guessing that if you're in the UK, you'll have got your police check from Disclosure Scotland? I got mine from there - took about 3-4 weeks to come through, I can't remember exactly. Just like csanad said - you can probably get it sent out later.
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have i been an idiot?? I have just applied for a police certificate using a wa162 form and sent it to data protection department. Was i meant to apply for a basic disclousure scotland??
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living in malawi
can anyone tell me more about flying in malawi...i have applied to nyassa/malawi and i have got a conformation for a 30min phone interview..i just want to know more about the place like, living condition,health risks, etc,,,,is malawi as same as muan...if any one out there have been working or worked in Nyassa air /malawi i would like to know the work place/pay/accomadation etc.....pls advice
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2 quick questions (for maun, but i guess malawi as well)-
1) does an MCC help? am i wrong in saying that some of the operators do have multicrew planes?
2) any forecast that the 2010 world cup will bring more tourists to that side of the world, some of them going for safaris as well and thus creating more pilot openings?
Thanks!
1) does an MCC help? am i wrong in saying that some of the operators do have multicrew planes?
2) any forecast that the 2010 world cup will bring more tourists to that side of the world, some of them going for safaris as well and thus creating more pilot openings?
Thanks!
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Guys just a quick note. I flew in Maun not so long ago.
Hours dont been jack. A CPL licence is all thats needed. Sefo wanted 300hrs or something! but all the other 6 company's only wanted a CPL.
Ya not going to get a job cause you have a 747 rating or a MCC. They just want people who are easy to get long with, not a dick head on the piss and fly a plane well enough not to kill them selfs!
5 hrs on type should be enough to get the rating on ya bots licence! its not make or break having a rating. But the DCA type rating exams in bots are a pain in the ass.
if ya go to maun, hang out long enough and buy enough beers you'll get a job sooner or later.
Hope it clears some stuff up!
Hours dont been jack. A CPL licence is all thats needed. Sefo wanted 300hrs or something! but all the other 6 company's only wanted a CPL.
Ya not going to get a job cause you have a 747 rating or a MCC. They just want people who are easy to get long with, not a dick head on the piss and fly a plane well enough not to kill them selfs!
5 hrs on type should be enough to get the rating on ya bots licence! its not make or break having a rating. But the DCA type rating exams in bots are a pain in the ass.
if ya go to maun, hang out long enough and buy enough beers you'll get a job sooner or later.
Hope it clears some stuff up!
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Originally Posted by nyathi
Dude, if this is really a joke, why dont you stay where you are, this is AFRICA and this is how it works here! ................
Enjoy trying to get a job in Maun!
Enjoy trying to get a job in Maun!
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Nope, nothing to explain. If you think it was
then, SORRY!
If you think its a REAL joke over here, and a laugh and that you SIMPLY QUALIFY for them........ Good on ya chap!
It does not work like that over here. Sorry for that!
so maybe that was harsh
If you think its a REAL joke over here, and a laugh and that you SIMPLY QUALIFY for them........
Good on ya chap!It does not work like that over here. Sorry for that!
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Perhaps a little explaining here. On most JAA/FAA licenses it is impossible to have a typerating for an aircraft that is Multi Engine/Single Engine Piston Class. We just get a Classrating and are automatically qualified (by law) to fly them.
So it is a bit confusing to see a 206 typerating. No offence intended I presume.
So it is a bit confusing to see a 206 typerating. No offence intended I presume.
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Ok, In BOTSWANA and SOUTH AFRICA and NAMIBIA and most other AFRICAN countries, you get a single engine land TYPE RATING, this means that if you have flown a PA28 or C150 or any of those thingy's and you DONT have a C206, C210 on your license as TYPE RATED then you will have to do the TYPE RATING here in Maun because.........That is the way it works here!
Sorry chaps, but that is how it works. Anybody understand, I'm happy to explain further if this is still unclear!
Sorry chaps, but that is how it works. Anybody understand, I'm happy to explain further if this is still unclear!
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Originally Posted by nyathi
Ok, In BOTSWANA and SOUTH AFRICA and NAMIBIA and most other AFRICAN countries, you get a single engine land TYPE RATING, this means that if you have flown a PA28 or C150 or any of those thingy's and you DONT have a C206, C210 on your license as TYPE RATED then you will have to do the TYPE RATING here in Maun because.........That is the way it works here!
Sorry chaps, but that is how it works. Anybody understand, I'm happy to explain further if this is still unclear!
Sorry chaps, but that is how it works. Anybody understand, I'm happy to explain further if this is still unclear!
It's a little perplexing that you would need a type rating for, as I understand it, every single aircraft you want to fly then?
For example, here, if I have a Single engine land with complex and high performance endorsements I can fly just about any piston driven single made. This would include a PA28, C152, C210, AA-5 and M20 etc. This is far from the case in Africa(?) it seems and I don't understand the reasoning behind it.
Also, here we don't have anything on our license regarding specific aircraft. It's a class rating as said above.
I know the FARs that pertain to me fairly well, but I've never so much as cracked a book on African laws... so I don't know or understand the reasoning behind them.