Indigo Aviation Tanzania
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Indigo Aviation Tanzania
I was flying commander for a DC-3 operator in Tanzania. I am from the states. I seem to be the 5th or 6th captain they had in 6 months, and one day I flew to Dar Es Salaam and they told me to leave..they had no real reasons why other than they did not want to pay. And it seems they hire a guy for a month and they do not pay him, then they get another guy to fly for a month....
Then one day they called me back and begged me to come fly, so I did, and money up front, then again I did, and the second time, they had wanted to fire the co-pilot and not pay him, and they try to involve me, well the company was missing their garmin 296 and the aircraft log, so longer story shorter, these guy paid the police to arrest the co-pilot and his wife. Then I hear that they have tried this stunt with 2-3 other pilots that I was not aware of.
Beware of these guys, it is no joke.
Then one day they called me back and begged me to come fly, so I did, and money up front, then again I did, and the second time, they had wanted to fire the co-pilot and not pay him, and they try to involve me, well the company was missing their garmin 296 and the aircraft log, so longer story shorter, these guy paid the police to arrest the co-pilot and his wife. Then I hear that they have tried this stunt with 2-3 other pilots that I was not aware of.
Beware of these guys, it is no joke.
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This is what happen when an airline is run by an arrogant professional hunter and by a "business man" from Tanzania that doesn't know to add 2 + 2. I was the first officer that started in that airline. After the first month being paid for hanging out in a hotel room in South Africa I flew the DC-3 to Tanzania. Then, when I decided to leave bcz they wanted me to make pay for the aircracft (1500usd x hour) for the checkride, they asked me to pay back all the money that I earned the last 3 months (about 8.000usd).
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PEOPLE!!!!
When I left they owed me about 3.000 usd, so I thought a lot of things like stealing the GPS and the aircraft log or draining the fuel tanks, but as my fiend told me, my clean name is more valuable than a GPS or aircraft log so I just left! But it seems that somebody didn't think the same!
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PEOPLE!!!!
When I left they owed me about 3.000 usd, so I thought a lot of things like stealing the GPS and the aircraft log or draining the fuel tanks, but as my fiend told me, my clean name is more valuable than a GPS or aircraft log so I just left! But it seems that somebody didn't think the same!
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"Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime."
Benjamin Disraeli
1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Dramatic Turn Around !
Rather dramatic turn around from another thread !!
http://www.pprune.org/african-aviati...o-airways.html
Where:
"AFRICA IS FOR MEN OF MEANS NOT WHIMPS."
Or are you stearing "well clear of the DC-3 owner as he has impecable credentials aviating and of the Pussklopper kind too. "
Ha!
Or too much sipping Avgas through straws, may be?
http://www.pprune.org/african-aviati...o-airways.html
Where:
"AFRICA IS FOR MEN OF MEANS NOT WHIMPS."
Or are you stearing "well clear of the DC-3 owner as he has impecable credentials aviating and of the Pussklopper kind too. "
Ha!
Or too much sipping Avgas through straws, may be?
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Dar...?
This guy fly's T's to Dar? Why would I want to book with a guy that screws fellow peealots? If he screws his employees he screws the maintenance I can almost say for certain.
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Any word on how the company is doing? I was just in Zanzibar and the plane was sitting in the corner. maybe they shut down? is there any routes yet? Cheers.
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Don't fly.
To all possible passengers, crew and employee's of other companies in Tanzania. From what I have learned is that the pilots are not properly licensed to fly in Tanzania and that the airplanes are not properly maintained. To all possible pilots wanting to fly for Indigo Aviation take note that the employer also has a bad track of dismissing his employee's and does not pay them.
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Whats the latest with Indigo? the same? better? closed? open? I have not seen the airplanes for sale, so I guess they are still in Zanzibar? do they have pilots/ engineers? Cheers.