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unless those planes have all been shipped, registered and operated outside the country in the last 2 months...those do not exist. I don't think there are even that many 210s in the country.
I call all fake. Stay far away from that scam. If you want a work permit, enter the country on a tourist visa, assess the situation over the 3 months you have, and then decide whether it's worth forking over the $3000 for yourself.
I call all fake. Stay far away from that scam. If you want a work permit, enter the country on a tourist visa, assess the situation over the 3 months you have, and then decide whether it's worth forking over the $3000 for yourself.
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They keep contacting
I am not answering anymore:
Serial No:07-8957 AOC:KCAA/209/031
KENYA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
Air Operator Certificate
No.031
This certifies that
SKYLINK AVIAITON- AOC: KCAA/209/031
has met the requirements of the Kenya Civil Aviation Act and related Civil Aviation Regulations
and Rules prescribed thereunder for the issuance of this certificate, and is hereby authorized
to
conduct commercial air transport operations using the following types of aircraft
Cessna 206, Cessna 210& Cessna 208B.
. for the following types of operations:
Human and cargo freight.
.
In accordance with the said Regulations and Rules and the terms, conditions and limitations
contained in the attached Operations Specifications.
This certificate is not transferable and, unless sooner surrendered, suspended or revoked,
shall continue in effect until the ..3rd ..day of
August 2018
Issued at KCAA HQ Effective date 3-AUG-
2010
Signed this 3rd .. day of AUGUST . 2010
DIRECTOR GENERAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
Human Resource department,
Skylink Aviation Limited,
P.O.BOX 440-00100,
NAIROBI, KENYA.
4-NOV 2013.
Dear Sir/Madam,
RE: MARK HOWARD YOUNG JOB CONFIRMATION
This confirms that Mark Howard Young of Air Transport license Certificate number XXXXXX and passport no.
XXXX was considered on the 1st of November 2013 for the position of Captain Operating the C208B and has
now been officially given the chance to work for Skylink Aviation Limited starting the 24th November 2013.He will
be contracted to conduct his duties as a Captain for a duration of 3yrs upon which he may choose to renew the
contract or not.
We do hope you will be a great addition to Skylink Aviation Limited and we are looking forward to meeting you
soon.
Yours Sincerely
JENNY SCOTT.
FLY IN STYLE
Skylink Aviation Employment Contract
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Welcome to Skylink Aviation. We hope you enjoy your employment with us.
The following will outline your rights and responsibilities. It is designed to provide you with
clarification. Please feel free to ask any questions if anything is unclear to you.
Please complete the following information, sign and date it and return it to P.O Box 440-
00100 Nairobi, Kenya by the 5th November 2013.
This employment agreement is between Skylink Aviation and Mark Howard Young and is
valid for 3yrs.
For good consideration, Skylink employs Prospective Pilots on the following terms and
conditions.
1. Skylink Aviation is a limited liability company.
2. Fixed Wing Aircraft operator AOC NO: KCAA/209/031
3. All employees answer to the Chief Senior Pilot who acts in full responsibility as the
overall pilot.
4. Skylink Aviation is located in Wilson Airport 20kms from the city center and our
Aircrafts are maintained and Parked in our hangars i.e. F, G, H&I.
5. Your current remuneration is $5,000.0 per month. This figure does not include
monthly income tax which is 5%.
Other benefits include House allowance, a two bedroomed fully furnished
apartment that an employ lives in alone or with his/her family.
Health insurance is also offered by the company through CIC insurance. This
insurance policy cover various health problems e.g., dental, general sickness, eye
checks and ambulance services in case of an emergency to the policy holder and
family.
Every two weeks, every employee is entitled to a weekend getaway to a regional
destination of his/her own choosing.
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6. Salaries are reviewed every 8th of August of every year so as to ensure that we keep
up with the changes in taxes and also that our employees enjoy the better times in
the economy.
7. Salary payment is made monthly on the 3rd day of each month. Under no
circumstances does the salary payment delay so as to ensure that our employees get
the best for what they do.
The full outline of the appropriate plan of payment and adjustments is available
from the Finance Department.
8. Your Annual Leave provision is thirty five working days per annum.
Except by prior arrangement with the Chief Pilot, annual leave must be taken within
six months of the end of the year in which it accrued.
Your Long Service Leave provision will be as provided by the Company policy, which
will be no less than the prevailing State legislation.
9. Your paid Sick/Careers Leave provision is ten days in your first year of service and
ten days per annum thereafter. The Company may at its discretion extend this
allowance.
10. You are required to work a minimum of 7 hours a day and a maximum of 11 hours.
This can be day and night time depending on the schedule prepared by the
operations department. All personnel flying will be notified via SMS or can confirm
from the operations office.
11. You may be eligible for paid Overtime, at the rate shown in the published Company
Overtime Policy, for work carried out beyond normal hours. Such payment will be
authorized in advance by the Deputy Senior Pilot.
12. The Period of Notice required from you to terminate employment with the Company
during your probation period is two weeks, and thereafter one month, and, with the
exception below, the Company will provide the same period to terminate your
employment. Notice must be given in writing. The Company may, at its discretion,
pay you a sum equivalent to your salary for that period of notice and not require you
to work out the notice period.
Your employment may be terminated by the Company with no notice period if at
any time you commit a serious or persistent breach of this agreement or you are
guilty of any serious misconduct or wilful neglect in performing your duties.
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13. You shall not, except in the proper course of your duties during the continuance of
your employment or after its termination, disclose to any other person, firm or
company or make use of for your own benefit, any secret or confidential information
relating to the Company or any associated company or any client or its business,
finances, activities, processes or methods of research, systems processes, trade
secrets, customers, prospective customers or any other confidential or secret
information of the Company or any such associated company or client which shall
come to your knowledge during your employment or otherwise.
Upon termination of your employment you will promptly deliver up to the Company
or its authorized representative all property, for example, documents, records,
papers, credit cards, lists, computer or headsets, which may be in your possession or
under your control and which relate in any way to the business or affairs of the
Company or any related or associated company of the Company and no copies of
such or any part shall be retained by you.
Any exception to this requirement will be by prior agreement with the Chief Senior
pilot.
14. While your employment with the Company continues you are required to disclose to
the Chief Senior Pilot any potential conflicts of interest including concurrent
employment outside of the Company which may impact negatively on either
Company performance or personal performance.
15. If during the course of your duties you make any discovery or invention or secret
process or improvement in procedure or make any literary or artistic work or
computer program relevant to, or capable of use in, the business of the Company
then you must disclose all facts and details to the Company as it may require and
such discovery, invention, secret process, or improvement in procedure, literary or
artistic work or computer program and all copyright relating thereto, shall belong to
and be the absolute property of, the Company.
16. It is a condition of your employment with the Company that for the period of 3
months following the termination of your employment you will not personally or
through an agent or on behalf of or for any other person, firm or company, canvass
or solicit any business from or with any person, firm or company who has during
your employment been a client or prospective client of the Company, where such
business would be in competition with the business of the Company and/or to the
detriment or intended or probable detriment of the Company.
For a period of 3 months following the termination of your employment with the
Company you will not employ any person who was employed by the Company whilst
you were an employee of the Company nor procure that such a person be employed
by any other person, firm or company.
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17. This Statement provides a summary of the main terms and conditions of your
employment with Skylink Aviation Limited. Your attention is also drawn to the
Company Policies and Procedures manual which describe in more detail various
other employment practices, such as claiming and payment of business expenses,
and policies such as Equal Employment Opportunity, Non-Smoking Work
Environment, Use of Technology and Occupational Health and Safety, with which
the Company expects employees to comply. A copy of the Policies and Procedures is
available for your use from the Deputy Senior Pilot. The policies and practices are
reviewed from time to time and any revisions published as amendments.
I accept and agree to the above statement of my terms and conditions of employment.
NAME:
SIGNED:
DATE:
Serial No:07-8957 AOC:KCAA/209/031
KENYA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
Air Operator Certificate
No.031
This certifies that
SKYLINK AVIAITON- AOC: KCAA/209/031
has met the requirements of the Kenya Civil Aviation Act and related Civil Aviation Regulations
and Rules prescribed thereunder for the issuance of this certificate, and is hereby authorized
to
conduct commercial air transport operations using the following types of aircraft
Cessna 206, Cessna 210& Cessna 208B.
. for the following types of operations:
Human and cargo freight.
.
In accordance with the said Regulations and Rules and the terms, conditions and limitations
contained in the attached Operations Specifications.
This certificate is not transferable and, unless sooner surrendered, suspended or revoked,
shall continue in effect until the ..3rd ..day of
August 2018
Issued at KCAA HQ Effective date 3-AUG-
2010
Signed this 3rd .. day of AUGUST . 2010
DIRECTOR GENERAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
Human Resource department,
Skylink Aviation Limited,
P.O.BOX 440-00100,
NAIROBI, KENYA.
4-NOV 2013.
Dear Sir/Madam,
RE: MARK HOWARD YOUNG JOB CONFIRMATION
This confirms that Mark Howard Young of Air Transport license Certificate number XXXXXX and passport no.
XXXX was considered on the 1st of November 2013 for the position of Captain Operating the C208B and has
now been officially given the chance to work for Skylink Aviation Limited starting the 24th November 2013.He will
be contracted to conduct his duties as a Captain for a duration of 3yrs upon which he may choose to renew the
contract or not.
We do hope you will be a great addition to Skylink Aviation Limited and we are looking forward to meeting you
soon.
Yours Sincerely
JENNY SCOTT.
FLY IN STYLE
Skylink Aviation Employment Contract
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Welcome to Skylink Aviation. We hope you enjoy your employment with us.
The following will outline your rights and responsibilities. It is designed to provide you with
clarification. Please feel free to ask any questions if anything is unclear to you.
Please complete the following information, sign and date it and return it to P.O Box 440-
00100 Nairobi, Kenya by the 5th November 2013.
This employment agreement is between Skylink Aviation and Mark Howard Young and is
valid for 3yrs.
For good consideration, Skylink employs Prospective Pilots on the following terms and
conditions.
1. Skylink Aviation is a limited liability company.
2. Fixed Wing Aircraft operator AOC NO: KCAA/209/031
3. All employees answer to the Chief Senior Pilot who acts in full responsibility as the
overall pilot.
4. Skylink Aviation is located in Wilson Airport 20kms from the city center and our
Aircrafts are maintained and Parked in our hangars i.e. F, G, H&I.
5. Your current remuneration is $5,000.0 per month. This figure does not include
monthly income tax which is 5%.
Other benefits include House allowance, a two bedroomed fully furnished
apartment that an employ lives in alone or with his/her family.
Health insurance is also offered by the company through CIC insurance. This
insurance policy cover various health problems e.g., dental, general sickness, eye
checks and ambulance services in case of an emergency to the policy holder and
family.
Every two weeks, every employee is entitled to a weekend getaway to a regional
destination of his/her own choosing.
FLY IN STYLE
6. Salaries are reviewed every 8th of August of every year so as to ensure that we keep
up with the changes in taxes and also that our employees enjoy the better times in
the economy.
7. Salary payment is made monthly on the 3rd day of each month. Under no
circumstances does the salary payment delay so as to ensure that our employees get
the best for what they do.
The full outline of the appropriate plan of payment and adjustments is available
from the Finance Department.
8. Your Annual Leave provision is thirty five working days per annum.
Except by prior arrangement with the Chief Pilot, annual leave must be taken within
six months of the end of the year in which it accrued.
Your Long Service Leave provision will be as provided by the Company policy, which
will be no less than the prevailing State legislation.
9. Your paid Sick/Careers Leave provision is ten days in your first year of service and
ten days per annum thereafter. The Company may at its discretion extend this
allowance.
10. You are required to work a minimum of 7 hours a day and a maximum of 11 hours.
This can be day and night time depending on the schedule prepared by the
operations department. All personnel flying will be notified via SMS or can confirm
from the operations office.
11. You may be eligible for paid Overtime, at the rate shown in the published Company
Overtime Policy, for work carried out beyond normal hours. Such payment will be
authorized in advance by the Deputy Senior Pilot.
12. The Period of Notice required from you to terminate employment with the Company
during your probation period is two weeks, and thereafter one month, and, with the
exception below, the Company will provide the same period to terminate your
employment. Notice must be given in writing. The Company may, at its discretion,
pay you a sum equivalent to your salary for that period of notice and not require you
to work out the notice period.
Your employment may be terminated by the Company with no notice period if at
any time you commit a serious or persistent breach of this agreement or you are
guilty of any serious misconduct or wilful neglect in performing your duties.
FLY IN STYLE
13. You shall not, except in the proper course of your duties during the continuance of
your employment or after its termination, disclose to any other person, firm or
company or make use of for your own benefit, any secret or confidential information
relating to the Company or any associated company or any client or its business,
finances, activities, processes or methods of research, systems processes, trade
secrets, customers, prospective customers or any other confidential or secret
information of the Company or any such associated company or client which shall
come to your knowledge during your employment or otherwise.
Upon termination of your employment you will promptly deliver up to the Company
or its authorized representative all property, for example, documents, records,
papers, credit cards, lists, computer or headsets, which may be in your possession or
under your control and which relate in any way to the business or affairs of the
Company or any related or associated company of the Company and no copies of
such or any part shall be retained by you.
Any exception to this requirement will be by prior agreement with the Chief Senior
pilot.
14. While your employment with the Company continues you are required to disclose to
the Chief Senior Pilot any potential conflicts of interest including concurrent
employment outside of the Company which may impact negatively on either
Company performance or personal performance.
15. If during the course of your duties you make any discovery or invention or secret
process or improvement in procedure or make any literary or artistic work or
computer program relevant to, or capable of use in, the business of the Company
then you must disclose all facts and details to the Company as it may require and
such discovery, invention, secret process, or improvement in procedure, literary or
artistic work or computer program and all copyright relating thereto, shall belong to
and be the absolute property of, the Company.
16. It is a condition of your employment with the Company that for the period of 3
months following the termination of your employment you will not personally or
through an agent or on behalf of or for any other person, firm or company, canvass
or solicit any business from or with any person, firm or company who has during
your employment been a client or prospective client of the Company, where such
business would be in competition with the business of the Company and/or to the
detriment or intended or probable detriment of the Company.
For a period of 3 months following the termination of your employment with the
Company you will not employ any person who was employed by the Company whilst
you were an employee of the Company nor procure that such a person be employed
by any other person, firm or company.
FLY IN STYLE
17. This Statement provides a summary of the main terms and conditions of your
employment with Skylink Aviation Limited. Your attention is also drawn to the
Company Policies and Procedures manual which describe in more detail various
other employment practices, such as claiming and payment of business expenses,
and policies such as Equal Employment Opportunity, Non-Smoking Work
Environment, Use of Technology and Occupational Health and Safety, with which
the Company expects employees to comply. A copy of the Policies and Procedures is
available for your use from the Deputy Senior Pilot. The policies and practices are
reviewed from time to time and any revisions published as amendments.
I accept and agree to the above statement of my terms and conditions of employment.
NAME:
SIGNED:
DATE:
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Pre-Paid Fee
Every contract in Africa on jets has paid for my Visa/Work Permit. With one exception in Nigeria where the contract was offered via a UK company. Where I did have to pay for Visa at own expense and they did repay me in FULL on arrival. They paid for everything else.
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Then it IS a SCAM....
But people DO NOT ignore them!
A few strokes on your keyboard is worth their time wasted on you that they will not be doing to someone else, so tell them to call you just chit chat, sound interested, WASTE THEIR TIME & $$$.
Good luck
A few strokes on your keyboard is worth their time wasted on you that they will not be doing to someone else, so tell them to call you just chit chat, sound interested, WASTE THEIR TIME & $$$.
Good luck
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Skylink's website is a careful and skillful exercise in not giving any details or hard facts. So are the photos - carefully taken to avoid any registrations! However, the landing Van definitely belongs to TropicAir (based in Nanyuki) as they have a distinctive colour scheme, the middle one could be any file photo or anonymous white Van - and the third one is mostly likely XPA belonging to one of the missionary organisations - the blue 'bonnet' kind of gives it away.
So last time was just a general departure apron picture showing other operator's planes, and this time picking a few planes that belong to other companies. If they really do have all the planes they list, why don't they show us a picture?? I wonder.
And someone wrote that a work permit would be granted within 48 hours of the forms being submitted. Not in Kenya it ain't! A work permit application takes literally weeks to be granted. At least 2 months if not 3 on average. If they can achieve legal paperwork in 2 days, I bet the new Minister of Immigration would be very keen to know how....
So last time was just a general departure apron picture showing other operator's planes, and this time picking a few planes that belong to other companies. If they really do have all the planes they list, why don't they show us a picture?? I wonder.
And someone wrote that a work permit would be granted within 48 hours of the forms being submitted. Not in Kenya it ain't! A work permit application takes literally weeks to be granted. At least 2 months if not 3 on average. If they can achieve legal paperwork in 2 days, I bet the new Minister of Immigration would be very keen to know how....
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On the face of it...........
I love my continent and i am not going to let some low life scumbags ruin the image of Africa!
Africa is the second largest continent on earth and has immense resources..............
What actually happened in the last 50 to 60 years is that they missed a lot of opportunities. At the moment of independence, many African countries like Ghana and Egypt had higher income per capita than China, India or Singapore. Where are they now?
People talk about Africa as if it is one country. Africa is not one country, Africa is 54 countries, which are not necessarily trading or communicating among themselves. It is more difficult to pass goods from East Africa to West Africa than taking it from China to West Africa
and is more expensive.
Corruption is a major problem in the region !!!
Many native groups in Africa believe family relationships are more important than national identity, and people in authority often use nepotism and bribery for the benefit of their extended family group at the expense of their nations.
As the case may be, this environment gives "scumbags" the opportunity to scam, to cheat and taking advantage of people who only want to make a living.
I respect your intention, but you will not shame anyone of them..............
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I would expect that a reputable company with that many aeroplanes would have their own domain name instead of using webnode
that would be my first clue...
next clue, the email address is a gmail account
that would be my first clue...
next clue, the email address is a gmail account
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You definetly will have quite a campaign there believe me, its like saying your going to help stop Pedophilia in the western countries and stop all Pedophiles 
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Foxcotte, i believe that anonymous van might actually be LEX belonging to Wilken Aviation 
I really hope whoever is running this gig gets what is coming to them
I really hope whoever is running this gig gets what is coming to them
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Maybe it won't solve all the problems in Africa or even stop the scams, BUT as far as Skylink Aviation go, the KCAA have got wind of their operation and are very interested to look into it further.
And - surprise, surprise - Skylink's webpage is suddenly blank. I wonder why?
And - surprise, surprise - Skylink's webpage is suddenly blank. I wonder why?
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P B, eeh lad!
Every continent has 'native groups'! (Look up the word 'native'.) They will naturally 'group' along language, cultural and so on lines, on every continent. (Tykes'll tell thee that here!)
Agreed. But what is that image? And it would be amazing to find such a disparate 'group' having any one particular 'image'.
Again, agreed. However, the 'intensity' of that problem is rather concentrated in certain continents, with Africa not featuring too well!! See Global Corruption Report 2013: World's Biggest Countries For Bribes, According To Transparency International (Maybe that is one particular 'image' that can 'unify' the continent?)
Oh, so you've turned your back on your darling continent then? Wasn't it good enough for you?
About these scam, yes, by all means do everyone a favour and warn of them. They are run by the unscrupulous greedy and aimed at the foolishly naive greedy (those who allus want owt for nowt). but why do most of the scams that end up in my e-mail 'spam' box originate from one particular continent?
Happy 'scam free' flying!
In Africa we don't have "native groups".
Africa and the different countries which make this amazing continent still has and will always have an image regardless of what goes on.
Corruption is a problem not only in Africa but everywhere else in this world.
My adoptive country...
About these scam, yes, by all means do everyone a favour and warn of them. They are run by the unscrupulous greedy and aimed at the foolishly naive greedy (those who allus want owt for nowt). but why do most of the scams that end up in my e-mail 'spam' box originate from one particular continent?
Happy 'scam free' flying!
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eheh. a few of us internet geeky pilots...eheh. webnode is enough to warn you. they cant afford their own domain ehehe. they have invested no money into their scam business....yet it seems paying... cheap bastards