Solenta
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Hi Joe Co
I suppose the reason for not much news about Solenta is the fact that there is not much to bitch and moan about.
They pay on time in full, look after the pilots, maintenance is good if you consider the difficulty of getting parts in the middle of nowhere and dealing with the inevitable teething problems of expanding the fleet.
They also have been taking pilots directly from the van pool onto the twin otters and ATR's and using less 'outsiders' which was the reason why a lot of people were unhappy in the first place.
Most of the previously retrenched pilots have been offered a position again.
I think everyone gets gatvol sometimes, no matter where they are and what they're doing.. but on the whole, smiles allround.
cheers
I suppose the reason for not much news about Solenta is the fact that there is not much to bitch and moan about.
They pay on time in full, look after the pilots, maintenance is good if you consider the difficulty of getting parts in the middle of nowhere and dealing with the inevitable teething problems of expanding the fleet.
They also have been taking pilots directly from the van pool onto the twin otters and ATR's and using less 'outsiders' which was the reason why a lot of people were unhappy in the first place.
Most of the previously retrenched pilots have been offered a position again.
I think everyone gets gatvol sometimes, no matter where they are and what they're doing.. but on the whole, smiles allround.
cheers
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Anybody wake up???
Wow! It looks loke the stories are seen REALLY different from one individual to another..
Lots of drivers on the ATR fleet left because the company is treating them like SH*@!
Lots of guys enjoy the contract work, western africa's not that bad (except of course, when the coup starts.., like ABJ).
Pilot's happy? They just keep quiet their plans to get the hell outta here when time comes! The maintenance is not as beautiful as you describe, although the spanners are doing their best, they can't work without spares, maintenance planning(this is hopefully on the way to change now) and the management is too busy taking personal care of secretaries rather than spares?
Oh, and taking about money, yes it is true, they usually pay on time, but to what they think they ow!
Lots of drivers on the ATR fleet left because the company is treating them like SH*@!
Lots of guys enjoy the contract work, western africa's not that bad (except of course, when the coup starts.., like ABJ).
Pilot's happy? They just keep quiet their plans to get the hell outta here when time comes! The maintenance is not as beautiful as you describe, although the spanners are doing their best, they can't work without spares, maintenance planning(this is hopefully on the way to change now) and the management is too busy taking personal care of secretaries rather than spares?
Oh, and taking about money, yes it is true, they usually pay on time, but to what they think they ow!
Gatvol
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This thread is still dragging on, but they do have a nice website.
www.solenta.co.za
www.solenta.co.za
Join Date: Jun 2004
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tks for the link to their nice website.
Funny to see that a C-208 can take 2138 kgs of payload, the Beech 1900C 2200 kgs and the Beech 1900D 1984 kgs. Two of them will be overloaded, while one is OK.....pls guess
Funny to see that a C-208 can take 2138 kgs of payload, the Beech 1900C 2200 kgs and the Beech 1900D 1984 kgs. Two of them will be overloaded, while one is OK.....pls guess
